It was a slow start for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel as
they fall at the bottom of the standing 2nd to Air 21 Express and
tied with San Mig Coffee Mixers and Talk n Text Tropang Texters. With the kind
of tournament format the PBA has for this year’s Governors Cup, no one can
afford to a sluggish run in their campaign.
Dior Lowhorn is now center of attention, for critics and
even some of the fans are not satisfied with his performance. Even before the
start of the current conference there are rumors that Dior Lowhorn will be
replaced by the Ginebra Management but still the franchise chose to stay with
him. Is Lowhorn the real person to blame with our slow start?
POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE
Dior is averaging 25.3 points per game with 13.6 rebounds
having a double double on his three games in the PBA. He has a good perimeter
shooting and not to mention his good touch on the free throw line. In the game
against Petron and Barako, the kings let them score over a 100 points, against
Meralco they only let them score 85 points.
Ginebra is only averaging 94.6 PPG and they cannot afford to let their
opponent to score more than their average points per game.
LOCAL SUPPORT
When we won a game against Meralco Bolts the contribution
from the local players is bizarre, they contributed 81 points while the team
only averages 63.5 points against Petron and Barako Bull with 66 and 61 points
respectively. The rotation of the ball is tremendous when we play against the
Bolts and we are able to feed the ball properly in a way that we are able to
find open shots.
DEFENSE
For a team to be able to do well on offense they must do well
as well on defense. The Kings defense in their two losses is not something to
be brag about. Easy baskets where given to our opponents were it limits our
chances of doing our fast breaks where we get more of our points. The injury of
Japeth Aguilar is really a big factor we are not able to defend well. He is out
from the latter part of the first quarter where he is our last line of defense.
Again to sum it all, it will still be a difficult situation
for Dior Lowhorn. Being a Ginebra import is so much fun but you must perform.
Perform well not only on points but to execute well to entertain the fans,
perform well to dominate the game and perform well to keep the crowd alive.
Dior is the one we need if you are doing to think of his game play. He can
rebound and score inside the paint something that we need a lot without HBOMB
and the Kid. But still Dior some one that is easy to defend in the PBA. He is no doubt a scorer and an awesome
player but his kind of game is an OLD SCHOOL power forward.
It will now be within the management if they will stick on
him or not. But let us face the fact that basketball is not a one man game. Any
import may score 50 plus points a game but without his teammates backing him up
it would be useless.
We might be seeing a new reinforcement come Wednesday if
Ginebra fails to win against Alaska Aces on Sunday.
