Hotshots upward thrust to 5-0, breaking little sweat with simple knocking down of pathetic Dyip

Zavier Lucero’s stellar play is among the the reason why Magnolia continues to be the one unbeaten workforce within the PBA Philippine Cup.

And Lucero is taken with holding it that method for so long as he and the Hotshots can, after making improvements to to 5-0 on Sunday with the 127-94 shellacking of the hapless Terrafirma Dyip at Ynares Center right here in Antipolo City and getting into a stretch of difficult video games that can check their mettle.

“We’re unbeaten right now, and we want to keep it that way,” Lucero mentioned after completing with 17 issues and 9 rebounds. “So we have to prepare the right way, and we have to go into the right mindset because any team can beat us on any given day, and we know that.”

The Hotshots’ subsequent two video games might be performed within the subsequent two Sundays, beginning with the NLEX Road Warriors, who’re enjoying neatly at 3-1, and Rain or Shine, in spite of a roller-coaster run at 2-2 on account of manpower woes, continues to be thought to be a depressing horse.

“We have to play the right way, come prepared and we should be fine,” added Lucero.

Lucero admitted that Magnolia didn’t get started how it sought after to as Terrafirma bucked an early deficit to make it a detailed sport till early in the second one quarter when Magnolia broke free.

A 23-0 run proved to be the decisive issue, with gamers like Lucero, Paul Lee, or even Jerrick Ahanmisi and James Laput contributing in that reach.

And with the sport out of achieve, trainer Chito Victolero were given the luxurious of dipping his hand deep within the bench as veteran heart Raffy Reavis and Joseph Eriobu were given some mins.

Victolero performed all 15 gamers, and they all scored a minimum of 3 issues within the romp.

Terrafirma fell for the fourth directly time after defeating Phoenix to start out what may well be its ultimate convention within the league. The Dyip have misplaced a blended margin of 114 issues, or a median of 28.5 in line with loss.

That simplest compounded their bleak long run because the Dyip are nonetheless within the means of with a bit of luck finishing the switch of its franchise to a possible purchaser. Terrafirma has an ongoing negotiation with the homeowners of the Zamboanga Valientes.

The Valientes are mentioned to be competitive of their bid to take over the Dyip, whose preliminary settlement with Quezon-based Starhorse Shipping Lines fell via after its failure to put up essential necessities and on account of monetary causes.

Amid Terrafirma’s uncertainty is the play being submit by way of sophomore banger Louie Sangalang, who completed with 19 issues, 12 rebounds and 7 assists. INQ