Rain or Shine Elasto Painters’ Gian Mamuyac during a PBA Philippine Cup semifinals game against TNT Tropang 5G. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—Rain or Shine’s Gian Mamuyac shone the most in the Elasto Painters’ demolition job in Game 5 of the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals.
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But in a typical Mamuyac fashion, he was in no mood to gloat over his hot-shooting night and instead gave credit where credit was due
That, of course, went the way of veteran coach Yeng Guiao.
“In our system, anyone can have a good night and that goes for everyone on our team. On any given night, anyone can shine,” said Mamuyac after keeping the Elasto Painters alive in the best-of-seven series.
“It just so happens that tonight, it was me. On Sunday, we’ll try to be aggressive, survive and compete.”
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Mamuyac denied the Tropang 5G of their first shot at their third straight Finals appearance after dropping 22 points, three assists and three blocks in just 23 minutes of action.
Mamuyac denied the Tropang 5G a third straight Finals appearance after erupting for 22 points, three assists and three blocks in just 23 minutes of action.
Mamuyac denied the Tropang 5G a third straight Finals appearance after erupting for 22 points, three assists and three blocks in just 23 minutes of action.
“We survived another day,” said Guiao.
“This is the closest we’ve been to the Finals so we look at it as a positive thing for us that, at last, we won two games in the semis,” he added.
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Mamuyac and the Elasto Painters will have to dig deeper on Sunday for Game 6 to force a winner-take-all Game 7.