Japeth Aguilar (with Ball) and the Gin Kings hope more consistent this time. —Pba Image
Coach Tim Cone was happy that Barangay Ginebra was able to “take a little” challenges to play and deactivate the PBA Philippine Cup when he drove a convincing victory over Northport exactly a week ago.
“We came out and did what we were supposed to do,” said CONE. “There were sloppy moments, but overall, we played (how) we want to play.”
But Wednesday, the Gin Kings will seem to be a better version of themselves with an intriguing challenge against the Nlex Road Warriors, who won three of their first four games to open their all-Filino campaign.
The time of the game is at 7:30 p.m. at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
While Ginebra has a file of 2-1, there was a case of inconsistency, and the team, on the whole, plays far from its true form, in particular a month of loss of TNT during the finals of the commissioner’s cup.
Although he beat Terrafirma and Northport with a combined 46-point margin, Ginebra received a raw blow by San Miguel beer, although the final score of 104-93 does not reflect how dominated the Gin Kings were dominated that night.
The Gin Kings face the road warriors, who hope to maintain their form led by the scorer of AS Robert Bolick, while they are looking for a follow-up of a 80-72 victory against the boss of Blackwater in Montalban, Rizal.
The rain or the brilliant, stimulating his defeat to converge also last Wednesday, will face Blackwater at 5 p.m. to have a chance to go 3-2 at the conference.
Belga returns?
Elasto’s painters will seek to bounce back and, hope, can be at full power while coach Yeng Guiao has suggested the possible returns of the veteran Beau Belga and the Caelgson recruit to the mixture.
Meanwhile, the defending champion Meralco will have another international participation as a representative of the PBA in the final phase of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), scheduled for next month.
The League announced on Monday that the Bols had been used due to having won the Philippine Cup last year and that the team’s elimination calendar will be adjusted to give way to their campaign.
It will be the second foreign competition for Meralco, which was so close to qualifying for the Final Four of the East Asian Super League.
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The BCL Asia is located from June 9 to June 15, the place still to be determined. Inq
