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TNT-Ginebra showdown on Christmas Day as PBA unveils Comm's Cup schedule

Published Oct 17, 2023 05:20 am

At A Glance

  • A marquee showdown between TNT and Magnolia will raise the curtain to a new PBA season while the rematch of the Governors' Cup finals is set on Christmas Day as the league unveils its elimination round schedule for the Season 48 Commissioner's Cup.

A marquee showdown between TNT and Magnolia will raise the curtain to a new PBA season while the rematch of the Governors' Cup finals is set on Christmas Day as the league unveils its elimination round schedule for the Season 48 Commissioner’s Cup.

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It will be an exciting Christmas Day for PBA fans as Barangay Ginebra takes on TNT at 


 

As usual, the new PBA season begins with the 47th Season Leo Awards happening before the formal opening ceremony and followed by the Tropang Giga and the Hotshots game on Nov. 5 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The highly anticipated clash between Governors' Cup champion TNT and Commissioner’s Cup reigning titlist Ginebra will highlight the Dec. 25 double-header that also feature a collision between San Miguel Beer and Phoenix Super LPG, still at the Big Dome

Another installment of the rivalry between Justin Brownlee and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson may still have to wait as it remains to be seen whether the Ginebra resident import will be allowed to suit up in the PBA pending the results of his doping case with the International Testing Agency.

The league takes a break after the Christmas Day game for two weeks before returning to action on Jan. 5 with the main event between Rain or Shine and TNT highlighting the first game day of 2024 for the PBA.

The defending champions begin their quest for a title repeat against Converge on Nov. 17. Incidentally, that will also be the debut of the newest King in Maverick Ahanmisi who will be facing his old peers in the FiberXers

Two days after,  Ginebra will figure in another huge duel with archrival Magnolia in this conference’s edition of the Manila Clasico with a clash between Meralco and San Miguel serving as a fitting appetizer at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The duel between top contenders Magnolia and SMB is set on Dec. 10 at the PhilSports Arena while the Beermen and the Tropang Giga, the stars of last season’s Philippine Cup finals, face each other anew on Dec. 17.

The PBA is also bringing back its Saturday On Tour games, kicking off with a clash between Converge and San Miguel on Nov. 26 in Tiaong, Quezon. The league will then bring the showdown between Phoenix and Ginebra to San Jose, Batangas on Dec. 9.

The game between Rain or Shine and Magnolia, meanwhile, is set in Cagayan De Oro City on Dec. 16 while Magnolia locks horns with Meralco in Iloilo City on Jan. 6

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