MANILA, Philippines — Merciless from start to finish, defending champion San Juan ripped a severely depleted Makati side, 131-54, Wednesday to make the 2021 MPBL Chooks-to-Go Lakan National Finals at Subic Bay Gymnasium.
The Knights scored 15 unanswered points to open the game as they faced little resistance from the Super Crunch, who only had five available players.
San Juan faces either the Basilan Steel or the Davao Occidental Tigers in a best-of-five National Finals.
“I told my players not to look down on our opponent. The players never relaxed and they showed their effort to get this convincing win,” said Knights head coach Randy Alcantara in Filipino.
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