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Cool Cat Mike Cortez is on fire!
by MR. FAST Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:08 am
Cool Cat Mike Cortez is on fire!
It’s hard for a local to score
a triple-double in the PBA. The only way for a player to score
such feat is by becoming a Mr. Do-It-All. There are a few players that have
accomplished that feat, but none of them in recent history.
When was the last time a PBA
player perfectly executed a triple-double ballgame?
I have no idea.
That was until Mike “The Cool Cat” Cortez did such
feat.
Drafted ahead of Romel Adducul, Enrico Villanueva, Cyrus
Baguio, Ronald Tubid, and Jimmy Alapag, this former De La Salle Green Archer did enough to get then-Alaska coach Tim Cone to jump in his
bandwagon. He was the top pick of
the 2003 PBA Draft by the Aces and
was touted as their next Johnny
Abarrientos.
Well, there is only one Flying A.
But in hindsight, Cortez didn’t
have a bad career either.
Almost a decade after the 2003
PBA Draft, he is now playing for the Barangay
Ginebra Kings. When Jayjay
Helterbrand went down because of injury at the start of the 2012 PBA Commissioner’s Cup, Cortez had
to get an ample amount of the load. This said load evolved to so much more
following the eye injury sustained by Mark
Caguioa.
Without Mark Caguioa, the Gins looked
nothing like the second seed they were in the end of the eliminations. Against the
B-Meg Llamados in their semifinal
faceoff, the Kings looked lost without their Spark. Jackson Vroman’s ineffectiveness to deliver the important shots in
crunch time is what’s ruining their chances. For a team loaded with stars,
there were no go-to-guys that were presenting their selves as the team’s
biggest savior. Even Cortez looked lost against the formidable foe led by James Yap, Marc Pingris, Peter June Simon,
Josh Urbiztondo, and import Denzel Bowles.
With their backs against the
wall, they need a miracle to withstand B-Meg Llamados’ onslaught.
And then the miracle happened.
In front of almost 11,000
people strong, “Sakuragi” Marc
Pingris was ejected after getting a technical foul and a flagrant foul that
ultimately led to his ejection.
And then for the first time in
the series, Denzel Bowles struggled to make his self relevant.
Then KG Canaleta scored four triples in the fourth quarter including
three straight in a span of two minutes. Canaleta would finish the game with a
game-high 23 points.
And then there’s the Mike
Cortez triple-double.
The
Cool Cat finished the game with 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists – which is the
first time for him to accomplish such feat. He also did this in an
all-important ballgame heading the call to quench Ginebra’s search for players
to step up. To withstand JC Intal’s
18-point explosion as well as the 8-point offensive burn of Vroman, Cortez
stepped up big time.
So I think Tim Cone, Cortez’
first coach in the PBA, will have his eyes locked on Ginebra’s all-around star.
Of course, Cone needs to be weary of a lot of guys aside from Cool Cat.
Reaching in double digits in Game Three were Canaleta, Helterbrand, and Dylan Ababou. Rudy Hatfield and Vroman
also made significant contributions to the game. For B-Meg, I don’t think
Pingris and Bowles will have the same output come Game Four but for their sake,
Yap, Simon, Joe Devance, Urbiztondo,
and hopefully Jonas Villanueva will step up and rise from the challenge.
Is Game Four the final game of
this exciting Best-of-five series?
If you said yes…
Don’t tell that to Mike Cortez and even to Siot Tanquingcen and his players and staff because they’ll do everything in their never-say-die power to prove all of us wrong.
Game over.
Source: Sydrified.org
It’s hard for a local to score
a triple-double in the PBA. The only way for a player to score
such feat is by becoming a Mr. Do-It-All. There are a few players that have
accomplished that feat, but none of them in recent history.
When was the last time a PBA
player perfectly executed a triple-double ballgame?
I have no idea.
That was until Mike “The Cool Cat” Cortez did such
feat.
Drafted ahead of Romel Adducul, Enrico Villanueva, Cyrus
Baguio, Ronald Tubid, and Jimmy Alapag, this former De La Salle Green Archer did enough to get then-Alaska coach Tim Cone to jump in his
bandwagon. He was the top pick of
the 2003 PBA Draft by the Aces and
was touted as their next Johnny
Abarrientos.
Well, there is only one Flying A.
But in hindsight, Cortez didn’t
have a bad career either.
Almost a decade after the 2003
PBA Draft, he is now playing for the Barangay
Ginebra Kings. When Jayjay
Helterbrand went down because of injury at the start of the 2012 PBA Commissioner’s Cup, Cortez had
to get an ample amount of the load. This said load evolved to so much more
following the eye injury sustained by Mark
Caguioa.
Without Mark Caguioa, the Gins looked
nothing like the second seed they were in the end of the eliminations. Against the
B-Meg Llamados in their semifinal
faceoff, the Kings looked lost without their Spark. Jackson Vroman’s ineffectiveness to deliver the important shots in
crunch time is what’s ruining their chances. For a team loaded with stars,
there were no go-to-guys that were presenting their selves as the team’s
biggest savior. Even Cortez looked lost against the formidable foe led by James Yap, Marc Pingris, Peter June Simon,
Josh Urbiztondo, and import Denzel Bowles.
With their backs against the
wall, they need a miracle to withstand B-Meg Llamados’ onslaught.
And then the miracle happened.
In front of almost 11,000
people strong, “Sakuragi” Marc
Pingris was ejected after getting a technical foul and a flagrant foul that
ultimately led to his ejection.
And then for the first time in
the series, Denzel Bowles struggled to make his self relevant.
Then KG Canaleta scored four triples in the fourth quarter including
three straight in a span of two minutes. Canaleta would finish the game with a
game-high 23 points.
And then there’s the Mike
Cortez triple-double.
The
Cool Cat finished the game with 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists – which is the
first time for him to accomplish such feat. He also did this in an
all-important ballgame heading the call to quench Ginebra’s search for players
to step up. To withstand JC Intal’s
18-point explosion as well as the 8-point offensive burn of Vroman, Cortez
stepped up big time.
So I think Tim Cone, Cortez’
first coach in the PBA, will have his eyes locked on Ginebra’s all-around star.
Of course, Cone needs to be weary of a lot of guys aside from Cool Cat.
Reaching in double digits in Game Three were Canaleta, Helterbrand, and Dylan Ababou. Rudy Hatfield and Vroman
also made significant contributions to the game. For B-Meg, I don’t think
Pingris and Bowles will have the same output come Game Four but for their sake,
Yap, Simon, Joe Devance, Urbiztondo,
and hopefully Jonas Villanueva will step up and rise from the challenge.
Is Game Four the final game of
this exciting Best-of-five series?
If you said yes…
Don’t tell that to Mike Cortez and even to Siot Tanquingcen and his players and staff because they’ll do everything in their never-say-die power to prove all of us wrong.
Game over.
Source: Sydrified.org
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Re: Cool Cat Mike Cortez is on fire!
by dark_adamm Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:37 pm
Wow... uniq write ups... i luv it...
gudluck kings... time to equalize the series..
gudluck kings... time to equalize the series..
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Re: Cool Cat Mike Cortez is on fire!
by MR. FAST Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:45 pm
dark_adamm wrote:Wow... uniq write ups... i luv it...
gudluck kings... time to equalize the series..
Welcome back kabarangay dark_adamm
Sana maging maganda ulet ang laro ni Cool cat mamaya, mukhang sha ang stabilizer ng team..
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