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FILE – Magnolia Hotshots head coach Chito Victolero. PBA PICTURES
MANILA, Philippines – Magnolia hasn’t had the best of starts in the condensed PBA Philippine Cup, but a win over top seed TNT could very well propel his career uphill through the Playoffs.
Hotshots head coach Chito Victolero said his team has entered a place where the margin for error is as bleak as it could be.
“We’re in playoff mode, now we have a playoff mentality,” Victolero told his team’s 102-92 win over Tropang Giga on Wednesday at the Angeles University Foundation.
The Hotshots began their time inside the bubble with a 103-100 win over NLEX, a slight recovery after their 94-78 loss to San Miguel before the pandemic, but lost their next three games to fall to a dismal record. from 1-4.
Since then they have won two in a row, the first time in this conference that the Hotshots had a positive streak, at the expense of Barangay Geneva and TNT to move to a 3-4 scoreboard and eighth seed in the standings.
“Every game is a matter of life and death for us,” Victolero said. “We have four more games and we want to focus on one game at a time. We stay in the present, and whatever we need to do, we focus on that. “
“That is our mentality at the moment. We have the pressure on us and we want that pressure. “
Magnolia’s next four games are against Terrafirma, Rain or Shine, NorthPort and Blackwater, with the Elasto Painters the only team secured enough for a spot in the top four of the rankings.
Dyip, Batang Pier and Elite are below the Hotshots in the rankings, but Victolero is not one to take risks.
“We work hard, we prepare hard. And it’s not about the other teams’ records, but about our preparation. “
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