Jamie Malonzo (n ° 3) slowly returns to his high -flying shape. —August dela Cruz
Everything went well for Barangay Ginebra in the semi-finals of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, the Gin Kings taking a dominant advance and a mental edge over Northport in their confrontation to the best of the seven.
The darling of the crowd played with a complete list, and one of his rising stars, Jamie Malonzo, finds her groove. But more importantly, the club moved to the door of another appearance of the championship series.
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And yet, the head coach Tim cone is not too eager to celebrate yet, in particular with an edifying story that bubbles in the other Duel Final Four.
“These guys have done a great job so far,” he said about his accusations shortly after the triumph of match 3 of 127-100 at Smart Araneta Coliseum last Sunday evening. “But again, the series is not over.”
“As you can see, a series can light a penny – like what happened with (TNT) or shine. A key guy goes down to Jayson Castro, then) Rain Shine organizes a big fight and gets match 3. Now, it’s a completely different series. So you know, we are aware of it, and we try to make sure that it does not happen to us here. “”
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Ginebra has methodically beaten Northport in its race, winning an average of 20.6 points in the last three meetings. Malonzo has gradually improved, approaching his old mortal self at a time when the Gin Kings also recovered their other attacker, Miah Gray, from Sick Bay.
Cautiously optimistic
Then there is RJ Abarrientos who matures in each match, Troy Rosario feeling more and more at his home, and Maverick Ahanmisi savoring his role of lighting on the bench.
But all of this was only secondary to the capacity of Gin Kings to be on a uniform keel, according to the experienced mentor.
“We have talked a lot about discipline, a lot of processes. And these are sort of our keywords at the moment to prepare for each game, ”said CONE.
“You know, this team has always been a good team to move on. It can be difficult to pass victories because you want to somehow live in these victories. But you must also move on, and you do it by remaining mentally disciplined and really focusing on the process of what makes you succeed, (and) not (looking at) the end result, “he continued.
Always cautiously optimistic, CONE said that Ginebra simply draws the best start of the momentum on the kings of Gin.
“These things are all merging right now in this series. There is a very good idea of the movement of bullets and the movement of people – and we defend well. And so, as I said, everything is gathers right now, “he said.
“We will simply overcome the wave as long as possible. Hopefully the final and the championship, ”he added with a sly smile.
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