Meralco Bolts claimed PBA 3×3 Season 3 Leg 1 title. –PBA IMAGES
The Meralco Bolts may hardly have a good time the vacation season due to a densely packed calendar.
And whereas coach Luigi Trillo admitted it was powerful navigating round a frenetic schedule, he feels that his squad may snare one thing precious off of it—one that ought to turn out to be useful a number of weeks from now.
“, it’s each good and dangerous,” he instructed the Inquirer over the cellphone. “The dangerous is, clearly there’s quite a lot of sacrifice [required from everyone]. However if you happen to have a look at the great, we’re taking part in high quality video games.”
After battling defending champion Barangay Ginebra on Dec. 22, Meralco took on the visiting Seoul SK Knights right here in Manila 5 days later for the East Asia Tremendous League’s home-and-away showcase.
The Bolts will then face NBA champion Jeremy Lin and the unbeaten New Taipei Kings on Jan. 3, once more within the EASL, earlier than having to shortly shift their sights again to PBA Commissioner’s Cup the place they tangle with chief Magnolia on Jan. 6 after which No. 2 Phoenix in a pair of contests that can form the race for twice-to-beat safety within the knockout rounds.
“Our final video games had been in opposition to high-level groups. Ginebra after which SK. Now Taipei. These are champion if not championship-worthy groups, so it sort of will get us sharp,” mentioned Trillo, whose expenses are No. 3 within the PBA convention at 6-2 and a robust contender for that playoff bonus.
“Now, it’s all about preparing. Playoff basketball is upon us. There are quite a lot of issues that might nonetheless occur, however we’ve [set our sights] on having to win no less than two of our subsequent three (video games).”
Meralco has been plotting closely for the important thing PBA video games forward, and it could be attention-grabbing to see whether or not high-scoring however severely undersized import Zach Lofton will stay because the membership’s import transferring ahead.
The Bolts have by no means made the championship collection of the Commissioner’s Cup, however this present batch is making a robust case to alter that.
Curiously, Trillo can be one among three lively PBA coaches to steer his membership to a championship right here up to now decade.
However these trivia are the farthest from the minds of anybody within the Bolts’ quarters.
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“At this level, we simply need to be constant for the playoffs. This month has been about taking part in our greatest,” Trillo mentioned. INQ