00:00The PBA Commissioners' Cup was held this week in Araneta Coliseum
00:04where the Miralco Bolts and the Hong Kong Eastern were facing each other
00:08which was followed by a tie between the San Miguel Beermen and the Barangay Ginebra.
00:14Who won the match?
00:16We will find out in the story of teammate Darryl Loclares.
00:22The start of the new year was good for the Miralco Bolts
00:25after they won the 88-83 match against the Hong Kong Eastern
00:31in the PBA 49th Season Commissioners' Cup this week in the Big Dome.
00:37Akaw Mitchell's performance was amazing
00:41with double-double 31 points and 14 rebounds,
00:45plus 7 steals and 5 assists.
00:48According to Mitchell, the long vacation was a big help
00:52especially as he was recovering from a nose injury.
00:56Honestly, it just felt like getting into a little bit of a rhythm.
01:00Coming out for the break, I'm used to playing every few days
01:03and here, you know, you get long stretches of time off.
01:06I think the first half, I was seeing things that I could take advantage of
01:10and in the second half, they didn't make really any adjustments
01:13so I just tried to exploit it.
01:15My teammates saw it as well and they called it out and just kept giving it to me.
01:19For Miralco Head Coach Luigi Trillo,
01:23it was a defensive move by his opponent
01:26to cut off their two-game losing streak.
01:29This type of games we live for,
01:32because it really shows our character.
01:35If you lose two games, it's so easy to pinpoint, finger push.
01:38I think to beat Eastern, we had to match their toughness
01:43and we did that today.
01:44In the second game, Barangay Ginebra didn't form San Miguel Gearmen
01:49in order to get the dominant 93-81 win.
01:53Troy Rosario was ahead in the Gen Kings
01:56who scored 22 markers and 10 boards.
02:00What's written on the board in our pregame,
02:04it's written, be aggressive and be the aggressor.
02:07So, coming to this game, we know San Miguel,
02:10how big they are, how a powerful team they are.
02:15So, we have to limit our errors in the defensive end
02:20and execute our system.
02:24This is the highest scoring output of Rosario
02:28wearing the Never Say Die jersey.
02:30That's why Coach Tim Cohn and Ginebra
02:32went all out for him.
02:35Just a lot of heart led by this guy.
02:37I mean, he was all over the floor.
02:39Troy kind of represented our performance tonight.
02:44And I thought we just really played hard.
02:47The PBA Season 49 Commissioners Cup will continue on Tuesday
02:52at Fieldsports Arena
02:54where there will be a match between
02:56Terra Firma Jeep and Phoenix Fuel Masters
03:00which will be followed by a match between Volts
03:03and TNT Tropang Giga.
03:06Daryl Oclares for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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