Magnolia ahead Zavier Lucero throughout a recreation towards San Miguel within the PBA Philippine Cup.–PBA IMAGES
MANILA, Philippines—Magnolia younger gun Zavier Lucero on Wednesday evening made positive the Hotshots will head into their lengthy break with a excessive morale.
Lucero scored a game-high 24 factors to steer Magnolia’s comeback win over San Miguel Beer for an ideal 3-0 begin within the PBA Philippine Cup.
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“You by no means need to go on an enormous break after a loss. Not less than this fashion, we have now momentum transferring ahead, we haven’t misplaced but,” mentioned Lucero after the 98-95 victory in additional time.
“Coming into the following recreation, our confidence needs to be excessive and if we will play the fitting method, we like our possibilities towards everybody within the league.”
The lanky ahead out of the College of the Philippines additionally collected seven rebounds and two blocks within the recreation that noticed the Hotshots fall behind by as many as 14 factors within the third quarter.
Lucero has been a revelation for the Hotshots early within the convention. He was coming off an 18-point efficiency in a win over Converge precisely every week in the past simply 4 days after dropping 21 factors on 8-of-11 capturing from the sphere in a 22-point romp of Blackwater.
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“Me sitting right here, scoring or no matter, so long as we come out with the W that’s an important half. I wouldn’t be sitting right here if our guys didn’t make performs down the stretch to make us win,” he mentioned.
Coach Chito Victolero was definitely impressed with the way in which Lucero gelled with the squad’s veterans like Paul Lee, Mark Barroca and Calvin Abueva, to call a couple of.
“Our youth and mixture of them with the veterans is a large issue,” mentioned Victolero. “These guys can be an enormous issue for us at this convention to assist our veterans.”
Magnolia may have ample relaxation earlier than going again in motion towards Phoenix on April 26 in Zamboanga Metropolis.
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