TERRAFIRMA coach Johnedel Cardel knows his team’s current winning streak is bound to end. He’s just hoping his players can stretch it further while they can.
“Siyempre, lahat gusto malayo marating every conference, lalo na kami na palaging nasa hulihan,” said Cardel.
“So habang kaya naming maituloy-tuloy itong pagpapapanalo, itutuloy namin.”
That should be easier said than done considering the Dyip have a lot more work to do starting with their match against unpredictable Phoenix Super LPG today at the Don Honorio Ventura State University Gym in Bacolor, Pampanga.
NorthPort finally sees action in the semi-bubble set-up when it faces winless Blackwater later in the day.
The Batang Pier were forced to sit out the first week of the tournament resumption in accordance with the league’s health and safety protocols and should be bristling to make up for lost time as well as snap out of a two-game slide against a Bossing side that has yet to win after seven games.
The Dyip have won all their three matches since the tournament resumed play in the province last week and would now be looking to match their franchise-best set during the 2016 Governors Cup when they got off to a 4-0 start.
The Fuel Mastershave yet to get fully untracked in the tournament and are coming off a 76-94 drubbing from NLEX last Saturday.
Phoenix coach Topex Robinson cites as main reason his current team being drastically revamped from the one that made it as far as the semifinals of the same tournament last year.