TIM CONE, SALUDO SA SMB ‘DEATH 5’ LEGACY

SAN MIGUEL BEERMEN (SMB once again proves strength. Ano pa ang sey natin sa pagwalis ng Beermen sa crowd favorite BARANGAY GINEBRA KINGS sa katatapos na Best of Five series ng semifinals sa ongoing PBA Commissioner’s Cup, (3-0) kaya waiting for the Finals na ang tropang mag-aalak.

Very impressive ang performance ni import BENNIE BOATWRIGHT, 38 points, 9 assists, kasunod ang subi nina CJ PEREZ 17 pts, 7 rebs, JUNE MAR FAJARDO 17 pts, 14 rebs, 6 blocks, at MARCIO LASSITER 16 pts. Hirit naman ng GINEBRA crowd, ‘Wala kasi si JUSTIN ‘Magic 32’ BROWNLEE para sa GINS na nabigong itakbo ang team bilang defending champion ng PBA Commissioners Cup.’.Sey ni Champion Coach TIM CONE: “BENNIE BOATWRIGHT is tremendous import and matched him with JUNE MAR… IT’s A TOUGH MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB., another version of ‘Death 5’ –played by JUNE MAR FAJARDO, ARWIND SANTOS, MARCIO LASSITER, ALEX CABAGNOT and CHRIS ROSS.’ BENNIE BOATWRIGHT is like ARWIND SANTOS times two.. times five or maybe times 10. That made JUNE MAR so great through the years because of ARWIND sitting there on top and keeping defenses on us. SMB ‘DEATH 5’ NO MORE, IT’S ‘DEATH 15’ — GALLENT

MEANWHILE, SMB Headcoach JORGE GALLENT remarked:.. ‘DEATH FIVE’ no longer fits SMB. Everybody is good here. They won’t be here if they weren’t good.” ‘If we don’t play as a team, CONE can because he is a great coach and he has a great team. We have to come out stronger.

Confidence insitillled pala ang BEERMEN na hawak pa rin naman ni dating headcoach now Team Consultant LEO AUSTRIA. Naitala nila ang sweep win..3-0, score: 94-91. Everybody had to fight with full confidence at yun daw ang dala nila sa laro para magapi ang Commissioner’s Cup defending champ, GINEBRA. Kahit pala ang bagong pasok sa team na si JERON TENG, bumanat ng 7pts, 2 assts in 8 mins 45 secs sa hardcourt.

Well, yun po ang legacy ng SMB DEATH 5, ang record na patuloy sa pamamayagpag, sa ideya ng First 5/ key players na pamatay sa opponent team. True, based na rin sa remarks ni Coach GALLENT, hindi sila mapupunta sa SAN MIGUEL kung di ganun kahusay. Sa ganang amin, malipat man sa ibang team o saan man makarating, pag tatak- SAN MIGUEL, TATAK-MAGALING. Wait pa po natin ang dagdag sa outstanding record nila sa championships na isinalansan thru the years (pwede po igoogle for satisfaction). So, sa pagpasok ng Finals, abangan po natin ang panibagong aksyon sa PBA Commissioner’s Cup. Kanya-kanyang KAMPIHAN NA! P.S. Congrats kay JUNE MAR FAJARDO sa 6th MR. BASKETBALL AWARD, from

PHILIPPINE SPORTSWRITERS ASSOCIATION (PSA) handed recently at the DIAMOND HOTEL.

SPECIAL CHEERS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to MARY KRISTINE J. PALILIO and QUEEN ELIZABETH PANGILINAN of LAZARO FRANCISCO INTEGRATED SCHOOL, Cabanatuan City, N.E., REGINA PALAD (Laguna) and VALERIE ROCA of ARELLANO UNIVERSITY, Best blessings and more birthdays to come. HAPPY READING!