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MANILA, Philippines – The great San Miguel beer man, Moala Tautuaa, has picked up where he left off seven months since the season closed due to the pandemic.
Without their mainstay in June Mar Fajardo, the Brewers have turned to Moala Tautuaa, who has fully embraced his starring role as his team’s focal point in the middle.
“The coach has been talking in my ear all this time. He’s making sure that I assert my dominance, ”Tautuaa said after San Miguel’s win over TerraFirma 105-98 on Monday.
“We’re missing June Mar down there, and that’s my position. So I have no other business out there, and I’ll just be here, working as hard as I can to make sure my team succeeds. “
The 6-foot-8-inch Tautuaa scored 20 points and 11 rebounds in the season opener against Magnolia last March and held his ground against Dyip, dominating the paint en route to a game-high 25 points with 8 of 11 shots. from the field.
It was also a great comeback game for the 31-year-old Tautuaa, who struggled on just nine points in a crushing loss to TNT last Friday in a game in which another key SMB cog, Terrence Romeo, dislocated his right shoulder.
Romeo has since left the bubble after being ruled out of the Philippine Cup, making defending the Beermen’s title a more daunting task than it already is.
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