Chot Reyes finally giving Gilbert Lao some minutesLast night, after everyone had finally concluded that Shane Mosley is indeed 390 years old, the sporting nation witnessed the PBA crown it's Commisioner's Cup Champions-Talk 'n' Text Tropang Texters as they completed a come-from-behind win at the expense of the proud Ginebra team.
The championship kept the Texter's hope of winning the coveted Grand Slam. The last team to win a Grand Slam was Alaska in 1996.
This was a tough loss for Ginebra. If the game was only three quarters long, we would have a Game 7 come wednesday. But the Texters are just too pesky, too strong, and Ginebra too shaky in the end that the series was decided in game 6.
Willie Miller was actually having a fiery game for Ginebra sinking pull-up jumpers and tough fade-aways and JC Intal made sure that the raining isn't only outside Araneta but also inside as he dropped a barrage of threes during the game helping Ginebra build a large lead.
The two rookies, Rob Labagala and John Wilson were providing surprising performances given the game on the line.
John Wilsom reminds me of then rookie, Sunday Salvacion, during one of Ginebra's 2004 championships. Salvacion was the revelation in that final's series. Plus, both were former NCAA MVPs. Rob Labagala did a nice job but were firing fastbreak dishes that turned into turnovers. He could have sealed the game during the end of the regulation had the prayer he threw up trickled into the basket. A few more gasps from the Ginebra faithfuls and the ball would have been sucked into the basket.
Only that it did not and the Gin Kings eventually lost the game and the series in overtime.
The Gin Kings management, I expect, has a lot to do in the short off-season if not up to the next conference. Even if Ginebra made it all the way to the finals, their brittleness showed.
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