San Miguel’s Jericho Cruz has been one of many names normally heard over the course of the PBA Philippine Cup Finals sequence.
His title has been concerned in a post-game fuss again in Recreation 3 of the finals the place he was allegedly ‘showboating’ in which he denied.
However greater than that, Cruz has been one of many constant gamers for the Beermen for the finals sequence as he completed with 13.83 factors, 3.5 rebounds, and three.33 assists per recreation to assist San Miguel win the All-Filipino crown.
Along with his sturdy displaying within the sequence, Cruz was named because the Most Helpful Participant of the finals which is the primary in his profession.
For him, it was an surprising one and was simply cherry on prime of the championship.
“Yung championship na ‘to, sobrang sarap kasi kakabalik lang ni Coach Leo [Austria]. Nanalo rin ako ng award which is bonus lang naman. ‘Di ko maisip, ‘di ko maipinta ang phrases na dapat sabihin ko ngayon,” Cruz stated within the post-game convention.
“‘Di ko in-expect pero binigay sa akin kaya maraming salamat,” he stated in a separate interview.
He additionally clarified that there isn’t a dangerous blood with him and TNT officers corresponding to supervisor Jojo Lastimosa.
“Shoutout pa rin sa Discuss ‘N Textual content kasi arduous fought sequence. Shout out din kay Coach Jolas, alam niya naman na mahal ko ‘yan, and Coach Chot [Reyes]… On the finish of the day, it is simply basketball. Tapos na ‘yun, transfer on na and put together for the subsequent convention,” he stated.
After a grueling sequence, Cruz can also be anticipated to affix Guam within the FIBA Asia Cup.
Nonetheless, he revealed having some knee points and can nonetheless decide if he’ll be a part of the event.
“Pag-isipan ko within the subsequent two days if papahinga ako or tutuloy ako,” he stated.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information