Repeat or revenge

A $1 million prize is on the line when Japan's Hiroshima Dragonflies face Chinese-Taipei's Taoyuan Pauian Pilots in the grand finale of EASL's second home-and-away season at the Studio City Event Center here tonight.

- By JOAQUIN M. HENSON

MACAU - It won't just be a battle for the championship trophy. National pride is at stake, too, and both teams are out to make a statement that they're the best in the region.

For Taoyuan, revenge is on Spanish coach Iurgi Caminos' mind. In the elims, Hiroshima beat the Pilots twice, 84-73 and 95-92. They were the only stains in Taoyuan's 4-2 record entering the Final Four. But in the 11-point setback, four-year NBA vet Treveon Graham was sidelined so Caminos' troops weren't in full force. In the second meeting, the outcome could've gone either way with Graham scoring 16 points and 7-1 Alec Brown firing 27. Now, the Pilots get one chance to reverse the trend and it's for the ultimate prize.