San Miguel Beermen in match 4 of the FIP final of the Philippine PBA Cup against TNT TNT TNT TOPANG 5G. –Marlo Cueto / Inquirer.net
The monsoon rains have not stopped hitting the country in the past few days, leaving the cities and the municipalities flooded and the scores forced to evacuate their houses.
It is the same kind of Walloping that San Miguel beer treated in the last three games, with the Beermen – which allows it, of course – to possibly play the last game of its redemption tour, when they try to close the tropang 5g screaming in a series of title of Philippine PBA cup filled with emotion at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
“The killer instinct is what is most important,” said San Miguel coach, Leo Austria, about what is necessary when they speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in search of the 30th record title of the franchise while refusing Tropang 5g a big slam that looked so promising when all this started.
After having bowed below the last three conferences, San Miguel may recover his former throne after not having given a quarter to TNT in the last three games, or after losing match 1 in the controversial manner that Austria and most of his players say lit a fire.
“You can see him in their eyes after we refused (the victory of match 1),” said Austria after a 105-91 game 4 victory that installed the tables for a celebration like no other.
With a 3-1 advance in the seven best series, San Miguel, with a victory, can become the 24th team on 41 teams to close it in match 5 after taking this advance.
There is no more pressure on San Miguel, because the Beermen culminated at the right time and the Tropang 5G were affected by injuries at the most inappropriate time of their prosecution to win the sixth triple scan of the crown of the history of the league.
There is also the fact that only four teams from the rich history of the League were able to erase a deficit of 1-3 to win, and the last team to do was San Miguel in 2016 when he returned from 0-3 to beat Alaska in the final of the same conference.
“Wounded or not, they continue to fight hard,” continued Austria by paying tribute to TNT, who was forced to play Poy Erram in match 4 despite a sprain of the ankle that would have aggravated in a tear with the hamstrings.
TNT is already without Jayson Castro and Rey Nambatac, Calvin Oftana also has a painful leg and Kelly Williams, responsible for defending the best newly crowned player of the conference and see you soon MVP MVP June Mar Fajardo, also plays on a good leg.
“All this is part of the match,” said Austria, who can become a champion’s 10 times coach with another victory, said when he was informed of the injuries that hit their enemies.
There was so much distraction on the field after match 4, when Jojo Lastimosa castigated Chris Ross and Jericho Cruz for celebration buffoons which, according to him, bordered by the arrogant.
Maybe he really saw something offensive in their actions or that it could be frustration on his part.
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The fact remains that Tropang 5g has a really deep hole to go out, and San Miguel – with its long history of championship – will certainly be more than ready to remove them from their miseries.
