JT Taipan turned to its bench players for help and the shock troopers responded with solid contributions to thwart Manila, 65-51, in the PSL President’s Cup at the Filoil-EcoOil Centre in San Juan.
But notching its sixth win, JT Taipan has moved up to .500 win-loss mark.
Jason Ballesteros missed a rebound away from finishing with a double-double performance as he came away with 14 points on top of nine rebounds.
Itchie Altamirano contributed 12 and Francisco Tancioco produced 10.
But JT Taipan’s second and third units were able to make key contributions as the bench players outplayed their counterparts from Manila, 50-25.
“The good thing about now is we were able to establish chemistry quite a bit,” said JT Taipan head coach Egay Macaraya. “Pero marami pa ring kulang at mayroon pa kaming mga idadagdag.”
“Malaki pa rin ang kulang sa team kasi nakita namin kulang pa kami sa mga big men na puwedeng makapalitan ni Ballesteros and need rin namin ng stretch four.”
