There were concerns about whether TNT could win another championship after Jayson Castro went down with a knee injury, but Rey Nambatac proves he is up to the task
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.Even Castro believed Nambatac’s time was now.
“He played really good. Wow. His performance was on a different level,” Castro added. “He really deserves the award because you all saw that he took over from when I was gone.” Nambatac delivered 22 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 rebounds in the title-clinching Game 7, with three of the four games the Tropang Giga won in the finals featuring him scoring at least 20 points.
“But then again, when I tried to embrace that challenge, that pressure, this became the outcome. I did not expect to be a Finals MVP because my focus was on one thing: to become a back-to-back champion.”
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