First Game First Loss

With all the injuries hounding the camp of Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters, they were defeated by their sister team in their first game in the season ending tourney.  The team appeared to be in control in the early going of first quarter leading by as many as 11 points only to squander it in the second quarter. The Meralco Bolts just took advantage of the depleted line up of Talk ‘N Text by owning the next two quarters. It was the first time that the Bolts were able to beat the Talk ‘N Text since they entered the league.

Jayson Castro, Ryan Reyes, Kelly Williams, Harvey Carey, and Jimmy Alapag were absent due to some nagging injuries and family health issues. Good thing though these players will be joining the team sooner than later. Their presence is really needed since the team is up ahead with a tough schedule plus the fact that the Governor’s Cup has a very tough format too.

Without Jimmy Alapag, the team just couldn’t handle the ball very well. They gave up at least 15 turnovers and their offense was somehow in disarray. There were just too many steals by the Bolts.  They were also out-rebounded by their opponent. Nonetheless, Talk ‘N Text did show a good fight and I know that they will make some adjustments and will be better in their next game which will be this coming Saturday.

On the lighter side of the story, after missing 42 games due to an ACL injury – Aaron Aban return to the team and was immediately inserted in the starting line up. He scored 13 points in his very first game after the injury. Paul Harris was always a reliable scorer; he leads the team in scoring with 32 points but was clearly tired in the last minutes of the 4th quarter missing key shots and free throws. Talk ‘N Text is still missing the A-game of Japeth Aguilar which failed to score a single point but he had some good blocks in the early part of the game though. I can’t wait to see him show his basketball skills in the coming games.

Their next assignment is Air21 Express this coming Saturday. I am sure that they will come out stronger and this loss will serves as their motivation! Let’s go Tropa!