And so after No. 7 Rain or Shine and No. 6 TNT outplayed No. 2 NLEX and No. 3 Magnolia, respectively, to drag their twice-to-beat foes to a sudden death, top seed San Miguel Beermen (SMB) and No. 4 ...

After dodging a bullet and clinching a twice-to-beat edge in the playoffs with their 88-83 win over TNT in their final game ...