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Barangay Geneva does not see the current fall of five-time champion San Miguel Beer as an advantage, as the two teams meet in another high-profile duel Sunday at the PBA Philippine Cup at the Foundation Cultural and Sports Center. University of Angeles.
Geneva are looking for an eighth win in 10 games and the first two-goal lead in the match at 6:45 pm against a team from Beermen facing the alarming situation of having lost their last two games.
The Geneva-SMB showdown culminates the league’s fourth quadruple in the last six days. Rain or Shine (4-4) fights Blackwater (2-6) in the first game at 10 am, Meralco (5-4) plays against Terrafirma (1-7) at 1 pm and Magnolia (6-4) faces NorthPort (1-7) at 4 p.m.
Magnolia and Rain or Shine return to action after their game Saturday in which the Hotshots won 70-62, while Meralco is determined to bounce back quickly from a 92-79 loss to TNT.
Geneva is on a roll after three consecutive victories, including Friday’s 85-79 win over TNT that allowed them to take first place in the standings.
SMB, on the other hand, is in a precarious situation after losing the last two games marred by a disappointing 124-90 loss to NLEX also last Friday.
While contrasting fortunes already give Geneva the upper hand, coach Tim Cone said he and his team can’t be fooled by that impression.
“I can’t think of the worst time to play them after they were defeated by another opponent. That is absolutely the worst time to play San Miguel, ”Cone said.
“We are not looking forward to it. But it is a challenge and we are going to try to face it. “
Once again, the player to watch for Geneva is Stanley Pringle, who scored 28 points and 12 rebounds against TNT in another excellent performance.
Pringle is averaging 20.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists in nine games in this conference to emerge as one of the best players of the season.
Beating Geneva will be more important than ever for SMB, which is 5-4 for a fifth-to-seventh place run with Magnolia and Meralco.
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