MANILA – The Philippine NBA 2K team caught fire early on in their FIBA E-sports Open series against Indonesia on Friday night, leading to back-to-back blowout wins.
The Philippines opened its account with a wire-to-wire 56-29 victory before pulling away just before halftime to hack out a 64-30 Game 2 rout.
"From the start, talagang ang order sa amin, 'Shoot to kill,' as in from (the) first quarter to the fourth quarter, kahit tambak yan ng 20, 30, or a hundred (From the start, the order given to us was, 'Shoot to kill,' as in from the first quarter to the fourth quarter, even if we lead by 20, 30, or 100)," Team Captain Philippe Herrero said post-game why the team still played hard despite already leading by much.
Aljon Cruzin sizzled in both games, scoring 22 points, three rebounds, and seven assists in Game 1 and 23 points, one rebound, and three assists in Game 2.
The Philippines can clinch the best-of-five Southeast Asian Conference championship series in Game 3 on Saturday night but even if that happens, both the Philippines and Indonesia will still have to slug it out in Game 4 also on Saturday night and in Game 5 on Sunday night. (PNA)
