Converge sees reason why to wish for turnaround upcoming junking Dyip

Converge import Scotty Thompson.–PBA IMAGES

Converge is patiently looking forward to manage total select Justine Baltazar to in the end fix its camp.

Nevertheless it nonetheless were given its project of remodeling extreme season’s worst report to an upward trajectory off and operating.

“This is just one game,” appearing schoolteacher Franco Atienza mentioned. “But it’s a good Day One for us.”

How may it now not be?

The FiberXers, underneath a latest management, confirmed admirable agreement upcoming routing the new-look Terrafirma Dyip, 127-95, in Team A of the PBA Governors’ Cup at Canny Araneta Coliseum.

The FiberXers, who within the 2023-24 season gained simply 3 out of twenty-two video games to earn the correct to make a choice Baltazar, have discovered reason why to wish for higher days forward.

Import Scotty Hopson become the primary participant to attain all of his 3 makes an attempt from the latest four-point space and got here via with 46 issues as Converge pissed off a Terrafirma group that were given Christian Standhardinger and Stanley Pringle from Barangay Ginebra at the eve of the Rookie Draft.

Hopson, Alec Stockton and franchise cornerstone Justin Arana will now search to maintain their appearing after they face a sterner take a look at on Friday in opposition to Magnolia on the similar venue.

Stockton scored 13 of his 21 issues within the 3rd to again up Hopson because the FiberXers pulled away and became issues right into a blowout.

“Day one is over, but we like what we saw [in our first game] ,” mentioned Atienza, who shared training tasks with advisor Rajko Toroman and associate schoolteacher Charles Tiu.

Accumulation lion hungry

In the meantime, Meralco is aware of the correct psychological strategy to this event upcoming generating a leap forward championship in extreme season’s Philippine Cup.

“The rule of nature is that once that lion has had his meal, he’s gonna go to sleep and he’s not as hungry and eager to get his next meal,” mentioned Bolts captain Chris Newsome, who’ll search to position his group the early supremacy in Team A in opposition to the protecting champion TNT Tropang Giga on Thursday on the Obese Dome.

Meralco opened the latest season with Sunday’s 99-94 victory over Magnolia, even with import Allen Durham a ways from the circumstance his group wants and the residue of the membership having a trim residue coming off the name run extreme June.

“I told the guys that we have to do a reverse nature and try to empty your stomach,” mentioned Newsome. “Because we need to have that same hunger that we had before we won the championship.”

TNT were given its personal name ambition going two nights prior via edging NorthPort, 101-95, at the back of import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, whose 32 issues, 10 rebounds, 5 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 blocks keyed the win.

Hollis-Jefferson, in his 3rd excursion of responsibility with the Tropang Giga, is liking the group’s probabilities of any other championship run, particularly with latest addition Rey Nambatac in tow.

“The guys are locked in and focused,” mentioned Hollis-Jefferson. “I feel like as long as we stay focused and keep doing what [TNT coach Chot Reyes] wants to do, and stay locked in to the process, I feel like the sky’s the limit.”

NLEX faces Blackwater in Team B at 5 p.m. sooner than the TNT-Meralco tiff at 7:30 p.m.

TNT gained the Governors’ Cup two seasons in the past and didn’t get the probability to cover it extreme season when the event was once scrubbed via the league to provide approach to the nationwide group.