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Denok Miranda hopes to build winning culture with Blackwater

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/business/12/01/denok-miranda.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Denok Miranda celebrates after hitting the game-winner against Meralco. Photo by Josh Albelda, ABS-CBN Sports.</div></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines — Blackwater is off to its best start in franchise history after the Elite won back-to-back games to open the PBA Philippine Cup.An 86-84 upset of Meralco last Sunday pushed Blackwater to 2-0, with veteran guard Denok Miranda providing the winning basket.While it is too early to make any predictions about how the rest of the conference will shake out for Blackwater, the team&#x27;s promising start gives Miranda reason to be optimistic.&quot;Madami pang games, &#x27;di ba? Ngayon, ang focus namin ay every practice and every game. Ang ganda kasi ng intensity namin, lalo na sa ball movement,&quot; Miranda said.(There are still more games to go, right? We&#x27;re focused on every practice and every game. Our intensity has been nice, especially our ball movement.)<ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li>READ: <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2016/11/28/rr-pogoy-takes-clutch-gene-pros-18581">RR Pogoy takes his clutch gene to the pros</a></li></ul>&quot;Ang dami naming players na interchangeable — pwedeng three (small forward), pwedeng four (power forward). May mga shooters, tapos may mga puwedeng one (point guard) or two (shooting guard). &#x27;Yun naman ang kinagandahan namin sa iba.&quot;(We have a lot of interchangeable players who can play the three or four. We have shooters, then there are those can play the one or two. That&#x27;s the good thing about the other players.)Having promising rookies Mac Belo and Ael Banal is a huge boost to a Blackwater franchise that struggled before hitting gold in this year&#x27;s PBA Rookie Draft. That Belo is also from Far Eastern University (FEU) like Miranda is a bonus.&quot;Tatlo kami (na galing FEU) — Reil (Cervantes), Mac at ako. Alam niyo naman ang FEU, may culture of winning,&quot; said Miranda, who won UAAP titles with the Tamaraws in the early 2000s.(There are three of us from FEU. You know FEU, we have a culture of winning.)&quot;Tradition &#x27;yun eh. Noong nasa FEU ako, nakapag-champion ako, tapos si Mac, nakapag-champion last year. Siguro, &#x27;yun &#x27;yung culture na inilalagay namin dito sa Blackwater.&quot;(It&#x27;s tradition. When I was at FEU, I became a champion and Mac was a champion last year. That&#x27;s probably the kind of culture we want here at Blackwater.)Miranda said that several of their teammates also come from winning programs, such as Arthur dela Cruz and Kyle Pascual, who both won championships with the San Beda Red Lions in the NCAA.&quot;Magbi-build kami ng magandang culture dito,&quot; said Miranda, who considers himself the team&#x27;s veteran voice.&quot;Ngayon, siguro, matagal na ako sa liga at nakapag-champion na rin ako,&quot; he said. &quot;Nase-share ko nang paunti-unti. Dito naman sa team namin, lahat unselfish, lahat leader, kaya maganda &#x27;yung blend.&quot;(We&#x27;ll build a nice culture her. I&#x27;ve been in the league for a long time now and I&#x27;ve won a championship. I&#x27;ve been sharing my stories bit by bit. In our team, we&#x27;re all unselfish, we&#x27;re all leaders, that&#x27;s why we&#x27;re blending nicely.)For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

Blackwater's 2-0 start gives the veteran playmaker reason to be optimistic.

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Denok Miranda hopes to build winning culture with Blackwater

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published Dec 01, 2016 05:54 PM PHT

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