The Rain or Shine Elastopainters drew 18 points from Anton Asistio as they coasted to a 107-86 swamping of an undermanned TNT Tropang 5G on Sunday in Game 3 of their 49th PBA Philippine Cup semifinals matchup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Taking advantage of the absence of injured Roger Pogoy, ROS moved closer to equalizing their best-of-seven match-up with the series record now at 2-1.
The two teams will square off again Wednesday in Game 4 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, with TNT seen to miss Pogoy again.
Pogoy went down on a hamstring injury for a second straight game.
“Even after the loss ng last game, Game 2 namin, I was really happy with the effort. The effort was there. We just lost the game because we just didn’t make enough free throws, just a very low percentage from the free throw line, and we made one bad decision, fouling Calvin Oftana taking a three-point shot or a four-point shot, whatever,” said Guiao.
