Converge continues chase of a playoff stint in its maiden PBA tourney, trying to solidify spot in the Top Eight versus the Phoenix Super LPG side that fights for dear life in their critical weekend setto at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
The FiberXers were tottering down the chart until they found a way to break their slump then made a run to put themselves in a good position to get into the post-elims play in their first conference since taking over the Alaska Milk franchise.
Prepped up by back-to-back wins over NLEX (112-108) and NorthPort (104-98), coach Jeffrey Cariaso and his troops, at 4-5, target an outright playoff crack at a quarterfinals entry in their 7:15 p.m. Saturday entanglement with the Fuel Masters.
Winning over Phoenix is the immediate goal. The bigger aspiration is a sweep of their last two games versus Phoenix and Blackwater for a shot at a spot in the best-of-three quarters series.
Cariaso said they will wage the toughest fight they can to get the best finish possible in the one-round-robin elims.
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Meanwhile, at 2-7, coach Topex Robinson and his Phoenix crew have got one foot into the grave.
They have to check their five-game slide and finish the elims with back-to-back wins for a playoff shot at the last quarters berth. After their match with Converge, the Fuel Masters have the Barangay Ginebra Kings as their final assignment on Thursday at the Big Dome.
The Fuel Masters found themselves in a tighter situation in losing a well-fought battle against the NorthPort Batang Pier in their last outing. They missed their crack at it and went down to a 92-95 defeat. (SB)
