Converge head coach Franco Atienza is refusing to believe that momentum has shifted toward his team even after coming out of the grave and being on the brink of elimination in the past two games.
Truth be told, the FiberXers may have earned some, especially following a stunning 114-100 win in Game 4 that knotted the series at 2-2 and forced a winner-take-all Game 4.
“Whenever you go to that sudden-death, the last of whatever series you play, wala na yung mga stats, wala na yung previous games, everything is out of the window. It’s just one game,” Atienza said after the Game 4 win and ahead of the rubber match that tips off at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6. “If you go up against a perennial championship contender balewala yung momentum, everything will be out stats will be out, momentum will be out. It’s just one game whoever would want it more, however cliche that may sound, eh yun ang makakuha ng panalo,” he added.
But the Beermen are no simple opponents. They have gone through it all. They are battle-scarred and certainly know what it takes to win. SMB once pulled off a complete reversal in a series – perhaps the greatest comeback in PBA history when it completed the ‘Beeracle’ run that saw them win the Philippine Cup title despite being down 0-3.
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