TNT spent a total of 72 days inside the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) bubble—nearly a month longer than half of the league’s teams—only to suffer the bitterest possible finish.
The Tropang Giga, labeled as the heavy favorites to win the all-Filipino crown after San Miguel Beer’s unceremonious exit during the quarterfinals, bowed to another favorite in crowd-darling Barangay Ginebra in the championship series last Wednesday after just five games in the best-of-seven title series pundits expected to go the full route.
It was an anticlimactic showing for the MVP group’s flagship franchise, which was highly touted for its deep bench anchored on stars worthy of franchi…
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