
Rain or Shine’s Santi Santillan makes a transfer towards Magnolia’s Ian Sangalang all through their sport within the PBA Philippine Cup in Montalban, Rizal.–PBA IMAGES
MANILA, Philippines—With its slew of flexible bigs again, Rain or Shine flaunted its intensity led by means of Santi Santillan in a large win over league-leading Magnolia within the PBA Philippine Cup Sunday evening.
Santillan had an effective and all-around effort recording 17 issues, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks in not up to 25 mins of motion.
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“I put in extra work even before our practice starts,” stated Santillan after the Elasto Painters’ 119-105 victory that snapped the Hotshots’ 6-0 get started within the convention.
“I work on my shooting as well because in practice, the intensity is always there. We need to get used to it.”
Santillan shot 7-of-12 from the sector however stated what helped his workforce extra used to be his contributions at the different finish of the ground and rebounding.
“I need to be healthy because I need to step up. Even without Beau (Belga) or Keith (Datu), I need to be aggressive in defense and rebounds. It’s a big thing for us in the team to have that rebounder.”
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The former La Salle standout used to be one in all 10 Rain or Shine avid gamers who scored a minimum of seven issues. Adrian Nocum paced the Painters’ balanced offense with a game-high 20 issues.
Jhonard Clarito had 14 issues, 5 rebounds and 5 assists off the bench whilst Felix Lemetti tallied 11 issues and 5 assists. Datu, coming off a 27-point, eight-rebound efficiency the former win over Blackwater, added 10 issues and 5 rebounds.
Bigs Caelan Tiongson and Beau Belga, who not too long ago returned from accidents, chipped in 8 and 7 issues, respectively.
The Painters (4-2) shoot for a 3rd immediately win on Wednesday towards Grand Slam-seeking TNT Tropang 5G at Ynares Center in Antipolo.