2001 PBA Governors' Cup Finals

2001 PBA Governors Cup Finals
TeamCoachWins
Sta. Lucia Realtors Norman Black 4
San Miguel Beermen Jong Uichico 2
Dates December 5–16, 2001
Television Viva TV (IBC)
Radio network DZRH
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The 2001 PBA Governor's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2001 PBA Governor's Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Sta. Lucia Realtors played for the 80th championship contested by the league.[1]

The Sta. Lucia Realtors captured their first-ever PBA title after 8 years of participation in the league, winning over defending champions San Miguel Beermen in six games.[2]

Series scoring summary

Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Wins
Sta.Lucia 86 78 83 73 85 75 4
San Miguel 80 86 74 106 71 72 2

Games summary

Game 1

December 5
Sta. Lucia Realtors 86, San Miguel Beermen 80
Scoring by quarter: 22-18, 17-20, 29-19, 18-23
Pts: Damien Owens 18 Pts: Lamont Strothers 25
Sta.Lucia leads series, 1-0

Damien Owens watched his teammates handled the offensive chores in the third quarter where Marlou Aquino, Dennis Espino and Paolo Mendoza shown, when San Miguel's hardworking import Lamont Strothers' shooting suddenly fell silent, the Realtors dealt the finishing blows as Owens drained a shot-clock beating jumper and Gerard Francisco canned a triple in the last three minutes.

Game 2

December 7
Sta. Lucia Realtors 78, San Miguel Beermen 86
Scoring by quarter: 22-20, 12-24, 20-13, 24-29
Pts: Damien Owens 22 Pts: Lamont Strothers 29
series tied at 1-1

Danny Seigle connected mostly from the shaded area in the final quarter and Lamont Strothers knocked in two key straight baskets as the beermen pulled even in the series.

Game 3

December 9
Sta. Lucia Realtors 83, San Miguel Beermen 74
Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 29-19, 12-20, 23-19
Pts: Damien Owens 32 Pts: Lamont Strothers 25
Sta.Lucia leads series, 2-1

Damien Owens knocked in a game-high 32 points, 14 of which came in the second half, the realtors had a big run late in the second period, Gerard Francisco hit a buzzer-beating triple to give Sta.Lucia a 48-35 margin at halftime.

Game 4

December 12
Sta. Lucia Realtors 73, San Miguel Beermen 106
Pts: Damien Owens 20 Pts: Lamont Strothers 38
series tied at 2-2

Lamont Strothers poured 18 of his game-high 38 points in the second quarter and went 4-of-4 from the three-point range as the beermen built an insurmountable 58-35 lead at the half, the winning margin was the third most lopsided win in PBA finals history.

Game 5

December 14
Sta. Lucia Realtors 85, San Miguel Beermen 71
Pts: Damien Owens 37
Sta.Lucia leads series, 3-2

Struggling and groping for form in the first half, the Realtors recovered at the start of the third quarter, Damien Owens bounced back from a poor performance in Game 4, firing 13 points in the endgame to finish with 37 points.

Game 6

December 16
Sta. Lucia Realtors 75, San Miguel Beermen 72
Scoring by quarter: 25-18, 17-15, 16-17, 17-22
Pts: Dennis Espino 17 Pts: Lamont Strothers 25 Danny Seigle 25
Sta.Lucia wins series, 4-2

With the score tied at 72-all, only 3.3 seconds remaining, Chris Tan, who went 0-of-8 from the three-point area in the entire best-of-seven series, made the shot of his life, unleashed a triple that swished the net as the Realtors ended a nine-year title-drought and win their first championship.[3]

2001 PBA Governors Cup Champions

Sta. Lucia Realtors
1st title

Broadcast notes

Game Play-by-play Analyst
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3 Ed Picson Tommy Manotoc
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6 Noli Eala Quinito Henson

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