Feelings ran excessive in Sport 4 of the PBA Season 49 Philippine Cup finals between TNT and San Miguel, and Tropang 5G supervisor Jojo Lastimosa didn’t maintain again when addressing San Miguel guard Jericho Cruz’s on-court habits.
Lastimosa known as out Cruz for what he described as “showboating” through the heated matchup, which noticed San Miguel eking out a 105-91 win to maneuver up 3-1 within the collection.
The loss dealt a serious blow to TNT’s Grand Slam hopes, as they now have to win three straight video games to clinch their third title of the season
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“Lahat naman tayo naglalaro ng basketball. He was showboating,” an irate Lastimosa advised reporters on Sunday on the Mall of Asia Area.
“The man has issues, I do know he has issues [at] dinadala niya na lang sa courtroom. Wala munang kaibigan dito. He’s simply appearing up. He’s identical to slightly boy.”
[We all play basketball. He was showboating… The guy has problems. I know he has problems and he’s bringing it onto the court. Let’s set friendships aside first. He’s just acting up. He’s just like a little boy.]
Cruz — who unleashed 15 of his 23 factors in a fourth quarter surge — was animated all recreation lengthy as he led San Miguel to inside one win of the title.
Cruz, although, was shocked by the remarks from Lastimosa, particularly given the historical past between them. Cruz and Lastimosa had been each with NLEX prior to now.
“Wala naman akong ginagawang masama e tsaka patapos na ‘yung laro, syempre tumatalon ako kasi masaya ako kasi panalo kami e. Hindi naman showboating ‘yun,” Cruz mentioned.
“Hindi ko nga alam ‘yun, ang alam ko nga si Chris Ross ‘yung inaaway nila at hindi ako. Ako, wala talaga akong alam. Kilala ko naman ‘yan, kilala ako niyan kaya nagulat ako nu’ng sinabi niya na ako.”
[I didn’t do anything bad and the game was ending, of course I was jumping because I was happy that we won. That’s not showboating… I didn’t even know that, I know they were going at Chris Ross, not me. I didn’t know anything. I know him, he knows me, so I was surprised that he said it was me.]
—JMB, GMA Built-in Information