WNBL, NBL finals start today

PSI Lady Air Defenders and the Philippine Army Lady Battalion Game 1 of the WNBL starts on Friday (June 24, 2022)

THE PSI Lady Air Defenders and the Philippine Army Lady Battalion begin their best-of-three finals series in the 2022 WNBL season on Friday at the Bulacan Provincial Capitol Gymnasium in Malolos City.

Game 1 will be played at 4 p.m. with live coverage on Solar Sports and the NBL Pilipinas Facebook page, YouTube channel, and Kumu accounts.

PSI/Philippine Air Force comes into the finals series on an eight-game winning streak after securing the second seed in the playoffs and sweeping the Go For Gold-Philippine Navy Lady Sailors in the semifinals.

Philippine Army, on the other hand, pulled off an upset in the semifinals when it dispatched the top-seed Taguig Lady Generals in three games.

Cindy Resultay and Amby Almazan will battle it out for WNBL supremacy against Gilas Pilipinas Women members Janine Pontejos and Chack Cabinbin as they look to bring their respective teams to the championship.

In the NBL President’s Cup, the Pampanga Delta and the Bulacan DF Republicans also start their finals series on Friday at 6 p.m.

The Delta are coming off a sweep over Quezon Barons in the semis with Mark Tamayo and Justine Baltazar spearheading the attack of the two-time defending champions.

The Republicans earned their way to finals, winning the last two games of the semifinals to oust Taguig Generals and arrange a best-of-three series against their provincial neighbors.