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PBA: Marcio Lassiter, No.2 na sa highest career triples sa PBA
Rico Lucero
Nakagawa si Marcio Lassiter ng isang makasaysayang career milestone matapos talunin ng SMB ang NLEX nitong Miyerkules.
Nalampasan na ni Lassiter si Allan Caidic sa No. 2 slot para sa pinakamaraming 3-point shots na pinakawalan sa buong PBA.
Sa laro kontra NLEX, nagpakawala si Super Marcio ng apat na tres, dahilan para mabuo niya ang 1,243 three-pointers at nagbigay daan sa San Miguel para makasungkit ng 105-100 na abante sa ika-apat na quarter.
“You know, every game, I don't think about it until you guys show it on the big screen in the game, then you can kinda feel it, kinda puts me in perspective in just how truly honored I am. But yeah, I just try my best not to think about it every night. “It's a good thing that I'm always constantly just making the extra passes and knowing that the ball will find me, and tonight that's what happened. A lot of great passes. I think Jericho (Cruz) was the one who probably found me for the record,” ani Lassiter.
Sa panalong ito ng Beermen ay nakaganti na rin sila sa NLEX matapos ang pagkatalo nito noong Agosto 31 sa Cagayan De Oro City.
Bagaman galing si Lassiter sa pagkakasakit dahil sa food poisoning at patuloy pa ring nagpagaling at nagrerekober, patuloy pa rin siyang nakapag-ambag sa kanyang koponan. Nagpasalamat din si Lassiter dahil sa naabot niyang achievement ngayon sa larangan ng basketball.
“I got sick. I wanted to be there for my teammates. But when you lose like 12 pounds, it's kinda hard to get back to it, regain my strength. I think by our out-of-town game against NLEX, I was feeling OK. So, yeah. Pretty much [in the] last two games, I was pretty much normal. That's probably why I kinda had a slow start in the first three games. Just to be in this elite status is quite amazing. I'm just truly grateful and thankful. Most importantly, get the win. That's what we needed to do tonight. It was a great team win tonight,”dagdag pa ni Lassiter.
Sa ngayon, pitong three pointers ang layo ng kanyang puntos kay Jimmy Alapag, na siyang may hawak bilang three point king ng liga.
