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Giants complete rare sweep, trounce Aces
Purefoods, a proud team with a rich tradition, is back as the king of the All-Filipino Conference. The Giants held steadier down the stretch against a gutsy Alaska Aces squad to win 86-76 and complete a rare sweep in the best-of-seven finals series of the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup at the jampacked Araneta Coliseum Wednesday night.
Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio is given the traditional victory ride by his players after steering the TJ Giants to a 4-0 sweep of the Alaska Aces in the PBA Philippine Cup Finals on Wednesday at the Big Dome. GMANews.TV
Scores Pureoods 86 â J. Yap 18, R. Yap 16, Raymundo 13, Maierhofer 12, Pingris 9, Simon 5, Reavis 5, Canaleta 3, Artadi 3, Salvador 2, Allado 0. Alaska 76 â Thoss 19, Miller 17, Tenorio 11, Hugnatan 9, Cariaso 5, De Vance 4, Fonacier 4, Dela Cruz 4, Ferriols 2, Cablay 1, Borboran 0. Quarter scores: 21-15, 40-40, 65-58, 86-76.
Alaska never scored from there. âIâm sure my mother-in-law is very happy," said James, dedicating the game to the late president Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, who has been his No. 1 fan. Gregorio now 3-0 over Cone The two coaches refused to center the attention among themselves while the finals was ongoing. But for the third time, Tim Cone, the winningest mentor among active coaches and one of only four grandslam bench tacticians in the PBA, lost to Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio. And the third one was possibly the most lopsided. Gregorio scored a sweep and this victory was possibly the most decisive over Cone. In the 2005-06 best-of-seven semifinals series, Gregorio and his embattled Giants came back from a 1-3 deficit and won the last three games to beat the Aces. In the 2002 Governors Cup, the then youthful mentor also came back from 0-2 down to complete a Cinderella finish and win his first-ever league crown. In pulling off another win over Cone, Gregorio also became the first Purefoods coach to win an All-Filipino crown twice. Coaches Ely Capacio (1991), Chot Reyes (1993) and Eric Altamirano (1997) each won a title for Purefoods throughout their coaching career with the Giants, but Gregorio was the first one to win two, the first one in the 2005-06 Philippine Cup. â OMG, GMANews.TV More Videos
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