After losing and not making it the 2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs taking after a 103-80 misfortune to Rain or Shine on Friday, Blackwater still figured out how to keep its head high.
Art dela Cruz said if there's anything the Elite can detract from this season, it's that the team can stand toe-to-toe against fancied rivals.
“For a young team, we made a statement that we’re no longer the whipping boys,” he said.
“We’re thankful that in a way, we were able to fight and I hope we learned a lot. We just wanted to prove that we’re no longer just a losing team who they can afford to not scout.”
Blackwater started the season with a 4-2 record however dropped five of its next six games to crash out of the quarterfinals race.
Dela Cruz said Blackwater's offered got ugly after its misfortune to Mahindra on Christmas Day.
“It was a big thing for us. Whoever we fought, we always fallback to that loss,” he said.
Still, Dela Cruz wouldn't like to take a gander at the Elite's battle as a waste.
“The first half of this conference will be a motivation for us. We thought that we still doesn’t have those finishing touches, and I hope this will be a learning for us. Hopefully, we continue in developing our confidence,” he said.
“We’ll try to move on from this and focus on the second conference.”
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