Just got Lucky? I do not think so!

No one expected that Barangay Ginebra will be in this position today after a devastating start in the current conference of the PBA. They started being beaten badly by their opponents even they have Mark "The Spark" Caguioa scoring more than 20 points per game. Injuries of their key players just keep it worst for the rally of the team. 

Media and fans from different team knows the story, they said we will never pass eliminations or even the quarter finals. We are the under dog of this conference, in fact we do not know how to win ball games even we have a strong lineup. If we won it is "Chamba", "Awa, kasi sister team", "Nabayaran yug referee", "They won't beat ROS without Caguioa" and "Lucky". Come to think of it, is that how bad Ginebra is?

A bad start at the beginning of the conference and a 0-4 record is really to be ashamed of; however, the first win was grabbed and they said it is "Chamba" and come the second the third now the word "Chamba" is difficult to use to describe the win then they said it is "Awa, kasi sister team", there goes the fourth, the fifth and the sixth win they said "Nabayaran yung referee". Admittedly it was a bad call from the referees especially some of the calls from the import of Air21. But we really understand basketball that is what we call breaks of the game. Ginebra are also in fact victim of bad calls by the referees but no Ginebra player or Coach put the blame to the referees when they are loosing the game not like Alaska and Rain or Shine is doing. 

So here we go to the next line of the story, the team is in danger of having twice to beat disadvantage against their rival Rain or Shine. The Kings never beaten ROS in a quarter final battle, to beat Coach Yeng's team just make it worsts. ROS was beaten by Meralco, now it goes the rumors, ROS wanted to play against Ginebra so they can beat them. Magoo Marjon predicted and said "They won't beat ROS without Caguioa", when they won the first game other PBA fans said "Chamba". Here come the second game, a close game it is but we still won the game with a heart pounding ending. Then an article written by Gerry Ramos of spin.ph caught my attention. The headline of his story is 'Lucky' Ginebra cuts Rain or Shine down to size to advance to semifinals. So Mr. Gerry Ramos think that we are just lucky to win against Rain or Shine. Once is lucky but beating them twice consecutively is not just "Lucky". 

Why thus other fans and players do not know the feeling of being a Ginebra Fan or being part of the Ginebra Roster, we may have the most lousy lineup in the PBA, we might not have our superstars in the most crucial part of the game, indeed we are the most favorite team in the PBA but the most hated team as well imagine all the team from different teams stay together just to let us down. But never question the HEART and never underestimate the SPIRIT. The will to win by this team put them where they are today right now. It is a long way to go but they are here at the semi-finals not because of "Chamba", "Awa", "Dahil sa referee", "Dahil injured sila" and/or they are just "Lucky". We are here because of their HARD WORK, difficult to understand from others but you do not have the HEART of the PBA, and that is the BOTTOM LINE.