WHILE Robert Bolick’s bid to win his first Best Player of the Conference (BPC) award received a big boost last weekend following NLEX’s entry into the final four, the explosive guard insisted that team championship remains his biggest mission and motivation. The Road Warriors marched to the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup semifinals almost a week ago following their 137-89 win over the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters to complete a three-game sweep of their best-of-five quarterfinal series. The 31-year-old Bolick averaged 24.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.0 steals in NLEX’s dominant quarterfinal outing that enhanced his bid for the BPC plum. The former guard San Beda standout has led the race for the individual award since the end of the elimination round. “Of course that’s fun (but) as a player, that’s (individual awards) not what we are aiming for ... like everyone wants (to win a championship),” he said in Filipino. “The individual awards, it’s nice to have since you work for it everyday (in practice). And I’ve been number one (in stats race) many times but I always fail (to win the BPC award). But now I’m happy because at least, I have an opportunity to win,” he added. Bolick, the third overall pick in the 2018 PBA Draft, admitted that whatever he has reached at this stage is due to the help of his teammates, and even new coach Jimmy Alapag, under whose guidance, NLEX reached the semifinals in just his first conference as head bench tactician. “It’s not just me because the entire team, they (teammates) are the ones who helped me get better, and coach (Alapag), since he joined us, he made some tweaks in the game which helped the players,” said Bolick, who recently played for Gilas Pilipinas in the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. “Today, we are a solid team because it’s not just me, but all of us are contributing,” he continued. “Now it’s tough to defend us and give credit to coach, and credit to my teammates, too. But hopefully, we will really win (the championship).” NLEX reached the semis for the first time since the 2021 Governors’ Cup when the team was still being handled by Yeng Guiao. The Road Warriors though have yet to reach the finals since joining the pro league in the 2014-15 season. NLEX will be facing the winner of the Rain or Shine-Converge quarterfinal series in the semifinals.