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PBA: Standhardinger downplays career-high after NorthPort loss

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/11/04/20191104-christian-standhardinger.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Christian Standhardinger scored a career-best 37 points against Alaska. Richard Esguerra, ABS-CBN Sports</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines – Christian Standhardinger&#x27;s career-best effort went for naught on Sunday night as the NorthPort Batang Pier absorbed a tough defeat at the hands of the Alaska Aces in the 2019 PBA Governors&#x27; Cup.Standhardinger, playing in just his second game for NorthPort, unloaded 37 points on 15-of-21 shooting along with 16 rebounds and 5 assists.Only one other NorthPort player, import Michael Qualls, reached double digits with 35 points and 15 rebounds. Alaska held off the Batang Pier&#x27;s repeated rallies for a 106-99 triumph, dropping NorthPort to 3-5 in the conference.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/03/19/pba-sans-banchero-alaska-holds-off-northport">FULL STORY: Sans Banchero, Alaska holds off NorthPort</a></li></ul>Asked about his effort after the game, Standhardinger was quick to point at the final score as the most pressing issue.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/pba/news/2019/11/03/pba-acesa-rebuild-continues-banchero-trade-62889">Aces’ rebuild continues with Banchero trade</a></li></ul>&quot;It&#x27;s just the loss that is in my mind right now,&quot; he said. &quot;I&#x27;m looking at the stat sheets,&quot; he added. &quot;We gotta do a better job moving the ball. We gotta do a better job of getting the other guys shots.&quot;Qualls converted only 11 of his 32 shots from the field and the only other NorthPort player to take more than 10 shots was Sean Anthony, who went 3-of-11. For Standhardinger, it was clear they need to spread the wealth around and establish everyone as an option on offense.&quot;I&#x27;m surrounded by a lot of great basketball players, by a lot of great shooters,&quot; he pointed out. &quot;So, it&#x27;s very, very important for us as a team that everybody gets enough shots up and makes them or just gets them up to be threat.&quot;&quot;And I think that&#x27;s what we need to work on,&quot; he added. &quot;I&#x27;m gonna watch film and then see how I can get more guys going.&quot;Standhardinger believes he performed better in this game than in his debut for NorthPort, when he had 18 points and 7 rebounds in a 127-119 upset of his former team, San Miguel Beer. Still, he sees plenty of room for improvement, especially after he missed 7 of his 14 attempts from the line.&quot;It&#x27;s a process,&quot; said Standhardinger, who admits that he is still rusty after getting limited playing time with the Beermen. With NorthPort, the Fil-German is averaging over 45 minutes per game.&quot;There&#x27;s a thing like game shape, and it&#x27;s getting better and better, and I&#x27;m getting adjusted more and more,&quot; he added. &quot;But there are still some instances where I see that I&#x27;m a little rusty, and I&#x27;m gonna keep working on it.&quot;Standhardinger has at least three more games to play for NorthPort this conference, but he is hopeful that they can make it to the quarterfinals at least. At 3-5, the Batang Pier are clinging to the 8th and final playoff spot.&quot;I believe in us and I think our chances are there, you know,&quot; said the big man. &quot;If they&#x27;re good or bad, it doesn’t really matter. We need to go out there… I think we have to lock down on defense, you know. We have to do a better job there, starting with me.&quot; &quot;And when we do that, then I think we can make the playoffs and that’s one of the goals,&quot; he added. &quot;But we can’t forget we have a very young team. I think I’m one of the oldest guys. You’re just learning the process and everybody is just learning and we’re gonna get better and better with time.&quot; NorthPort returns to action on Sunday against Meralco.For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

Christian Standhardinger's career-best effort went for naught on Sunday night as the NorthPort Batang Pier absorbed a tough defeat at the hands of the Alaska Aces in the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup.

Christian Standhardinger's career-best effort went for naught on Sunday night as the NorthPort Batang Pier absorbed a tough defeat at the hands of the Alaska Aces in the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup.

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PBA: Standhardinger downplays career-high after NorthPort loss

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 04, 2019 03:38 PM PHT

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