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ABL: Alab fired up for all-Southeast Asian finals vs Thailand's Mono

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Norman Lee Benjamin Riego, ABS-CBN Sports

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/04/22/042218_alab.jpg"/><figcaption>Ray Parks Jr. and San Miguel Alab Pilipinas hope to hold serve when they host Mono Vampire in Game 1 of the ABL finals on Sunday. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>The 2 winningest countries in the 8-year history of the ASEAN Basketball League will be going at it in the finals of the 2017-2018 season.Both the Philippines and Thailand have two championships, tops in the league, under their belts.And after the best-of-5 series tipping off on Sunday at the Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex in Laguna, only one between them will be the winningest country.For Filipino coach Mac Cuan, this is just how it’s supposed to be – the Southeast Asian powers duking it out. “I really think this will be good for the league. It’s the first time that the lower-seeds won and defeated the top two seeds,” he said.Indeed, third-seed Alab dethroned second-seed Hong Kong and fourth-seed Mono ousted top-seed Chong Son to set their Finals date.Cuan then went on to say that the championship showdown will be a classic clash of styles. “It will be so good to watch because it will be Mono’s high-octane offense versus our defense,” he said.Game 1 of the championship showdown, as always, will be LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on S+A, S+A HD, and <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/livestream/abl">livestream</a>.This story was originally published on the ABS-CBN <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2018/04/21/alab-fired-asean-abl-finals-thailand-40579">Sports website</a>.For more sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com" target="_blank">Sports website.</a>

The 2 winningest countries in the 8-year history of the ASEAN Basketball League will be going at it in the finals of the 2017-2018 season.

The 2 winningest countries in the 8-year history of the ASEAN Basketball League will be going at it in the finals of the 2017-2018 season.

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ABL: Alab fired up for all-Southeast Asian finals vs Thailand's Mono

Norman Lee Benjamin Riego,

ABS-CBN Sports

Published Apr 22, 2018 07:16 AM PHT

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Updated Apr 22, 2018 10:30 AM PHT

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