PBA Finals (Game 4)

            Wow. This game was full of drama and a very physical one having the biggest attendance this season with 18, 696 viewers. (from AKTV on IBC 13 twitter account) TNT and BMEG were in each others peak. They played hard every time and they played harder this game. In the first quarter, the game was close ending the quarter with only a point led by TNT. But in the remaining three quarters, the TNT prevailed. They got easy layups and many opportunities in the 15-foot line. Early in the fourth quarter, BMEG is catching up but every time they shoot the basket, TNT had an answer to it. So they never got close to TNT. There were also several calls foe technical fouls in this game. But in the latter fourth quarter came all the drama. Upset, Joe Devance threw the ball in Pamboy Raymundo's face. By this action, Pamboy answered by slapping Joe's nape. This led for the referees to call Flagrant foul Penalty 2. Well, I thought that it's too much for the referee to call this foul Flagrant. There's not much power in the actions of two players. It should have been only a technical foul. Well, we can't argue with the referee so the two players and each other coaches accept it (just because the don't have choice, in my opinion). After that incident, another drama came in. With the ball possession in BMEG and still trailing TNT, Coach Tim Cone of BMEG suddenly fell down. With the rewind of the game, we saw that as JC Intal is dribbling the ball, going sideways into their bench, the referee avoided to crash with him. And with this avoidance of Intal's play, the referee crashed with Coach Tim and he fell down. This brought shock to everybody. BMEG players in the bench immeditely helped their coach to bring him in his feet. And I thought, with this embarassing moment and his disappointment in the game, he immediately walked outside the court without even waiting the game to finished. I thought that the referee made it worse. Giving this embarassment in Coach Tim, he didn't even helped him to get up. What a pathetic referee. This was too much drama for this game. Well, TNT having a lead by 15, won this game. 

           What do we expect in the Game 5. Well, the Devance-Raymundo brawl and the war going on between these two very physical teams. Game 5 will be a war, a bloody one. With the series tied at 2, each teams must step up each others game to gain advantage with the other one.

PS: Go TNT! Sorry, I'm bias. ☺