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TNT’s Chot Reyes. 

Romwel Anzures

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<div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1712490560320PBA Images14.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Chot Reyes huddles the TNT Tropang GIGA during their 2024 PBA Philippine Cup game against the Meralco Bolts, April 7, 2024. PBA Images"/>Chot Reyes huddles the TNT Tropang GIGA during their 2024 PBA Philippine Cup game against the Meralco Bolts, April 7, 2024. PBA Images</div>MANILA — TNT Tropang Giga is currently sitting at No.7 of the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup standings.Chot Reyes&#x27; squad holds a 3-4 win-loss record following their victory over the Meralco Bolts, and this improved their hopes of clinching a spot in the All-Filipino conference&#x27;s playoffs.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/7/pba-oftana-castro-take-charge-as-tnt-moves-past-meralco-1732">READ: Oftana, Castro take charge as TNT moves past Meralco</a></div>Yet for Reyes, the task at hand has only grown tougher as he points out that other teams are also slowly finding their groove in the season-ending conference.&quot;Hindi, mas humirap, sobrang hirap,&quot; said the former Gilas Pilipinas head coach when asked about TNT&#x27;s chances of climbing up the standings to enter the quarterfinals.&quot;We talked about it as a team eh. In-analyze namin yung line-up ng NorthPort, they&#x27;re very big. Yung wings nila ay 6-foot-5, si Arvin [Tolentino] at si Will Navarro, Joshua Munzon as a guard is what? 6-foot-4? And they have five to six athletic bigs,&quot; claimed Reyes, whose squad suffered a 112-96 beating against the Batang Pier last Friday.&quot;San Miguel, their 12th man is a guy named Vic Manuel. How deep is that team? Pang dose si Vic Manuel. That&#x27;s a really stacked lineup. Same thing with Blackwater, same thing with TerraFirma, so we&#x27;re just trying to cope well,&quot; he continued.&quot;We have to cope. We&#x27;re trying to make moves ourselves,&quot; added Reyes, whose squad also retooled prior to the start of the Philippine Cup.The Tropang Giga acquired Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser in a trade with Blackwater last February and also signed big man Barkley Eboña to beef up their frontcourt, but Reyes said that TNT needed more time to integrate their new players into their system.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/2/26/pba-brandon-ganuelas-rosser-is-tnt-bound-1520">READ: Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser is TNT bound</a></div>&quot;I think we upgraded our lineup as well. Unfortunately, our new guys came in too late. Si Brandon came in a day before the opening, even Barkley, one week before,&quot; said Reyes.&quot;Alam niyo naman kami, mahilig kami mag camp, team building, hindi naman yun nagawa this conference. We were waiting for the players for the team na mabuo. Nung mabubuo na kami, umalis naman &#x27;to sa Gilas,&quot; Reyes bared, pertaining to Calvin Oftana.&quot;There&#x27;s a lot of problems that we ran through. It&#x27;s no excuse, it&#x27;s a part of the preparations, pero [yun ang rason] kaya grabe na ang hirap maka pasok sa playoffs,&quot; he added.Unfortunately for TNT, the road to the playoffs is not getting easier for them.In their last five games, the Tropang Giga will be up against the 5-1 NLEX Road Warriors and the perennial contenders Barangay Ginebra and Magnolia Hotshots.On the other hand, they will also be facing the Phoenix Fuel Masters and the Converge FiberXers, which is why TNT must make the most of their remaining games if they hope to improve their record and salvage at least a playoff spot.

TNT Tropang Giga is currently sitting at No.7 of the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup standings.

TNT Tropang Giga is currently sitting at No.7 of the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup standings.

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PBA: Chot Reyes believes path to the playoffs now tougher for TNT

Romwel Anzures,

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Published Apr 07, 2024 07:53 PM PHT

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