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PBA: Star coach has no issue with Allein Maliksi's late-game misses

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img figcaption="" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/01/13/star-011317.jpg"/><div class="embed-desc">Star&#x27;s Allein Maliksi drives against the defense of Alaska&#x27;s Calvin Abueva. Photo by Josh Albelda, ABS-CBN Sports. </div></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines — Star head coach Chito Victolero defended guard Allein Maliksi after the player came up short in crunch time of their loss to the Alaska Aces in the PBA Philippine Cup last Wednesday.Maliksi tied the game at 86 after knocking down a 3-pointer over two defenders with less than 90 seconds to go in the game, but proceeded to miss his next 3 shots. Two of those came in the final 10 seconds of the 4th quarter, when he bricked a triple, and upon getting the offensive rebound, also misfired on a midrange jumper.The misses came within 5 seconds of each other, and both could have given Star the lead. The game went to overtime, where Maliksi missed two more buckets and committed a turnover. Alaska went on to seize the victory, 97-90.<ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li>READ: <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2017/01/12/no-pain-gain-abueva-aces-20267">No pain no gain for Abueva, Aces </a></li></ul>&quot;Sa kanya talaga &#x27;yung play,&quot; Victolero said of Mallari&#x27;s failed attempts at the game-winner in regulation. (We drew up that play for him.)Victolero explained that he believed Mallari had the confidence to take the last shot, partly because he drained the game-tying triple.&quot;I can give it to Paul (Lee) or to Marc Pingris, but I feel that Allein was the best player na &#x27;yung confidence niya, andoon. So sa kanya talaga &#x27;yun,&quot; Victolero said.&quot;Hindi lang pumasok, pero kung pumasok &#x27;yun . . .&quot; (It didn&#x27;t go in, but if it did . . .)Asked about Maliksi&#x27;s decision in the final play of regulation, which was to immediately take another shot after getting the offensive rebound, instead of resetting the action or giving the ball to Lee, Victolero said he respected his player&#x27;s decision.&quot;Hindi natin pwedeng kwestyonin &#x27;yung player sa sitwasyon na ganoon. Diskarte niya yun,&quot; he said. (We can&#x27;t question his decision in that situation. It was his call.)&quot;Kung anuman &#x27;yung diskarte niya, nire-respect ko &#x27;yun,&quot; said Victolero, who added that the jumper, which Maliksi fired over the defense of Vic Manuel, was &quot;not a bad shot.&quot;&quot;Allein wants to win, and I respect that. Hindi ako pwedeng manisi, dahil diskarte niya yun,&quot; Victolero added. &quot;Kung pumasok &#x27;yun, meron ba tayong question? Wala naman tayong question.&quot;&quot;Call ni Allein &#x27;yun. Wala akong problema doon.&quot;Maliksi himself has said that he takes responsibility for his late-game errors, and will chalk those miscues to experience.His teammates are also backing up the young guard after his errors.&quot;Good shot naman eh,&quot; Marc Pingris said of Maliksi&#x27;s attempts. &quot;Pwede ko naman i-shoot &#x27;yung last shot, but may trust naman ako kay Allein, at open naman. Ang dami naming shot na pwede kaming manalo, pero talagang hindi lang pumapasok.&quot;(I could&#x27;ve taken the last shot, but I trust Allen. He was open. We had a lot of shots that could&#x27;ve given us the win, but they just weren&#x27;t falling in.)&quot; &#x27;Di lang talaga na-convert,&quot; Paul Lee said of Maliksi&#x27;s 3-pointer with 10 seconds to go. &quot; &#x27;Yun naman &#x27;yung gusto naming tira. Breaks of the game.&quot;(He just didn&#x27;t convert. That was the shot we wanted.)(For more sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com" target="_blank">Sports website.</a>)

Star head coach Chito Victolero defended guard Allein Maliksi after the player came up short in crunch time of their loss to the Alaska Aces last Wednesday in the PBA Philippine Cup.

Star head coach Chito Victolero defended guard Allein Maliksi after the player came up short in crunch time of their loss to the Alaska Aces last Wednesday in the PBA Philippine Cup.

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PBA: Star coach has no issue with Allein Maliksi's late-game misses

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 13, 2017 07:07 AM PHT

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