Coming off a semis run in the Commissioner's Cup, BPC Arvin Tolentino and the NorthPort Batang Pier take their act to the season-ending PBA Philippine Cup.
Arvin Tolentino and the NorthPort Batang Pier are out to begin their PBA Season 49 Philippine Cup campaign with a statement as they face the Terrafirma Dyip on Saturday, April 12, 5:00 p.m. at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
Coming off a strong Commissioner’s Cup run where they topped the eliminations and reached the semifinals behind Tolentino’s Best Player of the Conference-worthy showing, the Batang Pier are hungry to make deeper noise in the All-Filipino tilt.
Their first test? A familiar foe in Terrafirma — the very team that ended their Philippine Cup run last season by ousting them in the eighth-seed playoff.
With that bitter loss still fresh in their memory, NorthPort is poised for payback and aims to show it has matured into a legitimate contender.
Expect Tolentino to lead the charge in this highly-anticipated opener, as the Batang Pier eye a strong start to erase old wounds and build on their recent rise.
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