Caguioa glad to feel no pain during All-Star cameo appearance

DIGOS CITY - Injured Barangay Ginebra superstar Mark Caguioa said he felt good during a brief six-minute stint in the PBA All-Star game against Gilas Pilipinas on Sunday night at the Davao del Sur Coliseum.

Caguioa, voted as a starter for the PBA All-Star team, surprisingly started at guard and spent the first three minutes of the mid-season classic mostly running up and down the floor.

He returned to start the second half and hit a lone three-pointer before being pulled out of the game for good by All-Star coach Luigi Trillo with still close to nine minutes to go in the third period.

“I was surprised that I felt no pain though I wasn’t forcing it,” Caguioa told Spin.ph. “The thing with that (lateral movement), I just have to be careful. Of course, if my left leg touches or hits the floor, yung parang mag-slide siya, I can experience pain.”

The reigning league MVP said Sunday’s exhibition game was the first time he played in a five-on-five contest since he sprained the MCL on his left knee on March 22 against the Meralco Bolts.

“Makikita mo sa court, I really was trying to be careful and not really play defense. The scary part was when I got that rebound in the second half,” he recalled.

Caguioa said he had All-Star co-MVP Jeff Chan to thank for the only field goal he made in the game, which ended in a 124-124 deadlock.

“Actually, I told Jeff, 'Once I got it (ball), Jeff let me shoot.' So when he was challenging me, he said, 'Go, go go,'" Caguioa laughed. "I want to thank Jeff for that.”


SOURCE: SPIN.ph

sana "no pain" na idol ..............

sana nga idol wala na sakit ng injury mo

Sana mag tuloy tuloy na ang pag galing mo MC! goodluck

kulit ni MC kakontsaba pa si chan para maka score

good sign!!! sana hindi na bumalik ang injury nya...

betterhalf wrote: kulit ni MC kakontsaba pa si chan para maka score

good sign na mataas talaga ang respeto ni Jeff kay mc...thanks Jeff malay mo bullet day maging kabaranggay ka din namin

magandang senyales to, kasi hindi pa nawawala yun shooting touch ni idol... sa bagay baka lalo pa humasa yun shooting nya kasi eto lang naman pwede nya gawin habang nag rerecover sya sa injury nya...

Sigurado ako gigil na gigil na ulet makapaglaro ni MC.. sana lalong tumindi yung shooting nya ngayon...