James Yap admits losing his head on flagrant against Jireh Ibañes leading to ejection

Rey Joble, InterAKTV · Wednesday, October 24, 2012 · 10:23 pm

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San Mig Coffee superstar James Yap came out with guns blazing against Rain or Shine Wednesday night, scoring 15 points in the first quarter. He easily broke his tournament high total by the third quarter, and it seemed no one could stop him.
But Elasto Painters defensive specialist Jireh Ibañes was able to get into Yap’s head, and the two-time Most Valuable Player ended up getting ejected. All Yap could do was watch as the Mixers collapsed and yielded to Rain or Shine, 80-79.
Yap was thrown out of the playing court with 2:34 left in the game after nailing Ibañes with a flagrant foul. Earlier in the game, Yap had been assessed a technical foul for second motion on Ibañes. Those two calls merit an ejection under PBA rules.
But while Yap has some regrets about getting ejected at a crucial juncture, he said he also wanted to send a message to Ibañes.
“May parteng pinagsisisihan ko yung ginawa ko, pero may parte ring hindi,” Yap told InterAKTV in an exclusive interview. “Hindi ako nagsisisi dahil gusto kong ipakita na hindi na rin tama yung ginagawa niya. Pero nagsisisi ako sa huli dahil nakalimutan ko may technical foul na pala ako sa first half.”
Before the flagrant foul, Yap had ended up sprawled on the floor after getting hit in the head by Ibañes in the third quarter.
“Tumunog yung buto ko sa may batok sa lakas, then nanghina yung tuhod ko kaya ako bumagsak. Ganoon pala yung feeling noon,” he said.
“Nung palabas na ako, kinamayan ako ni Jireh, pero tinapik ko, not because tinanggap ko yung sorry, but para sabihin na ayusin niya yung laro niya.”
The two men have history. In Game Five of the heated Governors’ Cup finals between the two teams last season, Yap was called for a flagrant foul for a punch on Ibañes, whom he accused of playing him dirty.
“OK lang naman sana kung pisikal lang, pero kung medyo sinasadya na, hindi na maganda yun,” said Yap then.
For now, Yap faces an uncertain fate in San Mig Coffee’s next game.
“First time ko na-thrown out. Hindi ko pa alam kung masu-suspend ako,” said Yap.

source: http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/james-yap-admits-losing-his-head-on-flagrant-against-jireh-ibanes-leading-to-ejection

PBA: Rain or Shine vs. San Mig Coffee - October 24, 2012 REPLAY

PBA: Rain or Shine vs. San Mig Coffee - October 24, 2012

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'LUCKY' RAIN OR SHINE STEALS GAME FROM SAN MIG COFFEE

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Published on October 24, 2012

Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao himself had considered it a lost game that he couldn’t explain how
they were able to pull it off in the end.

Jeff Chan came through with two four-point plays and Beau Belga had a big trey in an incredible
closing run Rain or Shine unraveled to hack out an amazing 80-79 come-from-behind win over San Mig
Coffee in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Wednesday night.

“It would rank one of my weirdest wins of all time. We played ugly basketball but still won the
game. It’s beyond analysis and assessment,” said Guiao after the game.

“There’s no logical explanation how we won. Maybe, it’s coach Roehl (Nadurata). Maybe, his
spirit was on the court,” Guiao added.

One thing Guiao was sure was that his team didn’t lose fighting spirit.

The Elasto Painters fought from the depths of 18-point deficits in the third quarter and stayed at
second place behind the Talk n Text Tropang Texters (5-0) with a 4-1 win-loss card.

With RoS still down by eight in the last four minutes, Jireh Ibanes, Chan and Belga delivered clutch
baskets as the E-Painters carved out the victory that stunned everybody at the Big Dome.

San Mig Coffee main man James Yap somehow hastened their downfall as he was tossed out of the game
on a second technical infraction with 2:34 left to play.  

Chan came up with his second four-point play in the ensuing play and, moments later, Belga struck
with a trey as the Elasto Painters raced ahead, 80-77, with 1:50 left.

PJ Simon scored on a tough jumper as San Mig Coffee came to within one, 79-80, a few seconds later.

Missed free throws by JR Quinahan gave the Mixers a chance to salvage the game but lost in the end
with Mark Barroca and Jonas Villanueva unable to complete a make-or-break attack in the closing
seconds.

Chan, the current league scoring leader, finished with 22 points on 4-of-6 three-point shooting,
3-of-9 twinners and 4-of-4 charities.

Though thrown out of the game with over two minutes left to play, Yap led all scorers with 28
points.

“Nag-black out ako,” said Yap later, ruing the flagrant foul he committed on Ibanes.

He earlier drew a technical foul for second motion. (SB)  

The scores:

RAIN OR SHINE 80 - Chan 22, Cruz 10, Norwood 9, Quinahan 9, Belga 7, Rodriguez 7, Tang 5, Arana 5,
Jaime 4, Ibanes 2, Matias 0. 

SANMIG COFFEE 79 - Yap 28, Simon 17, Ramos 9, Reavis 8, Gonzales 7, De Ocampo 4, Gaco 2, Barroca 2,
Villanueva 2.

Quarters: 17-26, 31-40, 50-66, 80-79

SOURCE: http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1865