Defending champion Meralco Bolts take on no. 1 seed San Miguel Beermen in an early Finals rematch to start the PBA Season 49 Philippine Cup playoffs.
Top-4 seeds San Miguel, NLEX, Magnolia, and Ginebra hold a twice-to-beat advantage in the quarterfinals, needing just one win to advance to the semifinals.
Among the storylines: TNT Tropang 5G begin their Grand Slam bid, having already secured the Governors’ Cup and Commissioner’s Cup titles this season.
But the Tropang 5G will have to go through no. 3 Magnolia, a team looking quite different from earlier this season thanks to the shocking trade for Will Navarro.
Notably, the Hotshots beat TNT to close their elimination round schedule, which pushed the flagship MVP franchise to the bottom half of the standings.
Meanwhile, San Miguel and Meralco rekindle their rivalry in a rematch of last year’s Philippine Cup Finals, where the Bolts stunned the Beermen in six games to win their first PBA title.
Also looking to crash the semifinals are Rain or Shine, Converge, and the defending champion Bolts—each needing to win back-to-back games against the top four to survive.
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