San Miguel Beermen’s Marcio Lassiter takes a shot against NLEX Road Warriors’ Mike Henry during a PBA Governors Cup match. – PBA Images
Marcio Lassiter will get a chance to hit the most important triple of his PBA career this Sunday.
The San Miguel sniper is two 3-pointers away from tying Jimmy Alapag’s record for most field goals made from beyond the 3-point line and three conversions away from becoming the new king himself.
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“It’s definitely going to be a different way to wake up that morning,” Lassiter told the Inquirer on his way out of the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday night.
“My son is the biggest. [to egg me on]”He even tells me what to do and say,” he added, referring to his eldest son, Monte, who is now attending Far Eastern University’s secondary school program. [afterward].”
For Lassiter, the time for immortality couldn’t be better: His chance to surpass Alapag, beloved playmaker of the 2000s and a TNT and league legend, will come against crowd-favorite Barangay Ginebra in the PBA nightcap at the league’s regular venue, the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.
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The third shot will likely be the most memorable, and it’s the one most reporters will want to document, and Lassiter hopes he can share that moment with Alapag.
“We might have to take him on a plane. [here]”The tickets will be expensive, but we’ll see what happens. That’ll be kind of cool,” he said with a laugh.
Alapag, who holds the record for hitting 1,250 triples, is based in the United States and is an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings.
More efficient
Alapag, who was then playing for Meralco, became the PBA’s all-time leading scorer on October 9, 2016, coincidentally at 4:30 in the second period of the second game of the championship series against Barangay Ginebra.
When the Inquirer checked in with PBA statistics director Fidel Mangonon III, it emerged that Lassiter’s path to achieving the PBA milestone was more streamlined.
If the San Miguel ace achieves that milestone on Sunday night, he will need just 538 games to become the PBA’s best shooter, 63 fewer than Alapag, who achieved the feat in 601 games.
“It also means that Márcio did it a lot faster,” Mangonon said.
Just before the rare milestone, Lassiter also spoke about the laws of nature, stressing that records are meant to be broken.
“Look, I’ve got a bunch of guys behind me,” he said with a smile, “L.A. Tenorio and Paul Lee.”
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But unless the record is broken, it will always be remembered along with the game in which it was set, which is why watchful waiting will begin on Sunday when the Beermen take on the Kings with the league record on the line.
