PBA Commissioner’s Cup: Bay Area Dragons set up play-offs finals clash with Ginebra
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The Bay Area Dragons lived up to expectations and advanced to the play-offs finals of the Philippine Basketball Association’s Commissioner’s Cup on Wednesday night.
Competing as a guest team in their debut season, the league leaders beat San Miguel Beermen 94-92 in Game 4 of the semi-finals for a 3-1 series win.
Import Andrew Nicholson powered the Dragons with a game-winning three-pointer – his sixth of the day – with less than two minutes to go. He finished with some monstrous displays, chipping in a game-high 42 points to go with 21 boards.
Hong Kong basketball star Glen Yang continued to feature some heavy minutes – just as he did in the regular season and previous play-offs rounds – despite going through a rough night shooting only one-for-seven and fouling out in the final minute of the game.
“Game 4 was not my best shooting night and I also had some foul troubles similar to Game 3,” 26-year-old Yang said.
“The referees are calling it tighter than during the regular season and early rounds so I need to adjust to that in the finals.