RJ ABARRIENTOS said Stephen Holt’s breakout Game 3 is exactly what Barangay Ginebra needs heading to the most crucial stretch of the PBA 50th Season Commissioner’s Cup Finals.
Holt finally got going on offense last Sunday when he scored 23 points in Ginebra’s 116-102 win against TNT in Game 3 after making a grand total of one point in the first two matches of the best-of-seven title series.
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“Si Scuba, (Stephen Holt’s nickname in the team), isa sa mga beterano namin. Isa sa mga go-to-guy namin ‘yan,” said Abarrientos, glad to see Holt give Ginebra another major offensive threat in the midseason finals.
“Ang nakikita lang kasi ng tao siyempre ‘yung mga stats eh. About Scuba, sa loob ng court, ang laking factor ‘yun sa amin. Kita niyo naman. Hindi kami pinahiya sa first quarter. Siya ‘yung spark plug, siya nag-start ng offense namin.
"Dahan-dahan, nakuha na namin lahat ng tira namin. Sobrang nakita namin ‘yung Scuba na kailangan namin ngayong Game 3.”
Abarrientos said the team was expecting that at some point in the finals, Holt will be able to chip in to the team offensively.
He did.
“Siya talaga ‘yung hinihintay namin. Nagsimula nung dumating sila sa Ginebra, sila ‘yung pinaka go-to namin. Hindi na kami nagulat na ganun ‘yung gagawin niya sa team,” said Abarrientos.
Holt was also the latest to explode offensively in the finals series after Justin Brownlee, RJ Abarrientos, Scottie Thompson, and Troy Rosario.
“‘Yun ‘yung maganda sa sistema namin with Ginebra. Hindi mo alam kung sino ang iiskor sa amin. Hindi rin about sa stats eh. After the game, stats lagi ‘yung tinitignan. (Game 3) si Scuba, si Scottie, lahat kami, JB, kahit sino ilagay mo,” said Abarrientos.
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