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BARANGAY Geneva coach Tim Cone knows full well that a runaway win in the first game is nothing if the Gin Kings can’t get the job done at the end of the series.
Geneva took the series opener in dominant fashion after beating Meralco, 96-79, for a 1-0 lead in the best of five on Wednesday.
There will definitely be no complacency from the Gin Kings, more so as Cone still has fresh memories of a 1-0 lead gone awry.
“The only thing I’m thinking about right now,” Cone said during the post-game press conference, “is that I remember we went into a Magnolia series a year or two ago. “
“We were favored and won the first game and we were all seated and then Magnolia dragged us three games in a row in the semifinals and went on to play San Miguel in the championship,” Cone said.
Perhaps Cone was actually referring to last year’s Philippine Cup quarter-final match against Magnolia, a best-of-three affair, in which Geneva captured Game One before losing the next two games.
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The Gin Kings won Game One by 11 points, but the Hotshots beat them by an average margin of 21 points in the next two games and ultimately came second to San Miguel in the final.
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“That is fresh in my mind. That is fresh in our mind, our collective mind. This game is good, but we’ve been in this situation before, ”Cone said.
Despite the big win, Cone still sees Meralco the same thing he said before the series, a tougher version they’ve faced in recent years, and expects a big rebound from the Bolts in Game 2 on Friday. .
“Meralco is a team with a mission. We interrupted it for a day, but hopefully we’ll keep interrupting it, ”Cone said.
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