For head coach Tim Cone, the group delivered for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.
Cone mentioned it appeared that the squad relied on the 54,589 sturdy crowd within the Philippine Arena as further motivation in going in opposition to the Bay Area Dragons.
He admitted that they had been ‘indignant’ about what occurred in Game 6 the place they misplaced to Bay Area, however the 25-time champion coach mentioned the anger was transformed into one thing productive for the 114-99 win in Game 7.
“We were angry about Game 6. We didn’t want to go to a Game 7,” Cone mentioned within the post-game convention. “We felt we had Game 6 in hand, we had that comeback, and then we let it slip away and we were angry about that.”
“I think that anger spilled over into Game 7. Our guys were really locked in from the very first minute. I really feel that they could feel the energy of the crowd, the 54,000 that were here,” he added.
The power Ginebra bought from the group is one thing even Cone couldn’t clarify.
“Just from the very first basket when Justin [Brownlee] scored, it’s hard to explain but you could just feel the energy of the players just go up,” mentioned Cone.
“I wish we knew exactly what geared us to play this well tonight, If I did I’d put it in a bottle and tell the other coaches but I don’t know what we did. I do know we came out a little angry and I do know that the energy from the crowd boosted us to levels I don’t think we could get to, against this team.”
Despite the dominant recreation, Cone mentioned he was stunned by how effectively they carried out in opposition to the Dragons.
“We were totally surprised at how well we played and how we beat Bay Area,” mentioned Cone.
“When you have that massive crowd behind you, you play better than you are.”
In entrance of the document crowd, the win additionally handed Ginebra its fifteenth total title.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
