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MANILA, Philippines – In local basketball, San Mig Coffee reigns supreme once again. After a slow start in the Philippine Cup, they recover just in time to overcome Rain or Shine in 6 games.
Jane Bracher reports.
History – that is what San Mig Coffee achieved once the final buzzer of Game 6 sounded.
It was a hard-fought and controversial game with Rain or Shine walking out and returning in the second quarter.
But in the end, San Mig clobbered Rain or Shine, 93-87 to close out the Finals series and become champions of the 2014 Philippine Cup.
Editorial Note: We earlier wrote 88-70 which is actually the score in the PBA D-League Finals, not the PBA Finals. We regret the error.
The trophy is all the more sweeter being the 16th title of Mixers coach Tim Cone making him the winningest coach in PBA history surpassing his idol, Baby Dalupan -Crispa’s legendary coach.
TIM CONE, SAN MIG COFFEE HEAD COACH: People are gonna say you surpassed Baby Dalupan.. Nobody surpasses Baby Dalupan. Nobody surpasses surpasses Baby Dalupan, nobody equals him, nobody surpasses him. The best part about all this is that I get to have my name mentioned with Baby. So when people mention Tim Cone, they talk about Baby, when they talk about Baby they talk about me.
The title marks the first back-to-back crown for the Mixers who also won last season’s Governor’s Cup. LOSS
The Mixers overcame five loses at the conference start coming into the Finals exhausted from a grueling 7-game semifinals series against Ginebra.
MARC PINGRIS, SAN MIG COFFEE FORWARD: Masaya. Kumbaga pinaghirapan namin. Siguro makakatulog na rin ako ng mahimbing ngayon.
(Happy. We really worked hard for this. Maybe I’ll be able to sleep well now. We were able to prove that we fought with all our hearts.)
Pero ito talaga napatunayan din namin kahit paano na talagang puso lang yung puhunan namin.
The “Coffee Prince” Mark Barroca was named Finals MVP.
JANE BRACHER, REPORTING: San Mig Coffee has proven for the past 3 years that winning is in its DNA. But this title is extra special. After all, the only thing sweeter than winning a championship is making history along the way.
Jane Bracher, Rappler, Manila.
– Rappler.com
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