Nash Racela, TNT ‘expect more’ from Mike Glover

ANTIPOLO—TNT head coach Nash Racela was unimpressed to say the least when it came to his import Michael Glover during their opening day game in the PBA Governors’ Cup.

Racela’s team got blindsided, 103-90, by NLEX Friday at Ynares Center here and much of that was due to Glover’s lack of production.

Glover, who played for 30 minutes, only had measly 11 points on 4-of-12 shooting with 15 rebounds.

“Of course, we expect more, always expect more, 11 and 15 are not the numbers that you want,” said Racela.

In comparison, NLEX’ Oluseyi Ashaolu, who was nursing a sore right knee, put up 33 points and grabbed 23 boards in 42 minutes of play.

Racela said it was Ashaolu who was the anchor and the heart of the Road Warriors.

“I think it was very obvious, the opposing import overpowered everyone so I think he put in good numbers and I heard he’s even injured so that was just great performance,” said Racela.

“That’s a great character and I think he inspired the locals that led them to have good performances also.”

Mac Tallo, who was a former KaTropa, was the Robin to Ashaolu’s Batman after scoring 16 points while Larry Fonacier and PBA returnee Philip Paniamogan had 14 and 11 points, respectively.