INQUIRER Sports

GAMES THURSDAY (San Juan Gym)
2 p.m.?Licealiz vs Pharex
4 p.m.?Oracle Residences vs Cobra

ORACLE RESIDENCES takes a second crack at a title slot and Pharex tries to nail the other championship berth in Game 4 of the semifinal playoffs of the PBL PG Flex Unity Cup at the San Juan Gym.

The Titans, who failed to complete a three-game sweep of Cobra last Tuesday, battle the Energy Warriors at 4 p.m. hoping to secure this time a seventh consecutive championship appearance.

The Bidang Generix shoot for the clincher against the Licealiz Hair Doctors earlier at 2 p.m. after taking a 2-1 lead in their own best-of-five semifinal series with an 85-76 win also Tuesday.

Inspired by a 92-88 victory in Game 3, Cobra coach Lawrence Chongson said playing to their strengths will offset the Titans? advantage in height and experience once again.

?We have to throw everything at them again in Game 4,? said Chongson, whose squad rallied from an early 13-point hole Tuesday by burying a total of 10 triples.

The Bidang Generix are enjoying their finest run in their two seasons in the league behind top rookie Chris Ross, who has averaged close to a triple double in the first three games of the series.

Ross, a 6-foot-1 Filipino-American out of Marshall University, compiled 21 points, 12 rebounds that helped the Bidang Generix to an 85-76 overtime victory for a 2-1 lead.

Cedelf P. Tupas