With or without Japeth Aguilar, Barangay Ginebra is relied upon to go hard and fast to nail its second shot at an inside and out quarterfinals versus NLEX in the play date of the PBA Philippine Cup disposal round at the Cuneta Astrodome Sunday.
Dropping their last diversion against the Phoenix Fuel Masters, the Gin Kings are unable to skip back to dodge complexities of logjams at eighth place.
Ginebra takes its last shot quarter space at 6:45 p.m. against a NLEX side hoping to put a triumphant note on a short stretch in this all-Filipino competition.
Win or lose, the Road Warriors are to complete toward the end in a competition without precedent for establishment history. For mentor Yeng Guiao, it's his first in 16 years or since the 2000 Commissioner's Cup with Red Bull.
A win by the Kings makes room for their quarters entry. However, a misfortune may send them to a knockout playoff for the last quarters opening.
Ginebra blew its first crack at the Final Eight on a 73-79 loss to Phoenix where the Kings badly missed the service of the injury-hit Aguilar.
Aguilar endured a muscle strain on a clumsy tumble from a dunk in their 99-90 drubbing of Blackwater on Jan. 20
Yet, NLEX is presently additionally without a key player in Sean Anthony, who maintained a lower leg sprain.
Anthony, a Mythical Second Team awardee in 2016, sat out their 96-106 defeat to Mahindra Friday night.
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