TITLE favorite San Miguel Beer begins its quest for the PBA Philippine Cup crown as the Beermen face the Meralco Bolts in Game 1 of their best-of-seven title series on Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Game time is at 7:30 p.m.The Beermen reached the Finals first after scoring a four-game sweep of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. Meralco’s Brandon Bates shoots against San Miguel Beer’s Rodney Brondial during the PBA Philippine Cup elims on May 4, 2024 at the Batangas City Coliseum. PBA PHOTOOn the other hand, the Bolts had to scratch and claw their way through a seven-game semifinal series before triumphing over the Barangay Ginebra Kings, 4-3 last Friday.
We just prepared right after they won on Friday. We had three to four days to prepare for them.'Gallent explained the Beermen did a lot of scrimmages during the long break, while discussing possible scenarios should they face either the Bolts or the Gin Kings.Still, all that is done and over with. Now, Gallent hopes everything the team prepared for the past few days will get the players' feel for the game back as the Beermen gun for a league-best 30th PBA title.
Bolts Face Off As PH Cup Finals Begin
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