PHOENIX Super LPG and NLEX are in the same tight situation, both having no other recourse but to sweep their last three games to get a shot at the last berth in the PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs.
And so it's a fight for survival as the Fuel Masters and the Road Warriors slug it out in the 7:30 p.m. Sunday mainer at the Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo.
The immediate target for both is to gain a piece of ninth place with the Magnolia Hotshots at 4-6.
The end goal is to get the best finish they could at the end of the single-round-robin eliminations, and hope it's enough for a shot at a playoffs entry.
For they could finish at 6-6 and still miss the Top Eight, meaning their fate doesn't rest solely in their hands now.
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But both aren't looking beyond Sunday's game. It's one game at a time, and they're focused on pulling this one over the other.
Coach Jong Uichico's Road Warriors are on a five-game slump, a sorry slide after a promising 3-1 conference start.
Coach Jamike Jarin's Fuel Masters, meanwhile, had looked to have gotten over the hump and set for a roll but was stopped on their track the last time by Magnolia, 104-110.
Before the loss to the Hotshots, the Fuel Masters scored three wins in four outings.
And thus they fight for dear life in their Antipolo face-off.
The Road Warriors dropped their last game against the TNT Tropang Giga with Robert Bolick playing limited minutes obviously due to health concern.
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The question is Bolick's readiness for the Ynares Center setto.(SB)
