Tenorio guides Magnolia previous ex-team Ginebra in PBA teaching debut as fiftieth season opens

LA Tenorio hopes a win over his former group Barangay Ginebra would be the ‘begin of an excellent journey’ as Magnolia head coach

MANILA, Philippines – LA Tenorio aced his first check as a PBA head coach and it got here on the expense of at least his former group.

Tenorio guided Magnolia to a rousing begin within the Philippine Cup because the Hotshots opened the league’s golden season with an 80-73 win over Barangay Ginebra on the Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, October 5.

Zavier Lucero, coming off a powerful run final season that noticed him earn spots within the Second Legendary and All-Defensive Groups, delivered 17 factors, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 steals within the victory that marked a brand new period for the storied Purefoods franchise below Tenorio.

“I assume they actually wished to offer this primary win to me. So I actually recognize my gamers and I hope that this would be the begin of an excellent journey,” mentioned Tenorio, who performed his remaining PBA recreation simply final June when he and the Gin Kings misplaced to San Miguel in Sport 7 of their All-Filipino semifinals.

Tenorio bought stable performances from Javi Gomez de Liaño and Jerom Lastimosa as properly.

Acquired by Magnolia after a one-season stint within the Korean Basketball League, Gomez de Liaño chipped in 14 factors on a 4-of-10 clip from three-point land, whereas Lastimosa additionally completed with 14 factors to go together with 5 assists and a couple of steals.

Rome dela Rosa added 12 factors for the Hotshots, who led by as many as 15 factors, 63-58, after a blazing 10-0 begin and remained in management for a lot of the fourth quarter.

Stephen Holt starred for the Gin Kings with 16 factors and 17 rebounds, however his large double-double went for naught as Ginebra missed the manufacturing of former MVP Scottie Thompson.

Additionally part of the Second Legendary Workforce along with teammate Japeth Aguilar, Thompson went scoreless in almost 32 minutes of play and tallied 3 turnovers.

Jeremiah Grey and Troy Rosario added 13 and 12 factors, respectively, within the loss, whereas newly topped Rookie of the 12 months RJ Abarrientos equipped 11 factors and 4 assists.

Gin Kings rookie Sonny Estil had 9 factors and seven rebounds in his PBA debut.

The Scores

Magnolia 80 – Lucero 17, lastimosa 14, Gomez de Liano 14, dela Rosa 12, Sangalang 9, Barroca 7, Laput 5, Dionisio 2, Lee 0, Verano 0, Alfaro 0, Escoto 0.

Barangay Ginebra 73 – Holt 16, Grey 13, Rosario 12, Abarrientos 11, Estil 9, J.Aguilar 5, Cu 3, Torres 2, David 2, Thompson 0.

Quarters: 23-14, 36-30, 61-48, 80-73.

– Rappler.com