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PBA: Barroca upbeat of Magnolia’s chances in Game 6

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Rom Anzures

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/U.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Magnolia’s Mark Barroca. Photo by Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News </div>MANILA — Much like how the first two games of the 2023-24 PBA Commissioner’s Cup finals went, the Magnolia Hotshots are down the rabbit hole yet again.And while they are not trailing by two games, they are even in a deeper one this time — especially since the San Miguel Beermen can close out the series Wednesday night and finally clinch the championship following their win last Sunday.Still, Magnolia veteran court general Marc Barroca said they are remaining upbeat on their chances, explaining that they have already experienced this setback earlier in the series.“Kami naman, positive lang kami kasi nga galing na kaming 0-2,” he said last Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.Barroca added that they simply had no answers for the fiery Beermen who converted 16 three-pointers, half of which came from the sizzling-hot Jericho Cruz.“Ganun naman &#x27;pag series, may players na pumutok, sobrang laki nung bagay na ganun [para sa kanila],” he said, while also pointing out how unfortunate he was to have gotten the opposite fate in Game 5.“Sobrang struggle, lalo na sa opensa. Pero ‘di naman ‘to all about sa &#x27;kin,” Barroca said.“Maganda rin naman nilaro ng mga kasama ko. Maganda &#x27;yung nilalaro nila, so nag-deliver lang din ako na depensa kasi ‘di naman all about sa akin lang.”The Hotshots were able to cut the lead down to within two possessions in the final minutes of the game, and aside from Tyler Bey, Jio Jalalon, Ian Sangalang, and Paul Lee delivered for Magnolia offensively, which is why Barroca remains positive despite being a defeat away from elimination.“Dalawang panalo na lang &#x27;yun, so adjust lang kami. Mahirap nga &#x27;yung 0-2 eh, ano pa &#x27;yung 3-2? So ayun, positive pa ‘rin kami.”“Babalik kami sa Game 6,” he concluded.Tip-off tonight is at 7:30 p.m. at the same Quezon City venue.<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H_43uyNHX0Y?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>

Much like how the first two games of the 2023-24 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals went, the Magnolia Hotshots are down the rabbit hole yet again.

Much like how the first two games of the 2023-24 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals went, the Magnolia Hotshots are down the rabbit hole yet again.