When the Beermen came alive in Games 2 and 3 to level the series, people started questioning the Tropang Texters-- their head coach, Chot Reyes, in particular. While his SMB counterpart Ato Agustin was receiving praises and pats on the back from peers and pundits for changing his rotation (starting Paul Artadi and Danny Ildefonso over Alex Cabagnot and Dorian Pena), doubts were being cast over the former National Team head coach.
Not anymore.
As if on cue, Reyes changed his starting five before going with a three-guard line-up the rest of the evening. It should be noted that when Reyes inserted Jason Castro, Jimmy Alapag and Ryan Reyes all at the same time instead of for one another, the Beermen quickly found itself trailing by double digits despite its formidable and lengthy wing players.Alapag played with his usual tenacity, Castro was kept under control since he was not asked to orchestrate the offense (akin' to a thoroughbred who needs to have the sides of its eyes covered and just do what it does best, move forward and kick ass) and perhaps the biggest key to the game-- Ryan Reyes moving to the small forward position and just man-handling the taller (yet skinnier) Arwind Santos.
