MANILA, Philippines — Mark Yee sank the game-winning triple to lift Davao Occidental-Cocolife to an 89-88 Game 4 win over San Juan-Go for Gold in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball Lakan National Finals Sunday at Subic Bay Gymnasium.
The Tigers, runners-up to San Juan in the Datu Cup in 2019, exacted revenge against the Knights.
“Payback. It’s so much sweeter because we got it back from San Juan. We were so close last time and it was heartbreaking as an organization,” said Tigers head coach Ron Dulay, who was named Coach of the Year.
Tied at 86 in overtime, Larry Rodriguez followed up a Jhonard Clarito miss that gave the Knights an 88-86 lead with 1:07 to play.
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