Tim Cone and Barangay Ginebra draw first blood against Bay Area in their best-of-seven finals, 20 years since a heartbreaking Christmas game loss.
Anxiety turned to elation for Cone as he and Barangay Ginebra drew first blood against Bay Area in their best-of-seven finals with aCone still remembers being dejected when he and Alaska lost to Coca-Cola on Christmas day in the clincher for the 2002 All-Filipino Cup championship.“It was pretty devastating, I have to admit. I’m already depressed just thinking about it,” said Cone about the loss, which marked the first time the league staged a finals game on Christmas.
The Gin Kings, though, refused to let their beloved coach experience another Christmas disaster as they overhauled an eight-point deficit in the first half to deal the mighty Dragons just their second loss over the last 10 games. Reigning MVP Scottie Thompson and Christian Standhardinger also delivered for Ginebra, which has won 13 of its last 15 games.
Cone added his wards wanted to give the 18,252 fans in attendance for Game 1 what they came for, knowing that Gin Kings were playing for the country against a guest squad like Bay Area.
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