The problem with Meralco Bolts is not utilizing their locals. From what I observed, it's only Tony Bishop and Chris Newsome who have that strong dedication to winning. Coach Norman Black benched out mostly the good role players. Banchero, Almazan, Belo, Pasaol, etc. where are these guys? I know some of them dealt with an injury but if only they have a good amount of minutes, they might unleash their inner strength as reaching the Finals is something that is not easy to achieve.
When Coach Tim is putting Brownlee as PF, Coach Norman has no choice but to put Cliff Hodge on PF as he and Tony Bishop has the capability to guard Ginebra's import. It's also noticeable that Coach Norman uses much his son even on the worst night.
I hope the series will extend to Game 7. They can even the series although I'm Ginebra to win the Governor's Cup championship.
He is using Banchero and Almazan and he gives minutes to them though not that much. Banchero with an average of 13 mins. per game and Almazan with almost the same except in Game 4 where he played more than 30 mins. Pasaol? Understandable that he isn't playing since he is only a rookie, inexperienced when it comes to PBA playoffs and its the PBA Finals. Coach Black will use the players that he knows will give them the victory. With regards to Belo though, correct me but there is one interview and he said to it that he and Bishop are playing in the same position so he doesn't have that much playing time.
I think there is nothing wrong with Coach Norman giving his son more minutes as they need more offense and him, Newsome and Bishop are their main scorers. On the other hand though, I just hope that if Black has a bad night he might be given lesser minutes and give more minutes to other players as they might be more helpful offensively.
Ginebra in 7 games. It would be better if we will see another Brownlee buzzer beater again to end the series but we know that the chances of it to happen are low but.. it can happen
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