The 2017

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(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 the

Meralco Bolts The Meralco Bolts is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team began in 2010 after the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) acquired the PBA franchise of the Sta. Lucia Realtors. The team is one of thre ...

competed for the 17th Governors' Cup championship and the 121st overall championship contested by the league. It was the rematch of the previous year's Governors' Cup finals.Ginebra, Meralco start title showdown
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won the series, four games to three, successfully defending the Governors' Cup championship. This is the second Governors' Cup and 10th overall championship of the Ginebra franchise.

Background

Road to the finals

Head-to-head matchup

Series summary

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Game 6

Game 7

Rosters

* Chua also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

Broadcast notes

The Governors' Cup finals aired on TV5 with simulcasts on

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(both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage. ESPN5 also provided online

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via their official

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account using the TV5 feed. The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the finals. *Additional Game 7 crew: **Trophy presentation:

Magoo Marjon Magoo Marjon is a Filipino sports play-by-play commentator. He is known for calling lines such as "Bang!" (like of Mike Breen), "May kasama pang foul" (when a player shoots the ball and fouled), and "Punches it through" (alternate to Bang!). ...

** Dugout celebration interviewer: Jutt Sulit

References

External links

PBA official website
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