F2 logistics forges decider with methodical game 2 dismantling of petron
F2 Logistics’ reign is not about to end, not on Thursday night, anyway.
The defending champion Cargo Movers extended the Chooks To Go-Philippine Superliga Grand Prix Final to a deciding Game 3 after blasting the Petron Blaze Spikers, 25-17, 25-22, 25-18, at FilOil Flying V Centre.
For a while, it appeared like Game 2 would follow the same script as the series-opener where the Cargo Movers won the first two sets, only to see the Blaze Spikers come breathing down their necks in the third.
The Cargo Movers, though, made sure that they would pen a different ending for this one.
F2 Logistics chopped Petron down to size using splendid defense, particularly on Blaze Spikers ace Katherine Bell.
Bell, who unloaded 42 points in Game 1, was limited to just 15.
The Cargo Movers thus earned the chance to repeat its feat last year, when it also won the last two games as the rubber match was held Saturday at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao.
“We are very motivated coming into the game and very focused all the time, something that in the last game we didn’t do,” said F2 Logistics’ Venezuelan import Maria Jose Perez, who accounted for 20 points.
“We will fight to the end and we’ll never give up. We really want this with all our hearts,” Perez, last season’s MVP, added.
Ara Galang, the Cargo Movers’ injury-prone spiker, delivered 11 points off the bench.
