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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Star Hotshots on brink of Gov Cup elimination

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WITH a talented and deep roster, Star was expected to be at least be a shoe-in for a spot in the playoffs of the 2016 Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup prior to the start of the tournament.

Unfortunately, that isn’t the case for the Hotshots as the team is clearly having an underwhelming campaign in the season-ending conference.

Even with a slim 104-103 victory last Sunday against Meralco to snap its dreadful five-game losing slide, Star is still on the brink of getting ousted with its 2-7 card, only good for 11th place, and with only two games left in its schedule.

Only the top eight teams after the elimination round will make the quarterfinals and with their current situation, the chances of the Hotshots making it don’t look really good.

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Star coach Jason Webb acknowledged his team’s lackluster run this conference and conceded that the Hotshots are the ones responsible for their current state.

“I really don’t know how much chances we have right now,” said Webb. “We have the smallest chance of making it and kami naman ang may kasalanan nito.”

Mathematically, the Hotshots are still alive and barely breathing.

They need to sweep their remaining two assignments in the eliminations and hope that the results of the games of the teams above them favor their them to be able to force a playoff for a spot in the next phase.

“The most important thing for us right now is that the guys continue to believe in each other,” said Webb. “We’re still putting in team effort and everyone is contributing something important.”

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