Ginebra vs Northport Series Prediction
Ginebra has completed its mission over San Miguel Beermen. Northport also pulled an upset vs the number 1 seed NLEX Road Warriors on a triple-overtime.
Looking at the possible match-up of this series:
O Standhardinger - Slaughter X
O Anthony - Aguilar O
O Qualls - Brownlee O
X Ferrer - Pringle O
X Taha - Tenorio O
X Mercado - Thompson O
O Lanete - Chan O
O Elorde - Caguiao O
X Cruz - Dela Cruz O
O Escoto - Mariano O
X Guinto - Devance O
The starting 5 of Ginebra has a slight advantage on the guard position but the bench of Ginebra is noticeably deeper than Northport. Looking at the bright side for Northport, the match-up is not that lopsided because the big 3 of Northport have proved that they can play over 40 to 60+ mins of basketball with only minimal rest and substitutions vs NLEX. But Ginebra's bench is the weapon of this series. Ginebra can keep on running nonstop by injecting fresher legs from time to time.
If Northport can slow down the tempo of the game (to preserve the energy of the main guys from 1st to 4th quarter since they have a "slim bench backups") and get Stanhardiger going, they can improve their chances of winning. Stanhardiger is a potential matchup nightmare for Ginebra, Slaughter is too slow to defend cStan and Aguilar's physique is not strong enough to prevent cStan out of his comfort zone. Stanhardiger is also a good passer, so if there is a double team, his teammates should knock down the jumpers.
Contrary to the potential game plan of Northport, by using the quickness of Pringle & Company, Ginebra can blast and blow away Northport with its firepower. Looking at the import match-up, Qualls is also doing fine, he is quick, steady and very athletic as well, but Brownlee should be poised to continue his scoring and all-around game.
Ginebra has also an advantage in the coaching department and if something goes wrong, coach Cone knows what to do to get things done. The chances of Ginebra in winning this series should be around 70% if everything goes well and smooth.
Series Prediction Winner: Ginebra
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