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SMART CLARK GIGA CITY – TnT Tropang Giga keeps its fingers crossed that high-scoring guard Ray Parks Jr. can play in a decisive Game 3 against Barangay Geneva in the PBA Philippine Cup Finals.
But it will?
News from the TnT camp revealed that 6-foot-4 Parks, Tropang Giga’s top scorer, remains dubious for Friday’s game against Barangay Geneva at the Angeles University Foundation gym.
Parks is still on the day-to-day list as he continues to recover from the left calf injury he sustained in Game 1 of the series five days ago.
TnT coach Bong Ravena admitted that the second-year guard has yet to fully recover from the injury that also kept him out of the team’s opening day game in the bubble against Alaska.
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“It is still under observation. Hopefully makalaro siya (on Friday), ”Ravena said.
Fil-Am, 27, regularly joins the Tropang Giga in their practices and even in target practice during games, but not in those that involve strenuous activities.
Parks, who scored 20 points in the team’s 94-100 loss in Game 1 in overtime, was deeply missed by Tropang Giga last time, according to Ravena.
“Siyempre malaki,” he said when asked about the absence of the two-time MVP from the National University UAAP. “It could have been different.”
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With Parks’ condition as a playing-time decision, the Tropang Giga are under pressure to do even better than in their 92-90 loss in Game 2 in which they led almost the entire outing only to fail down the stretch. .
The backhand pushed them against the wall and looking at a 0-2 deficit in the best-of-seven series.
Game 3 is scheduled at 6 p.m.
