To the eyes of head coach Yeng Guiao,\u00a0 two of the three victories the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters won in a grind-it-out, come-from-behind fashion is an indication of continues character-building and maturity.<\/p>\n
“Of course, you don’t want your team to always win like this. You want your team to win in a more comfortable fashion, but for me, this is a testament of the character this team has. It’s a character of a good team and through this, we’re also developing our maturity,” said Guiao in a telephone interview with Pinoystep.com on the heels of the Elasto Painters’ gripping\u00a0 112-111 squeaker of Titan Ultra at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.<\/p>\n
Rain or Shine pulled off a hard-earned victory capped by Anton Asistio’s four pressure-packed free throws.<\/p>\n
Asistio drew a foul from\u00a0 Joshua Munzon in the final 2.1 seconds then sealed the win by making all four charity shots to complete the Elasto Painters’ triumph after battling back from a 19-point deficit in the third period.<\/p>\n
Prior to Asistio knocking those game-winning free throws, Rain or Shine has been struggling shooting from the foul line as a team, but Guiao remained confident and kept his faith on his dead shot shooting guard.<\/p>\n
“Shooter naman si Anton, kaya mataas ang kumpiyansa ko sa kanya,” added Guiao. “Mataas rin ang shooting percentage niya sa free throws kaya I was confident enough sa tsansa naming manalo. In fact, iniisip ko nga noon maski maka-tatlo lang OK na rin eh, pupunta kami sa overtime, but maybe because of the momentum of the team rallying from a big lead, that was a big factor, too.”<\/p>\n
Asistio ranked it as probably one of the biggest games of his career, owing to the magnitude at how the Elasto Painters won.<\/p>\n
“I’ve never been in this situation before,” added Asistio. “That’s why I ranked it up there as probably one of my biggest moments.”<\/p>\n
Looking back, Asistio was having reservations of the team’s chances to win against Titan Ultra.<\/p>\n
“We were really having a difficult time kasi halos hindi kami makalamang. Hahabol kami, makaka three-point shot sila, and then, magti-turnover kami, so parang I was having doubts about the chances of winning because of how things were going,” said Asistio.<\/p>\n
“But I really have to give it to my teammates. Palaban kasi talaga sila. They won’t quit and probably because it rubbed off on us knowing yung coach namin, palaban rin kasi.”<\/p>\n
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