Coach Pacquiao on fight involving Kia: 'Hindi naman yung team ang nanguna'

 

Tempers flared on Tuesday in the matchup involving the Kia Sorento and the GlobalPort Batang Pier in the 2015 PBA Philippine Cup.

 

But Kia coach Manny Pacquiao said that there would be no sanctions for his players involved in the altercation.

 

"Hindi naman yung team ang nanguna, kundi yung sa kabila," said Pacquiao, who missed the game while training for his upcoming fight against Chris Algieri.
 

 

Kia forward Chad Alonzo and GlobalPort rookie Anthony Semerad got tangled up with 48.6 seconds remaining in the third quarter. The two wrestled on the ground for a while exchanging blows before teammates were able to separate them.

 

The two players got off easy, getting called for double technical fouls and escaping ejection.

 

The temperature went up once more in the fourth period, and it was the turn of GlobalPort's Jewel Ponferrada and Kia's Riel Cervantes to tussle with 11:13 left in the game.

 

Both men were also assessed technical fouls.

 

Pacquiao, for his part, shared a piece of advice for his players.

 

"Ang bilin ko naman sa kanila is 'wag silang mangaway, wag silang uminit," he said. — JST, GMA News/Photos by KC Cruz