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Blackwater coach Jeff Cariaso talks to his players during a break in their match against the NLEX Road Warriors at the PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup at the PhilSports Arena on March 13, 2024. PBA Images.

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Blackwater coach Jeff Cariaso

Kennedy Caacbay

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/PBA Images13 jeff.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Blackwater coach Jeff Cariaso talks to his players during a break in their match against the NLEX Road Warriors at the PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup at the PhilSports Arena on March 13, 2024. <em>PBA Images.</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA – Blackwater head coach Jeff Cariaso lamented his team&#x27;s poor free throw shooting and late-game miscues as they absorbed a 103-97 loss against the Robert Bolick-led NLEX Warriors in the PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup on Wednesday at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.</p><p>While it was Bolick who drained the two most important baskets late in the fourth, both from beyond the arc, Cariaso looked on the foul line attempts they misfired and gave up boards and possessions where they could have converted plays into their favor.</p><p>&quot;I look beyond the two Bolick threes. He does that normally. He does that in his sleep. But I&#x27;m looking at our turnovers. I&#x27;m looking at our missed free throws. I&#x27;m looking at giving up offensive rebounds. [Jhan Mchale] Nermal was great for them, [Dominic] Fajardo was great for them. The hustle players (and) plays, do&#x27;n tayo natalo,&quot; Cariaso told select reporters after the match.</p><div><a class="fr-strong fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/13/surging-nlex-halts-blackwater-s-perfect-start-1829"><strong>READ: PBA: Surging NLEX halts Blackwater&#x27;s perfect start</strong></a></div><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/12/unstoppable-bolick-is-pba-player-of-the-week-1742"><strong>READ: Unstoppable Bolick is PBA Player of the Week</strong></a></div><p>True enough, Rey Suerte could have tied the match from a 94-92 count 16 seconds past the two-minute mark in the payoff period. He also missed a couple of those when the Bossing were crawling back into the game from a 103-97 slump in the dying moments of the match.</p><p>However, it wasn&#x27;t just Suerte who missed his luck on the foul line, but the entire team shot an underwhelming 13/25 or 52 percent clip in said category.</p><p>Cariaso said if only the team reached their average, the results &quot;could have been different.&quot;</p><p>&quot;When you lose by a close game, &#x27;yon ang unang-unang tinitingnan namin, it was free throws. We missed 12, if I&#x27;m correct. We could have, possibly, the result could have possibly been different if we could have just made or stuck to our what, 76 percent from the free throw line. Tonight were really bad, really bad,&quot; the Blackwater mentor said.</p><p>Cariaso&#x27;s troops were also outrebounded by a slim margin after tallying 44 boards compared to NLEX&#x27;s 47.</p><p>The Bossing also suffered back-to-back turnovers before the three-minute mark, where they were down by only a possession.</p><p>Meanwhile, The Jet said that the Bossing need to &quot;grind out&quot; these kinds of games and perform well both on the offensive and defensive sides of the court.</p><p>&quot;Honestly, I told the guys that this is really the games that as coaches we like to be in. We like the games where it&#x27;s character-driven, where it&#x27;s down the stretch, it&#x27;s play by play, and it&#x27;s close. You learn the most out of games like this, the close games, you what I&#x27;m saying, obviously,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;I told them we&#x27;re gonna have to learn how to play in these games, where we have to grind it out and be solid on both ends. What happened was there&#x27;s too many lapses, mistakes that were made in the fourth quarter na hindi namin ginawa first three quarters,&quot; Cariaso added.</p><p>Blackwater hopes to bounce back on Saturday against TerraFirma at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/2/28/nambatac-shines-in-blackwater-s-slim-win-over-meralco-1847"><strong>READ: PBA: Nambatac shines in Blackwater&#x27;s slim win over Meralco</strong></a></div><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/2/14/pba-rain-or-shine-sends-rey-nambatac-to-blackwater-1853"><strong>READ: PBA: Rain or Shine sends Rey Nambatac to Blackwater</strong></a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2986109"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script></div>

<p>Blackwater coach Jeff Cariaso lamented his team's poor free throw shooting and in-game miscues as they absorbed a 103-97 loss against the NLEX Warriors.</p>

Blackwater coach Jeff Cariaso lamented his team's poor free throw shooting and in-game miscues as they absorbed a 103-97 loss against the NLEX Warriors.

PBA: Jeff Cariaso laments Blackwater's late miscues, 'really bad' free throw shooting in loss vs. NLEX

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PBA: Jeff Cariaso laments Blackwater's late miscues, 'really bad' free throw shooting in loss vs. NLEX

Kennedy Caacbay,

ABS-CBN News

Published Mar 13, 2024 11:39 PM PHT

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Updated Mar 14, 2024 01:39 AM PHT

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