Rookie Hotshots coach Chito Victolero, who replaced former coach Jason Webb last year during off season, expects a tough series against the Gin Kings, who overturned Alaska’s twice-to-beat advantage in the quarterfinal round. “We expect a very hard and exciting series, it will be a very tough series,” said Victolero. I told them we need to be composed and control our emotions for the whole series,” Victolero said. 7 seed Gin Kings beat Alaska two in a row, 85-81 and 108-97, to enter the semis of the Philippines Cup for the first time since 2012-2013 season. “So it should be a tough series.

Source: Manila Times February 08, 2017 13:30 UTC