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Alex Cabagnot says San Miguel lived as much as its billing as a champion workforce after outlasting Converge of their PBA Governors’ Cup quarterfinals
RIZAL, Philippines – Alex Cabagnot tipped his hat to San Miguel after a hard-fought quarterfinal collection within the PBA Governors’ Cup that almost noticed him and Converge upset his former workforce.
Cabagnot stated the Beermen lived as much as their billing as a champion workforce after outlasting the FiberXers, 109-105, of their do-or-die Sport 5 in Antipolo on Sunday, October 6, to finish the semifinal solid.
“I knew what they had been going to do. I type of had a sense what they’re going to do and so they did try this,” stated Cabagnot, who performed 12 seasons with San Miguel and helped the franchise seize 9 titles.
“They’ve sure items, they’ve championship pedigree. In order that they stayed calm after they wanted to. Kudos to them. Kudos to San Miguel.”
A battle-tested guard, the 41-year-old performed his coronary heart out within the sudden dying, ending with 14 factors on a 4-of-6 clip from three-point vary with 3 rebounds and three assists as he supplied youthful Converge a veteran presence.
Cabagnot sank his last triple with 4 minutes remaining that gave the FiberXers a 102-101 lead.
However Converge fell in need of a historic semifinal look after failing to comprise reigning eight-time MVP June Mar Fajardo, who put the Beermen on his again with 40 factors and 24 rebounds.
“We wanted a couple of stops and we couldn’t get any. That’s how basketball is. Particularly with a high-octane workforce like San Miguel, you possibly can’t go possession for possession with them,” stated Cabagnot.
“You bought to at the very least cease them a few occasions and that’s one thing we didn’t get to do.”
Whereas the FiberXers overachieved by pushing San Miguel to the restrict after trailing 0-2 within the best-of-five affair, the defeat marked a poignant second for Cabagnot, who’s taking part in in his 18th PBA season.
“Dropping to a championship workforce final 12 months and a finals workforce final 12 months by 4 factors, it’s an ethical victory. However on my finish, ethical victories are very troublesome for me to swallow in the intervening time as a result of I’m 41 already,” stated Cabagnot.
“There’s not plenty of basketball left in me, that’s why I’m feeling a little bit bit unhappy.”
Nonetheless, Converge broke by means of this convention because it returned to the quarterfinals after a forgettable marketing campaign final season and claimed its first-ever playoff win.
“Going to the deep finish with San Miguel is certainly an ethical victory for us,” Cabagnot stated. “Typically ethical victories are good however if you would like have that championship mindset, there’s no ethical victories.”
“However as of proper now, it’s one thing that we will construct off.” – Rappler.com
