IT’S ALL ABOUT NUMBERS IN PBA FRIDAY THRILLER

For the first time in PBA history, there will be no knockout playoff game but instead numbers will decide the second finalist in the Governors Cup via the quotient system. With the grand slam seeking Talk N Text Tropang Texters having clinched the first championship slot, the last semis double-header today will reveal who among the idle Alaska Aces, Petron Blaze Boosters and Barangay Ginebra Kings will make it to the finals of the season-ending conference. The Blazers will play the Texters while the Kings will tangle with the already out of contention Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters in the last playing day prior to the finals. Here are the possible scenarios: both Petron and Ginebra loses, Alaska is in the finals; a Petron win and Ginebra loss, it would still be the Aces; both Petron and Ginebra wins, the Blazers would be in; and a Petron loss and a Ginebra win, the Kings are in the finals.


 “We just have to go out and be aggressive both on offense and defense. Talk 'N Text is so quick in transition, so we have to speed back on defense, play them in a half court game. We'll do our part na manalo muna, bago kami magdasal na sana manalo din ang Ginebra”, Blazers head coach Ato Agustin said.

On the other hand, Alaska head coach Tim Cone is totally exasperated with the quotient system adopted by the league for this conference, “I`m not a believer in a championship berth being decided by quotient. I’m not happy about this. This is the first time that this has happened in the PBA in all my years of coaching in the league. No matter who advances, losing a championship berth by quotient would be a terrible disappointment. But that`s the hand we`ve been dealt and we have to live with that.”