PBA: Luigi Trillo suggestions hat to Yeng Guiao after Meralco-Rain or Shine chess match

PBA coaches Yeng Guiao and Paolo Trillo. –PBA IMAGES

MANILA, Philippines—Meralco could have one-upped Rain or Shine of their first encounter within the PBA Commissioners’ Cup event however coach Luigi Trillo made certain to tip his hat to Yeng Guiao after a hard-fought duel.

After the Bolts’ 107-102 victory over the Elasto Painters, Trillo stated that Guiao is steering his squad in “the best path.”

Trillo additionally recommended all the Rain or Shine squad for making it laborious for Meralco to take its first season win.

“[With] coach Yeng, the great factor is, he’s received the group, he’s received the 2 rookies (Luis Villegas and Keith Datu Jr.) and so they’re not off course,” stated the highest coach at Philsports Area on Wednesday.

“You possibly can see it was a tough matchup for us. Within the preseason, they had been No. 1 [in scoring] their tempo was so laborious and it was intestine verify time for us all through the sport.”

Villegas was seen in civilian garments through the sport, nonetheless nursing the ACL damage he absorbed in April however Datu Jr. confirmed why he was a first-rounder for Rain or Shine.

Keith Datu Jr. –PBA Pictures

In his debut sport within the huge league, Datu Jr. scored 16 factors with 5 rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block in simply over 23 minutes of motion.

Elasto Painters’ younger weapons Leonard Santillan and Andrei Caracut additionally completed with 16 and 15 markers, respectively, within the shut loss.

Seeing Rain or Shine’s youthful core flourish made Trillo acknowledge the squad much more and stated the Elasto Painters will doubtlessly be a risk for different squads because the season grows.

“Make no errors, Rain or Shine goes to be a group that may contend right here and I count on them to be one of many harder groups because the season progresses.”

Elasto Painters import Dajuan Summers struggled from the sphere, sinking solely eight of his 23 attemptsbut nonetheless completed with a close to double-double of 27 factors and 9 rebounds.

The Bolts’ Suleiman Braimoh Jr. had a significantly better sport to the tune of 34 factors and 14 rebounds however Trillo stated each imports had some similarities by way of skills.

“We performed Dajuan in Fiba Asia in Thailand earlier than and he performed for Korea and we misplaced that sport. I keep in mind him, he’s similar to Su, excessive character however a bit older.”