source: PBA.PH
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 20:28 — junior
For most of the first three quarters San Miguel Beer had trouble with its offense until Lordy Tugade found his rhythm and capped the Beermen’s fourth quarter siege.
Tugade poured all his 16 points in the last nine minutes to take scoring honors and led the Beermen to their third consecutive victory, 93-77, against slumping Rain Or Shine Friday night in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
“Lordy is capable of exploding anytime. Actually, he’s taking good shots. It’s not just falling in. Good thing he finally found his rhythm in the fourth quarter,” said SMB coach Siot Tanquingcen after the latest success that improved their record to 3-2.
After playing sparingly for 10 minutes in the first three quarters and going 0-for-4, Tugade nailed his first shot of the night from eight feet with 8:24 to play.
Then after ROS turned the ball over, the 6-2 shooting guard, nailed two free throws before hitting two big threes that broke the game apart and took away the Elasto Painters’ hope of getting out of the rut.
“I’m just thankful coach didn’t give up on me. It somehow kept me going and motivated me,” said Tugade, who went 4-of-5 from the field including 3-of-3 from the trifecta zone in the fourth quarter. He also made 5 of 6 free throw shots.
It was another disappointing ending for the Elasto Painters, who kept the game close for three quarters but couldn’t put on a run that could put away the Beermen.
RoS engaged SMB through 11 lead changes and six deadlocks before losing grip in the fourth that saw them shooting a woeful 33 percent (6-of-18).
Jeffrei Chan’s 3-pointer with 11 minutes to go in the fourth put Rain or Shine ahead for the last time at 61-60. Denok Miranda’s free throw then tied the count 90 minutes later before Mike Cortez drained a three to put SMB ahead to stay.
Cortez finished with 14 points and Dondon Hontiveros, who was 0-for-12 from 3-point range in the conference entering the game, had 13 including 1-of-2 from behind the 3-point range. Arwind Santos chipped in 12 for the Beermen, who shot 62 percent (10-of-16) in the fourth.
The lost was the fifth straight for the Elasto Painters, who recorded their worst season and conference start since entering the league in 2006.
Gabe Norwood and Chan each scored 14 points but hardly made an impact to spark their cause.
Assistant coach Richard Del Rosario called the shots for RoS supplanting chieftain Caloy Garcia, who figured in a minor vehicular accident recently, and was advised by his doctors to take some rest. (DBC)
The scores:
San Miguel Beer 93 - Tugade 16, Cortez 14, Hontiveros 13, Santos 12, Miranda 11, Seigle 10, Pena 6, Custodio 5, Villanueva 4, Racela 2, Eman 0, Pennisi 0.
Rain or Shine 77 - Norwood 14, Chan 14, Reyes 12, Telan 11, Laure 7, Mercado 6, Hrabak 6, Cruz 4, Tang 3, Arellano 0, Ibanes 0.
Quarterscores: 20-19,33-39, 58-58, 93-77.
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