of April 20, 2022, PBA commissioner Willie Marcial, with a few hours to spare before heading to the Smart Araneta Coliseum for the PBA 3×3 Second Conference Grand Finals, lounged comfortably at his home in Libis, Quezon City, calm as someone who has gone through extremely challenging times – and survived.
Trailing 3-2 in the series, the postponement should have allowed the Bolts more time to plot a strategy against the Kings for a winner-take-all.However, the extra 48 hours proved of little consequence as Ginebra, in front of more than 20,000 fans, cut loose from a tight first half and ran away with its fourth Govs’ Cup championship from 2016, each one fashioned against Meralco.
“Suwerte pa rin natin kasi nabuksan yung mga [Big Dome] aircon nang maaga dahil me 3×3 Finals,” Marcial said. “Pinapaandar kasi yon mga three hours before the game.” It was that harmony, that reforged sense of unity and kinship, that kept the PBA together when it traversed the pandemic a few weeks later.season with a blockbuster Philippine Cup opening day game on March 8, 2020 between San Miguel Beer and Magnolia at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Eventually, the league put it all together, amid the ever-changing, ever-shifting protocols and endless swab tests, completing the shortened season to the tune of no less than P70 million and with Ginebra prevailing over TNT in the Finals 4-1.As quarantine regulations eased up, the PBA launch two conferences – the Philippine Cup and Governors’ Cup – for the 46“Sabi namin, baka puwede naman na semi-bubble, venue-bahay ka lang, uwian ,” says Marcial.
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