Barangay Ginebra’s Justin Brownlee dunks over Meralco’s Brandon Bates through the second quarter of their sport within the PBA Commissioner’s Cup.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
The destiny of the embattled Magnolia Hotshots shouldn’t be the one query that will probably be answered on Friday when the elimination spherical of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup wraps up at PhilSports Enviornment in Pasig Metropolis.
Magnolia must defeat Meralco within the 5 p.m. opener to pressure a playoff for the No. 8 seed with both NLEX or Rain or Shine or see itself miss the quarterfinal bus for the primary time because the 2016 Governors’ Cup.
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On the heels of their blowout win over visitor workforce Hong Kong Jap, Magnolia is keen to provide one other necessary end in what might be a grind-out encounter with Meralco, which is reeling from Wednesday’s 91-87 loss to Barangay Ginebra at Good Araneta Coliseum.
“It was an enormous win towards a extremely good workforce [in Eastern] to provide us momentum,” Hotshots import Ricardo Ratliffe informed the Inquirer. “We gotta hold that momentum, and hopefully we will do the identical factor towards Meralco and make the playoffs.”
TNT and Rain or Shine shut out the preliminary part of the midseason convention at 7:30 p.m. as each groups nonetheless have one thing to play for, significantly the ElastoPainters.
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Quotient winner
Rain or Shine holds a 6-5 document after dropping its final two video games, NLEX is assured of a minimum of a playoff for that eighth place after posting a 6-6 document behind a three-game successful streak whereas Magnolia is at 5-6.
If NLEX, Rain or Shine and Magnolia all end at 6-6, the Street Warriors get the No. 7 spot whereas the E-Painters and Hotshots dispute No. 8 in a playoff. NLEX has a 1.038 or +8 quotient with Magnolia having 1.010 or +2 and Rain or Shine 0.955 or -10.
NLEX and Magnolia will play that KO match on Sunday at Ynares Heart in Antipolo if the Hotshots win and the E-Painters prevail over the Tropang Giga.
A Magnolia loss assures Rain or Shine and NLEX the ultimate two spots, whatever the end result of the previous’s match towards TNT. However successful over the Tropang Giga places the E-Painters in a greater place.
Rain or Shine will probably be No. 6 with a victory and can relegate visitor workforce Hong Kong Jap, which went 7-5, to No. 7 and the duty of needing to beat the No. 2 squad, both TNT or Converge, twice. Rain or Shine holds the tiebreaker over Jap after its 99-81 win in December.
“I feel our scenario isn’t hopeless,” stated E-Painters coach Yeng Guiao, whose wards have been in horrible kind with losses to Barangay Ginebra and NLEX by a mean margin of 20 factors.
“We simply want a morale booster to get again our common sport, our confidence. We’ll attempt to get that [against TNT],” he added.
If not, TNT will safe the No. 2 spot and the twice-to-beat, becoming a member of NorthPort, which received the No. 1 seeding after Meralco’s defeat by the hands of Ginebra. The outcome relegated the Bolts to No. 5 and a best-of-three date with the No. 4 Gin Kings.
NorthPort has a 9-3 document, adopted by TNT at 8-3, with Converge and Ginebra carrying an identical 8-4 slates whereas Meralco is at 7-4.
No. 1 up for grabs
Situations computed by PBA chief statistician Fidel Mangonon III reveal that Converge might bag the opposite twice-to-beat bonus with a Meralco win plus a TNT loss attributable to a superior quotient.
That state of affairs will put Converge, TNT, Ginebra and Meralco at 8-4 apiece, however the FiberXers have the superior quotient with 1.074 or +21, adopted by TNT (1.032 or +9), Ginebra (0.971 or -8) and Meralco (0.927 or -22).
A Meralco loss, nevertheless, ensures TNT the twice-to-beat even with a loss to Rain or Shine because it has the sting of 1.038 or +7 over Converge (1.026 or +5) and Ginebra (0.937 or -12) within the occasion of a three-way tie at 8-4.
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Quotients are used if a minimum of three groups share the identical information, primarily based on PBA guidelines. The outcomes of their elimination spherical matches, then again, are used to interrupt ties between two groups having an identical win-loss slates.
