Calvin Abueva showed
once again that he doesn’t need to score to make Alaska win.
Though he only scored
nine points, all of which came in the first half, the dynamic forward focused
on doing the dirty work in the final two frames, setting up his teammates and
making crucial stops as the Aces pulled off a very exciting 81-79 victory over
Meralco on Wednesday.
“It’s not just me who worked, but it’s all of us. In my own little
way, I helped my teammates improve and that’s why our rotation was better in
the last seconds. We were down seven in the crucial stretch in the final two
minutes but luckily our point guards made their shots.”
RJ Jazul, JVee Casio,
and Chris Banchero drained clutch treys to complete the comeback, with the
final one putting them ahead with four seconds left on the clock.
But Abueva believes that
Alaska shouldn’t be satisfied with the two-game streak that puts them at 2-2
with tough games ahead to wrap up this year.
“We shouldn’t be
contented with these two wins. We need to improve more in our coming games. We
have big games against Ginebra and TNT this year, so we really have to prepare
for them while we’re still in this year because we don’t know what lies ahead
in 2017.”
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