Even up until its final game of the conference, hard-luck Blackwater just couldn’t catch a break.

The cellar-dwelling Bossing are expected to be without star forward Troy Rosario when they try to end a miserable conference with a win against the mighty San Miguel Beermen.

Rosario missed Blackwater's 106-89 loss to NorthPort and is expected to remain out due to a calf injury he sustained during the team’s loss to NLEX. 

The veteran forward, who was averaging 10 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists for the Bossing this conference, managed to finish the contest but couldn’t move his legs the following day.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) results later on confirmed the injury which will likely sideline him for a couple of weeks along with fellow Bossing Jvee Casio, Mike Ayonayon and Ato Ular, who hurt his ankle during the game against the Batang Pier, on the sick bay.

Only winning once through 10 games, it has been a rough conference for Blackwater to say the least, especially after coming off a stellar performance in the PBA on Tour. 

The Bossing, under new coach Jeff Cariaso, opened the conference with a bang after picking up their lone win with a 103-84 victory over fellow also-ran team Converge FiberXers in their season debut.

But the team has since absorbed nine consecutive losses that saw them become one of the first few teams to get struck out of playoff contention.