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NLEX Highway Warriors’ Anthony Semerad. –PBA IMAGES
MANILA, Philippines—If Wednesday’s win was any indication, NLEX will certainly have a giant function for Anthony Semerad come the following season of the PBA.
Within the Road Warriors’ 97-84 win over TNT within the PBA on Tour, Semerad spearheaded NLEX to the victory with 23 factors—15 of which got here from the third quarter alone.
“He’s all the time in form and he’s hardworking. You may see that Tony is within the health club on a regular basis and it’s paying off,” lauded coach Frankie Lim at San Juan Area. “He has been out for some time due to some accidents however at the least, my rotation will get higher with him round. He’s a giant assist for us.”
Semerad additionally acknowledged the Highway Warriors’ victory that put them at a 5-5 report.
“We work on this each single day in observe. We’re dreaming about it (wins) and it’s simply from on a regular basis observe,” he mentioned.
Semerad had a fair-weathered PBA Governors’ Cup stint final season, solely posting norms of 9.4 factors and 4.6 rebounds per sport.
NLEX Highway Warriors’ Anthony Semerad. –PBA IMAGES
Nonetheless, the preseason has served as a beacon of alternative for the ahead with Semerad averaging 19.5 markers and three.5 boards per sport.
His enchancment has definitely gained Lim and the NLEX teaching workers’s belief for a doable a giant function come PBA Season 48.
“I belief him. I do know he can play, make photographs and defend, these are crucial issues for me. While you’re enforced, you have got to have the ability to contribute and never harm the staff while you’re inside. Tony can do this so it’s no drawback for me,” Lim.
For the veteran tactician, the way in which Semerad impacts the sport makes it simpler for him to be enforced contained in the enjoying court docket.
The Highway Warriors might be fueled by the San Beda product within the common season as he “makes the squad’s rotation higher.”
“[He’s] a giant issue. He’s going to play a few spots and he may play different positions. Like I mentioned, my rotation actually will get higher with him,” mentioned Lim.
NLEX caps off its On Tour stint once they face off towards Ginebra at Ynares Sports activities Heart, Pasig on Sunday.
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