{"id":215525,"date":"2019-05-23T00:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T04:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=215525"},"modified":"2019-05-23T00:50:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T04:50:00","slug":"tnt-opens-commissioner-cup-run-with-huge-win-over-nlex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/05\/23\/tnt-opens-commissioner-cup-run-with-huge-win-over-nlex\/","title":{"rendered":"TNT opens Commissioner Cup run with huge win over NLEX"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_215526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215526\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/61122315_2781727401843677_3990499203280273408_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-215526 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/61122315_2781727401843677_3990499203280273408_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: &#8220;Final: 102 &#8211; 87 in favor of the TNT KaTropa! Best Player: Terrence Jones with 41 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists #PBALabanKungLaban&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\/photos\/a.168128433203600\/2781727398510344\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\">PBA<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Talk N\u2019 Text KaTropa showed that they are a force to be reckoned with for this 2019 edition of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner\u2019s Cup after a huge 102-87 win over the NLEX Road Warriors last Wednesday, May 22 at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former National Basketball Association (NBA) star Terrence Jones fulfilled his duties as an import as he bagged 41 points and 14 rebounds for the KaTropa\u2019s season opener, chipping 23 in the first half alone. Anthony Semerad and Kelly Williams also contributed double-digits at 11 points and 10 points respectively. For the Road Warriors, it was Curtis Washington\u2019s double-double of 18 points and 16 rebounds that provided NLEX with a fighting chance, while Poy Erram had 14 points and 12 rebounds as well. Unfortunately for them, TNT already obtained the pacing during their second quarter 12-0 run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNT Coach Bong Ravena revealed after the match that his team \u201cexpected the import can adjust quickly to the game and to the team, like the chemistry and familiarization amongst themselves,\u201d stating, \u201cGood thing [Jones] delivered. Hopefully next game he can adjust even more.\u201d He added, \u201cWe don\u2019t need anything more from him, especially on offense. He can score anyway. But, I hope he improves his free throws,\u201d referring to Jones\u2019 8-of-19 free throw percentage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being named Best Player of the Game, Jones also \u201cwants to give appreciation to [his] teammates,\u201d telling the media, &#8220;We did it together on the defensive end. Right now we&#8217;re just trying to get better and take it one game at a time.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNT is expecting to face the Alaska Aces at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Saturday, May 25. The Road Warriors\u2019 next game is on the same day against Northport Batang Pier.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Talk N\u2019 Text KaTropa showed that they are a force to be reckoned with for this 2019 edition of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215525"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215534,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215525\/revisions\/215534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}