Choco Mucho and Creamline collide on Thursday in another expected hit at the box-office—like all of their past matches—and with stakes as high as a championship itself.
The last time these two teams met was in the title series of the last All-Filipino Conference of the Premier Volleyball League, but with the standings muddled up after the Tuesday night playdate, the league-leading Flying Titans would want nothing less than a win in their 6 p.m. clash with the defending champion Cool Smashers to become the first team in the semifinals.
Creamline is tied for second spot with Petro Gazz, PLDT and Chery Tiggo, and a slip-up could be costly. Not only have the Cool Smashers not lost three games in a conference in recent memory, a defeat would put them in a veritable bubble for the playoffs, something unheard of in past seasons.
As things stand, the Angels and the Crossovers will be ending their classification round schedules against ousted foes, while Creamline, after this match with Choco Mucho, is still slated to slug it out with the High Speed Hitters, which could be that match for survival for the Cool Smashers.
Experience, though, is at the side of the Cool Smashers, who have won a total of seven championships, while the Flying Titans are working to return to the Finals for the second straight time and win their first.
