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Belga, Painters confident ahead of semis duel with Beermen
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Not one to back down from any challenge, Beau Belga is more than ready to stand toe-to-toe with the mighty San Miguel Beer in the 2016 Smart Bro PBA Philippine Cup semifinals.
“Kung ano yung nakahain, yun ang paghahandaan. Sabi nga ni coach, ngayon pa lang kami nagsisimula,” Belga, the Rain or Shine banger, said.
Going through the grindhouse that was the quarterfinals, the hefty Belga acknowledged that dethroning the defending champion Beermen is a daunting task.
But Belga is confident that the Elasto Painters have the tools to overcome the Beermen and their two-time MVP June Mar Fajardo, who will have fresh legs after a two-week break as their reward for locking up an outright semifinals berth.
“Challenge talaga para sa amin. Binuild kami ni coach as a team to face all the challenges na darating. Sa ganitong kabigat na challenge, kailangan talaga paghirapan. If you sacrifice as a team, sa sarili mo, magiging maganda ang resulta. Confident naman si coach na di kami madedehado dito,” he said.
Rain or Shine beefed up its frontline in the offseason with the addition of Jewel Ponferrada coupled with the big improvement of lanky center Raymond Almazan to help the Extra Rice duo of Belga and JR Quinahan.
“Facing San Miguel sa semis, hindi kami dehado kasi di lang kami ni JR. We have Jewel and Raymond, pero guidance pa din kasi di pa rin nakaabot si Jewel ng semis,” he said.
But it’s not just the bigs.
Overall, the rookies have been impressive as well for the Painters.
“Sobrang ganda ng chances namin with the rookies dahil talagang palaban sila and they fit our system. Gustong gusto sila ni coach. Kailangan lang ng guidance sa mga bago. Bago pa sa kanila yung ganitong atmosphere,” said Belga.
With all of those accounted for, Belga feels like the semifinals is theirs for the taking.
“Sabi lang ni coach, samantalahin namin yung opportunity na nandito kami,” Belga said. “Malaking challenge ito sa team namin dahil puro bago at ilan lang ang may experience sa semis. Pero kapag pinaghirapan ito, hindi kami titiklop ng basta.”
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