Sunday, July 20, 2008
Amal McCaskill Dominates in the Paint As Magnolia Beverage Masters Subdues Air21 Express
Without Steven Thomas to man the post, Amal McCaskill took the opportunity to dominate the Air21 Express in the paint. Air21 Express frontliners took turns in defending the 6'11" import to no avail.
But make no mistake about it, the Air21 Express managed to lead in the middle of the second quarter before the Magnolia Beverage Masters tighten up on defense on the third quarter, which saw their lead baloon up to 18 points.
I must say the team played lousy defense in the first half by letting the Air21 Express dictate the tempo of the basketball gamme. Playing Air21's offense-oriented tempo would put the team in danger. Complacency also took stage but coach Siot Tanquincen was quick enough to address it. Gamme 2 will be a different story with Steven Thomas back in the Express lineup.
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MAGNOLIA BEVERAGE MASTERS DRAW FIRST BLOOD AGAINST IMPORT-LESS AIR21: Without Thomas, McCaskill frolicks inside paint en route to personal conference-best 34
Source: PBA.ph
July 20, 2008
Magnolia Beverage Masters knew it would be facing an import-less Air21 team and the knowledge seemed to have done more harm than good.
At least according to Magnolia Beverage Masters coach Siot Tanquingcen, who was more dissatisfied than pleased following his team's 113-87 victory at the start of the Smart PBA Fiesta Conference semifinals Sunday at the Cuneta Astrodome.
“Magaling talaga ang Air21, pero parang masyadong naging complacent ang mga players ko. It seems we forgot what got us here, which is defense, so it was really a bad start from that aspect,” said Tanquingcen.
The win was Magnolia Beverage Masters' first over Air21 this season, coming as it did in the most opportune of times, which is the opener of their best-of-seven basketball series.
Amal McCaskill waxed the hottest among the Magnolia Beverage Masters players, coming up with a PBA career-high 34 points that went with 12 rebounds while Lordy Tugade's 22 points led four locals who had at least 10 points each and stepped up in the continued absence of Danny Seigle.
But Air21 was without Steven Thomas, who first attended tryouts for the Korean basketball league in the US and then stayed longer there after he attended the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball training camp.
Still, the Express managed to hold their foes through 10 lead changes and seven deadlocks, leaving Tanquingcen with more creases on his forehead than when he came into the gamme.
“The first half was played poorly,” he stressed, referring to the fact his team even trailed 39-44 at one point.
Thomas, who averaged 23.4 points, 16.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per basketball gamme and led the Lina franchise to its first-ever outright semis berth and first No. 1 ranking in the playoffs, is set to arrive Monday and will play in Gamme 2 on Wednesday.
The thought now gnaws on Tanquingcen.
“They're gonna get a confidence boost. Iba talaga pag me import ka,” he said. “We've got to make sure coming in that we do things right. We can't win if we conduct ourselves the way we did kanina.”
Expectedly, Express coach Bo Perasol was more satisfied with his boys' showing.
“We're not going to be hard on ourselves,” he said, already looking forward to Wednesday. “They will have to contend with us as a complete unit next time at ibang usapan na iyon.”
Ironically, McCaskill also seemingly drew the best from Homer Se, who surprisingly paced Air21 with a career-high 31 points to go with seven rebounds. Egay Billones' 13 points and Arwind Santos' 12 were the only other double figures for Air21, who barely got beaten off the boards, 46-53.
Once the Magnolia Beverage Masters got their act together, however, it was simply a matter of time before the basketball gamme's true colors came out and it did mostly in the fourth period.
Already going to the payoff quarter with a 77-59 spread, Magnolia Beverage Masters put the outcome beyond doubt by erecting a 110-84 spread.
The second half domination was paved by McCaskill right in the third period, where he outscored the entire Air21 crew by himself by scattering 14, one more than the Express’ output.
As a result, the Magnolia Beverage Masters managed to bloat a 50-46 halftime lead to as much as 71-52, on a layup by Tugade, 4:09 to go in the quarter.
The Express helped along their loss by going 2-of-12 from the field in the first 7:08 of the quarter.
Se, whose previous high was only 22 recorded in a 123-106 loss to Sta. Lucia in the Philippine Cup elims last January 13, was the lone real bright spot for Air21, but the 6-foot-5 center suffered cramps on his left leg after successively missing an undergoal stab and a followup, with 7:19 to go.
He returned later on and even had 10 points in the fourth period but the difference was too much for even him and his career gamme. (NCo)
The scores:
Magnolia 113 – McCaskill 34, Tugade 22, Hontiveros 11, Racela 10, Pena 10, Pingris 6, Ildefonso 6, Bono 4, Gonzales 3, Calaguio 3, Eman 2, Cortez 0, Villanueva 0.
Air21 87 – Se 31, Billones 13, Santos 12, David 9, de Ocampo 8, Canaleta 7, Arboleda 5, Kramer 2, Cruz 0, Intal 0, Espinas 0, Sotto 0.
Quarterscores: 31-26, 50-46, 77-59, 113-87.
But make no mistake about it, the Air21 Express managed to lead in the middle of the second quarter before the Magnolia Beverage Masters tighten up on defense on the third quarter, which saw their lead baloon up to 18 points.
I must say the team played lousy defense in the first half by letting the Air21 Express dictate the tempo of the basketball gamme. Playing Air21's offense-oriented tempo would put the team in danger. Complacency also took stage but coach Siot Tanquincen was quick enough to address it. Gamme 2 will be a different story with Steven Thomas back in the Express lineup.
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MAGNOLIA BEVERAGE MASTERS DRAW FIRST BLOOD AGAINST IMPORT-LESS AIR21: Without Thomas, McCaskill frolicks inside paint en route to personal conference-best 34
Source: PBA.ph
July 20, 2008
Magnolia Beverage Masters knew it would be facing an import-less Air21 team and the knowledge seemed to have done more harm than good.
At least according to Magnolia Beverage Masters coach Siot Tanquingcen, who was more dissatisfied than pleased following his team's 113-87 victory at the start of the Smart PBA Fiesta Conference semifinals Sunday at the Cuneta Astrodome.
“Magaling talaga ang Air21, pero parang masyadong naging complacent ang mga players ko. It seems we forgot what got us here, which is defense, so it was really a bad start from that aspect,” said Tanquingcen.
The win was Magnolia Beverage Masters' first over Air21 this season, coming as it did in the most opportune of times, which is the opener of their best-of-seven basketball series.
Amal McCaskill waxed the hottest among the Magnolia Beverage Masters players, coming up with a PBA career-high 34 points that went with 12 rebounds while Lordy Tugade's 22 points led four locals who had at least 10 points each and stepped up in the continued absence of Danny Seigle.
But Air21 was without Steven Thomas, who first attended tryouts for the Korean basketball league in the US and then stayed longer there after he attended the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball training camp.
Still, the Express managed to hold their foes through 10 lead changes and seven deadlocks, leaving Tanquingcen with more creases on his forehead than when he came into the gamme.
“The first half was played poorly,” he stressed, referring to the fact his team even trailed 39-44 at one point.
Thomas, who averaged 23.4 points, 16.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per basketball gamme and led the Lina franchise to its first-ever outright semis berth and first No. 1 ranking in the playoffs, is set to arrive Monday and will play in Gamme 2 on Wednesday.
The thought now gnaws on Tanquingcen.
“They're gonna get a confidence boost. Iba talaga pag me import ka,” he said. “We've got to make sure coming in that we do things right. We can't win if we conduct ourselves the way we did kanina.”
Expectedly, Express coach Bo Perasol was more satisfied with his boys' showing.
“We're not going to be hard on ourselves,” he said, already looking forward to Wednesday. “They will have to contend with us as a complete unit next time at ibang usapan na iyon.”
Ironically, McCaskill also seemingly drew the best from Homer Se, who surprisingly paced Air21 with a career-high 31 points to go with seven rebounds. Egay Billones' 13 points and Arwind Santos' 12 were the only other double figures for Air21, who barely got beaten off the boards, 46-53.
Once the Magnolia Beverage Masters got their act together, however, it was simply a matter of time before the basketball gamme's true colors came out and it did mostly in the fourth period.
Already going to the payoff quarter with a 77-59 spread, Magnolia Beverage Masters put the outcome beyond doubt by erecting a 110-84 spread.
The second half domination was paved by McCaskill right in the third period, where he outscored the entire Air21 crew by himself by scattering 14, one more than the Express’ output.
As a result, the Magnolia Beverage Masters managed to bloat a 50-46 halftime lead to as much as 71-52, on a layup by Tugade, 4:09 to go in the quarter.
The Express helped along their loss by going 2-of-12 from the field in the first 7:08 of the quarter.
Se, whose previous high was only 22 recorded in a 123-106 loss to Sta. Lucia in the Philippine Cup elims last January 13, was the lone real bright spot for Air21, but the 6-foot-5 center suffered cramps on his left leg after successively missing an undergoal stab and a followup, with 7:19 to go.
He returned later on and even had 10 points in the fourth period but the difference was too much for even him and his career gamme. (NCo)
The scores:
Magnolia 113 – McCaskill 34, Tugade 22, Hontiveros 11, Racela 10, Pena 10, Pingris 6, Ildefonso 6, Bono 4, Gonzales 3, Calaguio 3, Eman 2, Cortez 0, Villanueva 0.
Air21 87 – Se 31, Billones 13, Santos 12, David 9, de Ocampo 8, Canaleta 7, Arboleda 5, Kramer 2, Cruz 0, Intal 0, Espinas 0, Sotto 0.
Quarterscores: 31-26, 50-46, 77-59, 113-87.
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