HIGHER-RANKED squads Meralco and TNT look to gain a head start against separate opponents as the PBA Philippine Cup best-of-three quarterfinal series fires off at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City today, May 10.
The Bolts enter the opening round of the playoffs as the third seed after winning their last three games in the elimination round, including a pulsating 95-92 victory that handed top seed San Miguel Beermen their only loss in the all-Filipino conference last weekend in Batangas City.Meralco will face sister team NLEX, the No. 6 seed team at 4:30 p.m.TNT, ranked fourth in the playoffs, will take on fifth seed Rain or Shine at 7:30 p.m.Robert Bolick, the tournament's leading scorer with 27.
This leaves the scoring cudgels to Chris Newsome, Allein Maliksi, Bong Quinto, along with the veteran presence of Raymund Almazan and Cliff Hodge.Meanwhile, TNT coach Chot Reyes is hopeful that his walking wounded veterans Jayson Castro and Kelly Williams will be healthy enough to match the energy of the running-and-gunning Rain or Shine side.Castro and Williams played through injury during TNT's 98-93 win over Magnolia over the weekend to secure the No. 4 seed in the playoffs.
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