Blackwater’s Mangahas gets invite from Meralco coach
By Celest R. Flores
Don’t expect for Allan Mangahas’ banner conference in the PBA D-League to just go unnoticed.
Don’t expect for Allan Mangahas’ banner conference in the PBA D-League to just go unnoticed.
For a moment in Game 2, NLEX reclaimed its championship form — forcing turnovers leading to easy baskets and a seemingly insurmountable 18-point lead in the third quarter. For a moment Tuesday, a Game 3 was imminent.
Playing with a lot of tenacity in the second half, Blackwater Sports ended the reign of NLEX in the PBA D-League with a pulsating 80-74 victory yesterday, completing a sweep by the Elite of the Foundation Cup finals at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.
Blackwater did what was deemed improbable back then.
Nlex coach Boyet Fernandez points to a third-quarter breakdown that led to the Road Warriors’ first finals loss in four PBA D-League conferences.
Blackwater Sports showed no fear of four-time champion NLEX as the Elite shocked the Road Warriors, 70-67, yesterday to move within a win of the PBA D-League Foundation Cup championship at Ynares Sports Arena.
Although NLEX hasn’t dropped a finals game in all its four title runs, that doesn’t make the Road Warriors any more confident when they shoot for the PBA D-League Foundation Cup Championship against the Blackwater Sports Elite starting today.
Not even a bad ankle could stop Kevin Ferrer from making his presence felt for Blackwater.
HOPING to avoid a repeat of last conference’s debacle, Blackwater Sports shoots for the last title berth against Boracay Rum today in the rubber match of their PBA D-League semifinal series at Blue Eagle Gym in Loyola Heights.
NLEX, the only champion of the PBA D-League since its inception, seized another chance to end another conference in a flourish.
Boracay Rum has not lost back-to-back this 2013 PBA D-League Foundation Cup, and it wasn’t about to let that happen on Thursday.
Top seeds NLEX and Blackwater Sports seek to forge a title showdown when they clash against separate rivals in Game 2 of the PBA D-League Foundation Cup semifinal series at Ateneo’s Blue Eagle Gym.
Defending champion NLEX continued to roll as it beat Big Chill, 66-59, in Game 1 of their best-of-three duel Tuesday in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup at the Blue Eagle Gym.
