MANILA, Philippines — Prized rookie Kiefer Ravena was disappointed but not disheartened following his poor performance against the Phoenix Fuel Masters.

“It happens,” said Ravena, ruing his struggle that didn’t help the NLEX Road Warriors as they went down to a 95-102 loss to the Phoenix Fuel Masters at the resumption of the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Sunday.

 “After two straight wins, we lost. It’s time to bounce back,” said Ravena, ready to put behind him his poor eight-point game against the Fuel Masters.

The No. 2 draft selection, sensational in his first two games, acknowledged the tougher effort dished out by his Gilas teammate Matthew Wright and the rest of the Phoenix team.

“It’s partly their defense but it’s something we could’ve avoided. Pero talo kami sa effort,” said Ravena as to the cause of their first loss after back-to-back wins versus the Kia Picanto and the GlobalPort Batang Pier.

It’s not lost on NLEX coach Yeng Guiao who mentioned the 19-10 advantage of Phoenix on offensive rebounds.

“That’s almost 100 hundred percent difference. Offensive rebounding numbers were not really the fault of Kiefer alone. It’s a team thing and we have to take responsibility for that as a team,” said Guiao.