TNT and Ginebra will look to sustain momentum when they take on different foes in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup on Saturday in Montalban.
The joint fourth-placers (4-2) are coming into the Ynares Center II buoyed by two-game winning streaks, and their sights are locked on extending that coming into the second half of the elimination round.
The defending conference champions will be raising the curtains of the double-header offering against the struggling Titan Ultra (2-4) at 5:15 PM.
Coach Chot Reyes, though, wants to see more consistency from his men, especially after nearly getting upset by Blackwater the last time out.
The Tropang 5G already held a 10-point lead heading into the last two minutes, but had to lean on Bol Bol and Calvin Oftana to repel the Bossing and come away with the 99-94 result for their fourth win in six games thus far.
“We were just fortunate that Bol bailed us out,” the champion bench tactician offered after the tight bout. “But we cannot be like this every single game.”
Still, the Casino Plus sportsbook sees them as an overwhelming favorite. The flagship MVP franchise is seen to win by -22.5 points against the Giant Risers, with the over/under in total points scored set at 208.5 points.
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And it doesn’t help their foes as Titan Ultra is coming in deflated, having fallen to a 103-82 beatdown to Converge in Antipolo last Wednesday, which enabled the FiberXers to lay their harrowing five-game losing skid to rest.
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The Kings, on the other hand, will take the floor at 7:30 PM against a Terrafirma team that’s dropped below .500 after a 3-0 start.
Confidence is sky-high among the wards of Coach Tim Cone, having passed a 48-hour gauntlet last week in which they escaped Magnolia in another Manila Clasico thriller, before taking down Phoenix behind a late pull-away.
Now, they want to make it three in a row against the Dyip, who are free-falling once more. They’ve lost their last four outings, the latest a 124-117 result against Rain or Shine, which allowed the latter to go 7-0 in the standings.
Coach Ronald Tubid & Co. are becoming the Terrafirma of old yet again with this slump, though it’s been challenging for the team playing without Maverick Ahanmisi and Paolo Hernandez, reportedly due to injuries.
These are why they’re coming in as the underdogs, according to the Casino Plus sportsbook. The Barangay are seen to emerge victorious by -9.5 points, with the over/under in total points scored set at 199.5.
