TNT’s Castro took time to find rhythm vs RoS – #JHedzWorlD

Tropang TNT’s Jayson Castro goes up against Rain or Shine’ Maverick Ahanmisi. Photo from the PBA Media Bureau

MANILA — Tropang TNT’s Jayson Castro admitted that it took him a while to get his bearings during their game against Rain or Shine.

Castro sat out a game last week to rest his injured Achilles but returned against the Elasto Painters on Monday to lead the Tropang Texters to a 114-103 victory.

“Nag-shoot around pa rin ako para pagpawisan lang pero nung first quarter, sobrang ‘di ko makuha ‘yung rhythm ko. Kita naman sa missed layups at missed jump shots,” recalled Castro in the PBA website.

Castro eventually warmed up and ended up scoring 26 points on 10-of-14 field goal shooting.

“Sabi lang ni coach na maging aggressive pa rin ako, especially on defense, para makuha ‘yung rhythm sa opensa. Nagpapasok lang din yung mga tira ko,” he said.

Castro added that another factor that keyed their victory over Rain or Shine was their balanced output, both from their first and second unit.

(READ: Castro sends Texters to first back-to-back wins in conference)

With import David Simon around, Castro was inserted to the second unit.

“Parang two games na ‘yung balanced scoring namin, especially sa second unit,” he said. “Ako, nasa second unit ngayon para mas maging balanced ‘yung scoring ng team. Para ‘pag wala si David sa game, marami akong magagawa.”

The defending champions are now tied with Rain or Shine, Mahindra, and Star in the middle of the standings with a 4-4 record.

Castro stressed that their next few games will be important as they could determine if the team could make it to the top eight before the end of the eliminations.

“Parang lahat ng game ngayon sa amin, do-or-die na. Once na matalo kami, sobrang dikit-dikit ang standings, isang talo, bababa ka talaga,” said Castro. 

“Sabi nga ni coach sa amin na we have to treat this game as a do-or-die dahil malabo na tayo makapasok (sa top eight) pag natalo tayo.”

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TNT’s Castro took time to find rhythm vs RoS – #JHedzWorlD