The

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Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the

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, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The most popular team in the league, it is owned by Ginebra San Miguel, Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (formerly, La Tondeña Distiller ...

and

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competed for the 16th Governors' Cup championship and the 118th overall championship contested by the league.

won the series, four games to two, ending their eight-year title drought. This is the first Governors' Cup and 9th overall championship of the Ginebra franchise.

Background

Road to the finals

Head-to-head matchup

Series summary

*overtime

Game 1

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of the

sank two three-pointers, tying the all-time record for most triples in a career, which stands at 1,242, held by

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for 17 years. The second three-pointer proved to be critical for the game as it gave the Bolts a 101–100 lead with 33 seconds remaining. However, a game-tying floater from Ginebra's

LA Tenorio Lewis Alfred Vasquez Tenorio (born July 9, 1984) is a Filipino professional basketball player and an assistant coach for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also the head coach of the Gilas You ...

brought the game into overtime, with 102 apiece after the Bolts' import

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split two free throws. In overtime, Durham started a 7–0 run of himself and Meralco never looked back, winning the very first PBA finals game of their history. He finished with 46 points, 13 boards and 7 assists, and rookie teammate

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added 17 markers and was a rebound and assist shy of a

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Game 2

Prior to the game,

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was awarded as the Best Player of the Conference, tying

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with four BPC awards for second all-time.

' import

was also given the

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Best Import of the Conference award, making him the second consecutive Bolts' reinforcement to be given with that award (

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won the award during the Commissioner's Cup). Alapag became the all-time leader for three-pointers made in a career, breaking the tie with

's record of 1,242 triples which he reached during Game 1. He made one three-pointer in the game to finish with 1,243 triples in his career. However, this served as a consolation for the Bolts as they lost a tight game against Ginebra. They failed to make a three-pointer in two attempts to tie the game. Barangay Ginebra then tied the series, splitting the first two games.

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Game 6

Meralco came out with an 18–4 run in the first quarter and was leading with 13 points coming into halftime.

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, the former playing coach of Barangay Ginebra from 1985 to 1998, was watching in the venue to support his former team. He also came to Barangay Ginebra's locker room to give some words of encouragement to the players during halftime. LA Tenorio came out and scored 21 points in the second half to lead Barangay Ginebra's comeback.Brownlee nails buzzer-beater as Ginebra wins title, ends drought
Mark Giongco,

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, October 19, 2016 With 5.5 seconds remaining, Barangay Ginebra had the final possession with both teams ties at 88-all.

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received the inbound pass and made a three-point attempt several feet behind the rainbow arc with Allen Durham closely guarding him. He made the basket as the buzzer sounded.

Rosters

Broadcast notes

The Governors' Cup finals was aired on TV5 with a separate live broadcast on

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(both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage. Sports5 also provided online

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via their official

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account using the TV5 feed. (Available only in the Philippines) The PBA Rush broadcast aired the championship series with English-language commentary. *Additional Game 6 crew: **Trophy presentation: James Velasquez **

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celebration interviewer: Denise Tan

References

External links

PBA official website
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2015–16 PBA season Barangay Ginebra San Miguel games Meralco Bolts games

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