MANILA, Philippines—Davao Occidental-Cocolife is one win away from the title after beating San Juan-Go for Gold, 66-57, Saturday for 2-1 lead in the best-of-five finals series of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League Lakan Cup.
The Tigers were in control in the fourth, but the defending champion Knights tried to mount a comeback with 8-0 run to get to within three, 56-53.
But Joseph Terso and Kenneth Mocon came through with triples to give Davao Occidental a 62-53 buffer with 3:29 left.
“Our defense came through. We gave only 58 points and if we can play defense like this, we have a big chance,” said Tigers head coach Don Dulay.
Billy Robles had the stat sheets covered with 1…
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