Coach Tim Cone, Barangay coach Ginebra Gin Kings, in a quarter -finish match of the Philippines PBA Cup against Converge Fiberxers. –Marlo Cueto / Inquirer.net
Barangay Ginebra coach Tim Cone embraces the task of facing the beer of the Sister San Miguel team in the semi-final of the PBA Philippine Cup after organizing this match with the conquest in the quarterfinals of converge on Friday.
The Gin Kings and the Beermen are ready for a confrontation to the best of the seven from Wednesday and Cone described it as something that his team should face, whatever their quest to win the prestigious conference.
Highlights: Quartigaux PBA – Meralco vs San Miguel, Ginebra vs Converge
“If you are going to win a Filipino, you have to go through San Miguel at some point,” said CONE after the 88-80 victory at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
“Whether the quarter-finals, the semi-finals or the finals, you have to cross them to have a chance to win a championship,” he continued. “This is the track that was given to us and it is the track that we have to cross.”
It will be the second time this season that the two ball clubs in the banner of the San Miguel Corporation will compete in the semi-finals.
Ginebra defeated San Miguel, 4-2, in the Final Four of the PBA Governors’ Cup, Japeth Aguilar playing a key role in this meeting, the favorites of the crowd being reinforced by the Justin Brownlee import.
Aguilar is planned for another difficult battle with June Mar Fajardo, who directed San Miguel after Meralco, 108-97, in the other quarter-finals on Friday.
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