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(Ynares Center, Antipolo City) 7 p.m. – Magnolia vs Alaska Series Summary:

Game 1 – Magnolia 100, Alaska 84 Game 2 – Magnolia 77, Alaska 71 Game 3 – Alaska 100, Magnolia 71 Game 4 – Alaska 90, Magnolia 76 Game 5 – Magnolia 79, Alaska 78 (Magnolia leads series 3-2)

The Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok try to finish off the Alaska Aces and capture their first title in four years tonight in Game 6 of the PBA Governors' Cup Finals at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City.

Hotshots coach Chito Victolero is bracing for the biggest challenge of the best-of-seven affair set at 7 p.m. after having to go through the eye of the needle five nights earlier in beating the Aces, 79-78, on Paul Lee's last-second jumper.

Victolero went to his one of his cliches to describe what to expect in the potential series-clincher.

“I expect a dogfight,” said Victolero, seeking to win the first championship of a coaching career that started in humble beginnings in 2009 with alma mater Mapua.

The Hotshots took the pivotal fifth game at the Smart Araneta Coliseum last Friday, despite facing the prospect of falling behind by four in the dying seconds.

But Lee rescued Magnolia from disaster by making crucial plays on both ends, including the winning jumper with 1.6 seconds left despite having converted just three of