Marcio Lassiter inches closer to becoming the PBA’s three-point king after canning four triples in San Miguel’s win over NLEX on Wednesday, September 11.
Marcio Lassiter would usually shy away from conversations regarding players with all-time three-pointers made in the PBA.
But he cannot do that now.
Not after the San Miguel star is now eight three-pointers away from dethroning PBA great Jimmy Alapag as the league's three-point king following a stellar performance in a 119-114 win over NLEX in the PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup on Wednesday, September 11.
He tallied his 1243rd triple at the 6:50 mark of the fourth quarter, moving him past another legend in Allan Caidic.
“You know, every game, I don't think about it until you guys show it on the big screen in the game, then you can kinda feel it, kinda puts me in perspective in just how truly honored I am. But yeah, I just try my best not to think about it every night,” Lassiter said after the match where he finished with four triples for 17 points.
“It's a good thing that I'm always constantly just making the extra passes and knowing that the ball will find me, and tonight that's what happened. A lot of great passes. I think Jericho (Cruz) was the one who probably found me for the record.”
Coming off a battle with food poisoning that forced him to miss the team’s first two games, Lassiter admitted that he wasn’t really trying too much.
The sweet-shooting Lassiter was simply at the right place and at the right time.
“I got sick. I wanted to be there for my teammates. But when you lose like 12 pounds, it's kinda hard to get back to it, regain my strength,” he said.
“I think by our out-of-town game against NLEX, I was feeling OK. So, yeah. Pretty much [in the] last two games, I was pretty much normal. That's probably why I kinda had a slow start in the first three games.”
Now that he is slowly back at full strength, the prospect of reaching this ultimate career milestone is only a question of when. At the rate things are going, that when could be in the ongoing import-spiced conference.
“Just to be in this elite status is quite amazing. I'm just truly grateful and thankful. Most importantly, get the win. That's what we needed to do tonight. It was a great team win tonight,” Lassiter said.