SUBIC—Mark Yee hit what turned out to be the championship-clinching triple with 13.4 seconds left in overtime on Sunday as Davao Occidental claimed the MPBL Lakan Cup title at the expense of hard-fighting San Juan in Game 4 of the hotly contested title series at Subic Bay gym here.
It was sweet victory for the Tigers, who avenged a loss to the same rock-solid Knights in the Datu Cup finals as the Tigers wrapped up the best-of-five series, 3-1, with Yee also coming away with the Defensive Player of the Year award.
“Payback. It’s so much sweeter because we got it back from San Juan. We were so close the last time and it was heartbreaking as an organization,” said Tigers head coach …
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