Young massive man Kai Sotto admitted that his restricted minutes on the courtroom throughout Gilas Pilipinas’ 87-81 loss to the Dominican Republic final Friday fueled him to show himself extra to the coaches.
During the one-day break on Saturday, the 7-foot-3 middle made positive to work issues out in his sport to earn his minutes, and that proved efficient as he was fielded in each quarter on Sunday in opposition to Angola.
The Philippines, nonetheless, fell to Angola, 80-70.
“Binigyan ko ng pagka-alangan ‘yung mga coaches kaya siguro ‘di nila ako magamit [last game] so simula no’n inisip ko na talaga kung ano ‘yung mga kailangan kong gawin at ipakita para sa next game magamit na ako,” Sotto mentioned.
“I think this Angola team is really good and I think mas match ako sa mga match-ups ‘pag sa big guys ng Angola.”
(I in all probability gave the coaches doubts for them to not use me that a lot final sport so I believed that I wanted to point out and achieve this they may use me subsequent sport. I feel this Angola workforce is admittedly good and I feel I match higher to their massive guys.)
Against the Dominicans, Sotto got here off the bench and was inserted to the sport within the first half, however after choosing up two fast fouls, the 21-year-old bruiser was subbed out and by no means returned to the courtroom since then to complete scoreless.
Head coach Chot Reyes even defined that call, saying different massive males AJ Edu and June Mar Fajardo have been simply doing nice on the ground.
Sotto, hungry to assist Gilas earn a victory, logged 19 minutes and 33 seconds within the loss to Angola and churned out eight factors, six rebounds, and one help.
The massive man mentioned he’ll solely maintain getting higher after the sport.
“I mean, marami pa ring pagkukulang. Marami pa rin pwedeng i-improve kasi siyempre wala namang perfect game kahit manalo ka,” Sotto added.
“Papanoorin ko ulit ‘yung game namin and I think I’m just proud of the effort from every body sa team. Kung anuman natutunan namin from this game, ia-add namin against Italy.”
(I nonetheless have quite a bit to work on and enhance as a result of there is no such thing as a good sport even should you win. I’ll watch our sport once more and I feel I’m simply pleased with the hassle of each physique within the workforce. Whatever we’ve discovered from this sport, we are going to use in opposition to Italy.)
With two losses already, Gilas Pilipinas nonetheless has an opportunity to salvage its marketing campaign in opposition to Italy on Tuesday.
—JKC, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
