Purefoods sweeps Alaska to take 8th overall title
The Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants sweeps Alaska Aces by finishing Game 4 with 86-76 as the final score to become the 3rd team in the league’s history to win the crown via clean sweep.
Purefoods took the KFC PBA Philippine Cup All-Filipino title, bagging their eighth overall title and fifth All-Filipino crown.
Purefoods outpaced Alaska with their superior defense just like in the first 3 games. With James Yap as MVP for the finals and best player in the conference, he scored 18 points to end the finals in game 4. Yap secured his first Best Player of the Conference (BPC) award, to be the first Purefoods player to win the award since Rey Evangelista in the 2002 Governors Cup.
Scores:
Pureoods 86 – Yap J. 18, Yap R. 16, Raymundo 13, Maierhofer 12,
Pingris 9, Simon 5, Reavis 5, Canaleta 3, artadi 3, Salvador 2, Allado
0.
Alaska 76 – Thoss 19, Miller 17, Tenorio 11, Hugnatan 9, Cariaso 5, De
Vance 4, Fonacier 4, Dela Cruz 4, Ferriols 2, Cablay 1, Borboran 0.
Quarters: 21-15, 40-40, 65-58, 86-76
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