KaTropa found the needed adjustment and was able to even the series to 2-2 and their championship game against the Beermen is now reduced to best-of-three.
There are few scenarios in the PBA that after a player received a prestigious award like the Best Player of the Conference or Best Import it doesn’t end well for the recipient.
That was exactly what happened to Chris Ross and Charles Rhodes in Game 4 of the 2017 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals.
San Miguel vs Talk n Text
EVENTS: 2017 PBA COMMISSIONERS CUP
The Talk ‘N Text rookie scored 14 points shooting 66% from the field. Castro still consistent with his 17 points while RDO added 13 points.
The scores:
SAN MIGUEL 111 - Cabagnot 28, Santos 27, Rhodes 20, Lassiter 17, Ross 10, Fajardo 9, Heruela 0, Espinas 0, D. Semerad 0, Tubid 0, Y. De Ocampo 0.
TNT 102 - R. De Ocampo 19, Rosales 16, Smith 15, Rosario 12, A. Semerad 12, Castro 12, Reyes 6, Garcia 3, Tautuaa 3, Pogoy 2, Williams 2, Nuyles 0.
Quarterscores: 29-26, 46-61, 82-79, 111-102.
Troy Rosario who was rarely used in the first three games came big in the fourth game. He tallied 13 points and most of those came from the mismatches.
Coach Nash Racela’s adjustment was to use his big lineup. Also, for the first time this second conference playoffs, we have seen Joshua Smith in TNT first five line-up.
“They went to Josh (Smith) a lot and they played three bigs to attack our wings. Pero okay pa rin naman because the game was close. What more if we’re more organized,” said Austria.