The Port Masters blasted the Toyota Otis Sparks, 92-81, in the deciding Game 5 of their semifinal semis to arrange a showdown with the Teeth Sparklers, who made it to the final first by downing the Mail and More Comets, 3-1.
Gametime is set at 4 p.m.
"It’s going to be a very interesting series," said Harbour Centre coach Jorge Gallent, seeking to steer the Mikee Romero-owned franchise to its second straight title since copping the 2005 PBL Unity Cup crown.
"We expect a tough battle because we’ll be facing a really strong team," Hapee-PCU mentor Jun Noel, for his part, said.
Mail and More and Toyota Otis, meanwhile, knock each other out for third place at 2 p.m.
Hapee and Harbour Centre split their two games in the tournament with the former pounding out a 73-68 win last November and the latter evening things up with a 75-67 romp last January.
But Joel Dualan, Noel’s assistant, downplayed the Teethmasters’ chances in the title series, even describing their win over the Port Masters a fluke since the latter was still without the prolific JC Intal. – Joey Villar