MANILA, Philippines—San Miguel Beer star CJ Perez recommended Barangay Ginebra’s protection within the Beermen’s loss that ended their marketing campaign within the PBA Governors’ Cup.
The often explosive Perez was silenced on Sunday in Sport 6 of the semifinals with the Gin Kings hounding him from the get-go.
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“Ginebra’s actually a tricky group. They’re so disciplined and nice on protection. For us we have to transfer on and get higher,” mentioned Perez in Filipino.
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“We simply didn’t make our photographs in the long run.”
Perez completed with 13 factors, six rebounds and eight assists. He shot simply 6-of-17 from the sector, together with 1-of-6 from the 3-point space.
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“Their protection was targeted on me. Hopefully, within the subsequent playoffs or conferences, I’ll be higher and I’ll do my greatest to be higher.”
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San Miguel’s semifinal exit was the franchise’s first in three conferences after making the championship spherical within the earlier two conferences, together with a Commissioner’s Cup crown.
“It’ll be us [going to the finals], subsequent time,” Perez mentioned.
“We’ll do our greatest to get higher subsequent convention. Hopefully, we will beat Justin (Brownlee) and Ginebra.”