Clash of All-Filipino titans

Tropa, Beermen in marquee PBA Finals duel

- By REYNALD MAGALLON

TNT HEAD coach Chot Reyes and his Tropang TG (left side) pose with the Jun Bernardino Trophy with their San Miguel rivals led by Leo Austria during a press conference also attended by PBA commissioner Willie Marcial (center) on Monday, Jan. 19. (PBA images)

The players all the way to the coaches were all smiles in the pre-finals press conference at the Novotel Manila on Monday, Jan. 19.

But none of it would remain, only the fire, the grit, and the hunger, when the Game 1 buzzer resonates to mark the start of a fierce best-of-seven PBA Season 50 Finals battle.

A marquee duel between two of the winningest teams in the all-Filipino conference is in the offing as San Miguel and TNT on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.

A rematch of the last Finals that saw the Beermen coming out on top in six games, both coaches are expecting a different story this time around especially with the Tropang 5G marching in with a relatively healthier lineup.