Rain or Shine head coach Yeng Guiao. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines – Up by nine in the fourth quarter, Rain or Shine found itself in a good position to win Game 3.
“But the refs just foiled our chances,” said ROS head coach Yeng Guiao.
Guiao expressed displeasure over the officiating citing several instances in which he thought the Elasto Painters, who are now on the brink of getting swept in the Finals, got the shorter end of the stick.
“Ranidel (de Ocampo) hit Gabe (Norwood) on a rebound, they got the ball back, they had four fouls, they were in penalty hindi binigay yung tawag sa amin, yung huling steal ni Jayson Castro kay Chris Tiu, hindi binigay sa’min, turnover, score sila, yung drive ni Ryan Reyes kay Paul Lee, he was in a good defensive position binangga siya pa yung foul, hinagis lang yung bola ni Ryan,” Guiao calmly pointed out.
“So in that situation alone, yung tatlong tawag na yun malaking bagay para sa amin yun and they did not give it to us especially in the crucial moments of the game. We just felt that we did our best but the refs ruined a nice game or ruined our chances at least.”
Guiao, cool and collected, also challenged the league to review those instances in the game where he felt changed the complexion of a closely contested Game 3.
“This is the Finals, games our going to be won very closely, the difference probably is one or two possessions and those possessions I think were important to us but we did not get it.”
“They promised us. Nangako si Commissioner ng fair officiating, dapat panindigan niya yung pangako niya and it wasn’t fair today,” added Guiao. “Yung unang dalawang laro wala akong masasabi pero ngayon, hindi.”