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COMM’S CUP FINALISTS RETURN TO BATTLE
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Almost a month after their Commissioner’s Cup championship showdown, San Mig Coffee and Talk n Text meet again Friday with both pressing their bids for a Top Four spot in the PLDT Home Telpad PBA Governors’ Cup eliminations.
It could well be a gut-wrenching battle with both looking to be just a game away from the Final Four at the close of the elims.
The Mixers and the Tropang Texters are tied on top with identical 5-2 win-loss cards as they slug it out at 8 p.m. at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
With the same mark and the same goal, the Barangay Ginebra Kings tangle with Alaska in the day’s other game.
The Mixers pulled off an escape act the last time against the Air21 Express to stick with the leaders. The Texters, meanwhile, dropped their last game against Barako Bull Energy, thus, losing their handle of the solo lead.
“In a big scheme of things, it was a big win for us. We had a big 12-point lead and they stripped it away,” said San Mig Coffee coach Tim Cone moments after their 113-109 overtime win over the Express.
“Our job is still very, very hard. Guys like Ping (Marc Pingris), James (Yap), Joe (Devance) and PJ (Simon) must carry their own load and not rely on Marqus (Blakely) too much,” Cone also said.
Talk n Text coach Norman Black said they’re bracing for war.
“It’s a battle for first place and the twice-to-beat advantage so it will be intense,” said Black.
“Energy is the name of the game when you play San Mig so we will have to surpass their energy level to be able to get a win,” Black also said. “They have so many weapons that it will need all of my players to be on top of their game.”
Black said Blakely is their number one concern “because he is a threat on both ends of the court.”
The Mixers beat the Texters in their last two meetings on the way to romping away with the Commissioner’s Cup crown. (SB)
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