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Friday, March 29, 2024

Star strengthens bid

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STAR kept its hopes of ending in the Top 4 alive as it notched an important 128-81 victory over exiting Kia to likewise gain back some steam in the 2017 Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City last night.

Jio Jalalon scored 15 points and PJ Simon added 13 as the Hotshots’ guard play took charge in this easy rout.

The Hotshots are currently at 6-4 and they need to win their last assignment tomorrow against NLEX in a huge match and hope that the other teams above drop some games along the way for them to have a shot at landing in the Top 4.

The top four finishers will carry with them a twice-to-beat incentive in the quarters against the four lower seeded teams.

As of press time, Meralco (7-2) is trying to keep its place in the top two as it is battling woeful GlobalPort (3-7) currently.

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Action continues today with another vital double-header in the penultimate playdate of the eliminations.

The scene shifts to the Smart Araneta Coliseum today between league-leader Barangay Ginebra (8-2) and TNT KaTropa (7-3) in a hotly anticipated clash at 5:15 p.m.

A lot is on the line both for the Gin Kings and the Tropang Texters, who are separated by one game, as they both aspire to finish in the top four as well and this game between them will have a lot of impact on where they will end up.

In the appetizer, Rain or Shine (6-4) is likewise trying its best to land in the top four as it still has an outside shot of doing so when it plays No. 8 seed Blackwater (5-5) at 3 p.m.

This conference was nothing but a pain for Kia as it ended up not being able to least a single win in 11 tries.

The winless Picanto is now headed to an early vacation with a lot of questions to be answered regarding its future.

“Maganda conference nila, medyo breaks lang siguro, dahil marami sila games na hindi lang na-finished,” noted Victolero of Picanto. “By next year number one sila sa draft, baka makakuha sila ng maayos na players, at lalakas sila lalo. Good luck sa kanila next season.”

Games today 

(Smart Araneta Coliseum)

3 p.m. – Blackwater vs. Rain or Shine

7 p.m. – Ginebra vs. Talk N Text

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