SCHEDULE: 2024 PBA Philippine Cup semifinals
Ginebra coach Tim Cone throughout a PBA Philippine Cup semifinals sport in opposition to Meralco Bolts. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIREr.web
Coach Tim Cone and Barangay Ginebra are in a quandary about how they will lastly get again of their PBA Philippine Cup semifinal collection with Meralco.
“We obtained to vary issues up, we are able to’t play the identical manner,” Cone instructed reporters after the Gin Kings’ 87-80 loss Wednesday in Dasmarinas, Cavite put them behind 2-1 within the best-of-seven affair.
Ginebra shall be seeking to even the collection Friday at Mall of Asia Area, hoping that main changes will help remedy its issues in opposition to Meralco.
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No workforce has come again from shedding Recreation 4 to go 3-1 in a collection since Discuss ’N Textual content defeated Petron within the 2012 Philippine Cup semis.
Meralco has led in all three video games, profitable the final two which included double-digit leads. Allein Maliksi, Chris Newsome, Cliff Hodge, Raymond Almazan and Chris Banchero have been the supply of issues for Ginebra.
Maliksi set the tone for the Bolts in Recreation 3, firing 11 of his 16 factors within the first half that noticed the Gin Kings already trailing by 13.
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Ginebra has had sturdy video games from Christian Standhardinger and Stanley Pringle, however there’s concern relating to consistency amongst different gamers like Scottie Thompson.
“I obtained completely outcoached, we obtained completely outplayed. I can inform you [it’s a] horrible sport,” mentioned Cone.
“They (Meralco) deserved it. They did. They outshot us, outcoached us.”
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