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But he was in disbelief about the P30,000 fine meted on his player for a flagrant foul penalty two on Talk ‘N Text’s Jayson Castro in Game Three of their best-of-seven semifinal showdown.
“Commissioner (Salud) has allowed guys like James Yap, Rob Reyes, Beau Belga to play on so he’s being consistent with that,” Trillo said, referring to players who committed the same infractions but escaped suspension.
“I am surprised by Cyrus’ fine. Si (Aaron) Aban nga hindi natin alam kung magkano fine.”
Trillo was pointing to Aban’s hit on the face Calvin Abueva in Game Two where the Aces prevailed, 100-88.
Aban’s hard foul on Abueva did not escape the attention of Talk ‘N Text coach Norman Black.
“When Aaron Aban gave up a hard foul on Calvin Abueva in Game Two, I called him up and told him that we want to play tough defense, but we don’t intend to hurt anybody. We don’t need that in basketball because that’s the players’ livelihood,” Black said in an earlier interview by InterAKTV.
Baguio’s P30,000 fine was the biggest that Salud handed out on Thursday as his punishment to the erring players in the Alaska-Talk ‘N Text semifinal series.
Abueva was fined a total of P7,400 for his flagrant foul penalty one on Castro and technical foul for second motion. His teammates Gabby Espinas (P5,000) and Sonny Thoss (P1,000) were also fined.
Tropang Texters Jared Dillinger, Jared Dillinger and Kelly Williams were handed out a P1,000 fine each for their technical fouls in Game Three which they won, 93-79.
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