Games Wednesday:
(Smart Araneta Coliseum)

3 p.m. – TNT vs Converge

5:45 p.m. – NLEX vs Ginebra

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel faces a major test when it battles red-hot NLEX in the Philippine Basketball Association Governors' Cup on Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Action is set at 5:45 p.m. with the Kings determined to snap the Road Warriors' four-game winning streak in the season-ending conference.

Also staking its winning run is Converge, which battles dangerous TNT Tropang Giga in the first game at 3 p.m.

Together idle with San Miguel Beer, both NLEX and Converge occupy the top spot with 4-0 win-loss record in the early stretch of the eliminations.

The Road Warriors' early success makes it very dangerous and Ginebra mentor Tim Cone, the winningest coach in the league with 25 PBA titles, has every reason to get worried, knowing that their foes, who are being led by Frankie Lim, will go all out just to maintain their spot on the top of the team standings.

Interestingly, Lim played for Cone when he led Alaska to the title of the 1991 Third Conference.

"We're facing NLEX and they're playing extremely well under Coach Frankie Lim," Cone said, admitting that Lim is doing a tremendous job entering his second conference with the Road Warriors.

"I tend to lose to my ex-players – Frankie, Jojo (Lastimosa). I have ex-players in the league and it scares the heck out of me."

The Kings kicked off their title-retention campaign on a promising note, pulling off a 116-108 triumph over Rain or Shine despite a very limited preparation.