Polydozel playoffs future uncertain with Guarnes sidelined
All the while, the team Polydozel had a good job of winning important games, just to be sure about their position in the upcoming playoffs. After winning a game against Lia Cruz, all others would think about their chances in winning the PPL championship.
All that was shattered now with their main scorer, Hipolito Guarnes injured.
Guarnes was injured as soon as the game started, as Lia Cruz's Allen Madrid fouled Guarnes hard on the play. Guarnes never rose from the floor that quickly.
Doctors tells us that at least 2 weeks would be the time for his injury to recover.
With Guarnes out for 2 weeks, surely he won't be playing the opening round in the playoffs.
"And I think it would be a good time for Guarnes to take the rest of the season off, as he really worked hard in this season, and it would be a good time also for Bello to prove something for himself."
Carl Marx Bello, normally plays power forward, has been the deciding factor in the recent game against Lia Cruz, by playing the full game since he replaced Guarnes, and posting up 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and a block. his averages are 6.2 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game, playing 19 minutes.
"Bello could play Guarnes' role, almost as good as Hip, and we believe that we would have a good game still, on Tuesday." says head coach Vic Nodally.
That game is against TrailBlazers United, the team that is unbeatable this season, if ever they win against the United, Blazers would only have one loss, and thus ties the record of Celestial Fury of having just 1 loss in the regular season. If the Polydozels lose, however, Blazers would be the first team to win 22 league games straight.
But with Guarnes and Verumbickas sidelined, Bello has to have help with fellow teammates Simeon Tongson, Giovanni Battista Carrer, and Mervyn Jamora and make some moves on how to stop the Blazers stampede. It could be quite a work for their result to come up. And this win could mean much for their security in their current seed in the playoffs. They are now sitting pretty in third seed, in which they would face the 2nd seed, the more formidable ribonucleic acid.
Verumbickas is in a "might be" situation at their game against the former league champs... might also be a game time decision. "We definitely need him in this game, but with his injury, he might be either rusty or fueled up for this game. Either way, we all will have to know sooner.