The PBA is already bracing for the worst as it eyes to continue its season in Batangas once Metro Manila is placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20.

PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said he sent a letter to the Department of Health on Friday, July 30, asking permission for the league to continue its ongoing Philippine Cup outside Metro Manila in a semi-bubble setting.

The preferred site of the PBA is Lipa, Batangas.

“We’re still waiting for their answer,” Marcial said in Filipino.

After more than six months and numerous delays, the PBA finally returned to action as it opened its 46th season with the Philippine Cup last July 16.

The league has played all of its games at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.

However, the PBA has been forced to look for another venue as it prepares for Metro Manila shifting to ECQ.

Under ECQ, indoor sports venues like the Ynares Sports Arena must close.

The Philippine Cup is slated to run the earliest until September, with its elimination run scheduled to end on August 27. – Rappler.com