ENJOYING a whopping 3-0 upperhand against Meralco head-to-head in the PBA Governors’ Cup finals doesn’t in any way give Barangay Ginebra a false sense of security heading into their latest titular duel.
“It’s the opposite. You start thinking of the odds, you start thinking, oh-oh, this gotta change some time,” Ginebra coach Tim Cone said in the recent“Do we have a secret formula against them? We certainly don’t. I wish we did.”
The rivals met again in the 2020 Philippine Cup semifinals in the Clark bubble and Mr. Cone’s troops needed a last-second triple from Scottie Thompson to prevail in the do-or-die Game 5, 83-80. The multi-titled mentor said Meralco import Tony Bishop and tall guards led by Chris Newsome present matchup issues for his crew.
Mr. Newsome, he noted, has always been “difficult to guard” with his size and power; so do his backcourt peers like Bong Quinto and Allein Maliksi.
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