Elite seek historic semis slot vs top seed Bolts
BLACKWATER shoots for its first ever semifinals berth at 7 p. m. tonight as it clashes with No. 1 seed of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Season 42 Governors’ Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
After escaping the No. 1 Bolts in No. 8 Elite aims to score a monu the league three years ago.
Coach Leo Isaac of Blackwater expects a different Meralco team, however.
“They will make the necessary adjustments and we are ready. Again, we will go all-out for a win tomorrow (Thursday) against Meralco to make it to The ManilaTimes.
Import Henry Bill Walker, who led the Elite to reach the playoffs with a 5-6 win-loss record. Walk top of his 18 rebounds and six assists, while Mike Digregorio poured in 20 points in that game against Meralco.
But it was Allein Maliksi who delivered the two crucial jumpers in the dying seconds to seal Blackwater’s win.
Luckily for Meralco, the team is armed with a twice-to-beat advan
The Bolts hope to bounce back from that loss and move forward to the best- of- five semifinals round.
Meanwhile, big man June Mar Fajardo strengthens his bid for a possible fourth straight Most Valuable Player (MVP) award after topping the Statistical Points (SPs) with 38.4.
Fajardo’s teammates Alex Cabagnot is running second with 33.5 SPs., and Arwind Santos fourth with 31.5. GlobalPort’s Terrence Romeo is third with 32.0, Beermen Chris Ross is seventh with 30.7, Marcio Lassiter is - gay Ginebra San Miguel’s Japeth Aguilar is sixth with 31.0. GlobalPort’s Stanley Pringle (30.6), Meralco’s Chris Newsome (30.2) and Alaska’s Calvin Abueva (30.1) are in eighth, ninth and 10th, respectively.