THERE seems to be no end in sight to Blackwater’s prolonged woes, but coach Ariel Vanguardia believes the law of averages would soon favor his team.
That could be as early as today when the Bossing face a Meralco crew eyeing to set off its PBA Governors Cup campaign on a high note at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Phoenix Super LPG and Rain or Shine collide in the nightcap with the Fuel Masters hoping for a third win in as many games and at least keep on sharing top spot with NLEX.
The Elasto Painters want to do a big rebound from a shock 106-112 overtime loss to Terrafirma last Saturday and improve to 2-1.
“We are due!” Vanguardia said yesterday, expressing the collective sentiment of a Blackwater team that has not won since October of last year and has now lost a total 21 games.
That could be taken as wishful thinking, considering Meralco has finished runner-up three times in the tournament, the most recent in 2019 when the import-laced conference was last held.
After getting only as far as the semifinals in the last Philippine Cup, the Bolts want a return to their familiar place or perhaps go all the way this time around.
As additional prop to its bid, Meralco has picked Tony Bishop to replace last-minute pullout Shabazz Muhammad, who used to star at UCLA and even played for several years in the NBA.
Bishop is sure to add more beef to an already stacked Bolts lineup led by their core of Chris Newsome, Raymond Almazan, Nards Pinto, Cliff Hodge, Reynel Hugnatan, Mac Belo and Allein Maliksi, aside from the comebacking Aaron Black.
