SUBIC — With just a day to prepare, Davao Occidental banked on their painful memory of last season’s finals to draw first blood in the Chooks-to-Go MPBL Lakan best-of-five National Finals.
The Tigers needed three game-changing free throws from Mark Yee and a huge defensive stop by Billy Robles to escape San Juan in overtime, 77-75, to take Game One, Wednesday at the Subic Bay Gymnasium here.
Trailing 70-74, the defending champions went on a quick 5-0 run capped by Mike Ayonayon’s alley-oop layup off a CJ Isit inbound to take the lead with 48.4 ticks left, 75-74.
In the ensuing play, Davao committed a costly shot clock violation after Yee’s shot hit nothing, giving the Knigh…
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