That’s for sure, especially now that it looks like TNT vs. Ginebra is set for the Finals again. They’ll definitely hype it up as a rematch, and who knows.. maybe the PBA already has a script for Ginebra to take the championship as a revenge story.

With Castro injured, TNT might struggle, which gives Ginebra the edge.

But I don’t see this being a short series... it’s likely going at least six games minimum.

Very timely, I think I've seen an interview that just popped on my news feed about "it depends on the bosses". This is something again that has relived the thoughts of the fans. To be honest, I am one of those that don't want to think of it anymore with these riggings. But let's just settle for that and even with all of these matches, yesterday the ROS lost but it's been all over social media about Caelan Tiongson and rumored girlfriend BINI Aiah. He's won and many men down.

You know, since this issue popped, I always sleep at night to believe that it's only fake news!!!
ROS can win this series up to the championship but Caelan Tiongson must not have BINI AIAH.




Here are the matches. Even ROS lost last match - they are still leading the odds now, favoring them! This is crazy.
And the Ginebra vs Northport is extremely far odds, almost the same as last match where the game was cooked!

Rain or Shine don't deserve a championship match after what Caelan is doing!

Now that I have good odds with TNT - I was able to get TNT Tropang Giga (+1.5) @ 1.88 on Duelbits.
I realized last game, they can win even without Jayson Castro.

More games = more revenue. Simple as that.
We know that PBA is a business hence, they need more games for them to have more revenue.

Well, we knew it already a long time ago that there are times where PBA games are rigged. Is Game 4 a rigged game? Maybe, but I'm leaning towards the fact that Ginebra chooses to lose in this one so that it will be extended which will be beneficial for the whole league as they earn more revenue. At the end of the day, it's all about money, money and more money, and ironically, fans want to watch their favorite team play. Let alone Ginebra fans. It has been that way for many years already, and there's nothing that we can do about it, but to criticize.

Going all-in on Ginebra would be a good option since we all know that Ginebra can just defeat NorthPort in 4 games if they wanted to. TBH, I might go all in on them as well, and put some bets.

The game has already started, and it looks like ROS is fighting hard to keep their hopes alive. I haven’t watched it live yet, but I’m opening my browser now to subscribe to PilipinasLive.com. It’s still early, so there aren’t many viewers yet, but I have a feeling TNT will close out the series today.

Congratulations to TNT for making it back to the finals! Now, all eyes are on Ginebra to see if they can close out their series tonight. I really hope Castro can make a comeback because this Ginebra squad is different now., they're healthier and have improved their interior defense with Troy Rosario.

Looks like it's time to start our local betting soon @maslate...

Congrats TNT that's a great rally to snatch the win during the 2nd half I was in the impression that RoS will push this and ask for another more game, but TNT manage to push and complete the rally and win the game, it's a very close game and it was TNT's experirenced that leads them to win and return to the finals.

NP's last stand needs to push as early as now with that double digit leads by Ginebra and knowing them it would be a tough rally to comeback and push for a win. A matter of how well NP will push and manage to push let see if they can or Gin kings will advance to the finals.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.
In the 3 wins of Ginebra, they won by double-digits while on the other hand, NorthPort only won by a close one in their only win. That just shows how one-sided of this series is.

I didn't watch both games because... because I knew and we knew it already that it will again be a battle between SMC and MVP. Well, I guess this just shows that no matter how dominating you are in the eliminations, you can just be eliminated that easily when playoff comes, and we've seen it on NorthPort who got a gentleman sweep. Same with ROS. For sure, many PBA fans already knew that this will happen right? A classic match-up between Ginebra and TNT. A rematch of last conference's PBA Finals as well. TNT won if I remember correctly, so it's a revenge series for Ginebra.

Now's the time for me to put some bets. I'll go with Ginebra on this series and they will win the title in 6 games.

I’ll join! Thanks for posting it early so more people can see and possibly join the competition. Php 1,500 isn’t that big, especially since it’s a best-of-7 series, and there’s a chance we might even get a Game 7. I’ll head over to the thread now and make my pick.