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Ray Parks vs. Phoenix Defenders. PBA PICTURES
MANILA, Philippines – Bobby Ray Parks Jr. was a napalm blast for TNT in their Game 2 match against Phoenix in the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals, but since he was breaking nylon with every shot he made, his team was not he was so lucky.
The Fuel Masters could have allowed Parks to set them ablaze by 41 points, on 10 of 14 shots from deep, the Tropang Giga couldn’t follow suit and fell 110-103 to Phoenix for a series tied at 1-1.
Phoenix head coach Topex Robinson said he and his team know Parks’ scoring prowess, but he’s in no rush to change his defensive game plans and focus solely on the high-volume scorer.
“We know that Rayray could really light it up,” Robinson said Friday at the University of Angeles Foundation. “We know it, we honor him and we respect him as a great scorer.”
“But as long as we focus on what we have control over and this is how we are going to play our defense and also our offense. We don’t have control of Rayray scoring 41 or even scoring 50, which he could do. “
Parks finished the eliminations as the third-highest scoring at 20.1 points per game and his scoring rampage against the Fuel Masters saw him tie RR Pogoy’s franchise record for most triples in a single game.
The 6-foot-4 guard also increased his scoring average to 26 per game, from 18.5 points per game, in the playoffs thanks to his fiery performance against Phoenix.
TNT still had four other players scored in double figures, but two of them, Troy Rosario and Pogoy, were a combined 9 of 31 from the field.
Of the Tropang Giga who attempted at least five shots, only Parks, Poy Erram and Simon Enciso had respectable shooting percentages of at least 40 percent.
Robinson said that going into Game 3, the most important thing for them is to play as a committee and not let a player walk away from the system.
“The important thing for us is to make sure that everyone is involved in our defense of Ray parks, it is not the responsibility of one man, but of the rest,” said Robinson.
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