In recognition to his contribution in the team's recent win, Lordy Tugade has been named as co-Players of the Week for the period of June 16-22 together with Talk and Text Phone Pals long range bomber Ren-Ren Ritualo.
I guess Lordy Tugade has accepted his role in the team as a reliever to Danny Seigle. However, when called to provide the big lift, he will not hesitate to carry the team on his shoulders.
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Source: PBA.ph
Monday, 23 June 2008
Having ace gunners come in as relievers is a luxury few teams in the Smart PBA Fiesta Conference can boast of.
And when those players come through with clutch points when needed most, then the fruits of the gambit are made much sweeter.
Such were the identical cases for Magnolia Beverage Masters and Talk N Text Phone Pals, which respectively had Lordy Tugade and Ren-Ren Ritualo churning out the much-needed baskets at the crunch and enabling them to fashion morale-boosting wins in the week that was.
Those feats also earned for the players the Smart/Accel- PBA Press Corps’ Co-Players of the Week citations for the period June 16-22.
“He came up big for us at crunch time,” said Magnolia Beverage Masters coach Siot Tanquingcen of Tugade, who was very instrumental in Magnolia Beverage Masters’ 81-77 win over the Coca-Cola Tigers last Friday.
“Yung drives niya to the basket and offensive rebounds show he’s a complete package,” Tanquingcen added of the 6-foot-3 forward, who finished with a team-high 14 points, adding three rebounds and an assist in 20 minutes of off-the-bench action.
The Alaminos, Pangasinan native scored nine of his points in the fourth quarter and all but one of Magnolia Beverage Masters' last seven points, including a tip-in off a Danny Ildefonso miss that pushed them ahead to stay at 78-76.
Equally impressive was Ritualo in TNT’s 102-101 squeaker over Purefoods that snapped the Phone Pals out of a distressing five-game skid.
The Three-point King in the recent All-Star Weekend in Bacolod buried the Giants, not with a triple but with a double-pump jumper from the top of the key in the last 6.4 seconds that turned out to be the deciding basket.
“He’s been working hard on adding more to his basketball game than just the three-point shot and his work paid off,” said TNT coach Chot Reyes. “Good for us.”
In all, the 6-foot shooter scattered 16 points, one rebound, two assists and as many steals in a 23-minute relief job as the Phone Pals moved up to the .500 mark with an 8-8 win-loss record. They also solidified their bid for an outright berth in the playoffs.
Magnolia Beverage Masters, meanwhile, enhanced its bid for an outright semifinals berth as it caught up with Coca-Cola at third place with their similar 9-7 cards, lying behind Air21’s league-leading 10-6 and Red Bull’s 9-6.
Both Tanquingcen and Reyes know more tough work lies ahead.
“This is a good win for us, but we still have yet to achieve anything,” said Tanquingcen, inadvertently echoing Reyes’ sentiments.
With aces like Tugade and Ritualo up their sleeves, both coaches also know their goals are very realizable. (NCo)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
GUNNERS LORDY TUGADE & REN-REN RITUALO THRIVE AT CRUNCH TIME: Players of the Week June 16 – 22
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Dynamite Danny Seigle: Player of the Week April 6 - 13
Danny Seigle proved once again how a determination to play won't hinder a basketball player's ability to contribute despite playing hurt due to injury.
With his big heart and scoring prowess, he was able to help the struggling Magnolia Beverage Masters from a 0-2 start in the import-laden conference. Will he be able to sustain his momentum with this injury? That remains to be seen on the upcoming battles.
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Even Recurring Pain Can't Slown Down Danny
Source: Malaya Online Edition
April 15, 2008
Danny Seigle is proving that even if he is not yet in full fighting shape, he is still a cut above the rest.
As a result, the Magnolia Beverage Masters forward, playing through pain, was adjudged as the Accel-Smart PBA Press Corps Player of the Week for April 6-13.
Despite a recurring foot injury, Seigle has been consistently racking up the numbers, propping the Magnolia Beverage Masters to back-to-back wins last week in the Fiesta Conference and an even 2-2 win-loss record overall.
As is his wont, Magnolia Beverage Masters coach Siot Tanquingcen refused to single out one player as the reason for his team's fight-back from a sorry start. But he could not help but beam with pleasure at his prized 6-foot-6 forward's continuing evolvement.
"We keep telling him not to force it, let the flow of the game come to him and be more patient," said Tanquingcen. "He's been trying to do that and we are all seeing his transformation into a well-rounded player."
Seemingly taking those pointers to heart, the 1999 Rookie of the Year has given up the ball more often, no longer forces his shots and has more decent percentages than what he's had in the past.
Consider the numbers Seigle put up in the Beverage Masters' wins over defending champion Alaska and Talk N Text, among the teams expected to go deep in the conference. In an 89-81 breakthrough triumph over the Aces last Friday, Seigle had 18 points, 14 in the second half. He shot 6-of-11 from the floor, added six rebounds and spiked it with three assists and a steal.
He followed that up with a team-high 18 points on 8-of-14 field shooting, 10 rebounds, two assists and as many steals in a 91-86 victory over the Phone Pals last Sunday.
Those points were enough to keep Seigle in the company of Barangay Ginebra's Mark Caguioa as the only locals to lead their respective teams in scoring in the import-flavored tournament. And to think he was not even supposed to see extended minutes on the floor, bothered as he is by a nagging Achilles tendon injury that needed minor surgery after the Philippine Cup.
Just imagine what Seigle can do for Magnolia Beverage Masters once he's completely healed.
