TNT KaTropa and Star will face off in an important match with both teams eyeing the twice-to-beat incentive in the quarterfinals of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup today at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. The Hotshots are parading balik-import Ricardo Ratliffe, who replaced Tony Mitchell, and Victolero hopes he can match up well with TNT import Donte Greene. The Hotshots will miss the services of Allein Maliksi and Jio Jalalon, who are both loaned to Gilas Pilipinas. In the opener, the Bolts face the retooled Batang Pier, who acquired new players in last week’s four-team, multi-player trade deals. “The game versus GlobalPort will be difficult to gauge because they have new local players and new import.

Source: Manila Times May 09, 2017 15:45 UTC