PBA: Game 7 in PH Arena a 'dream come true' for Dragons

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A record crowd is expected when Bay Area and Barangay Ginebra face off on Sunday for Game 7. PBA Images." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/01/11/20230111-pba_1.jpg"/><figcaption>A record crowd is expected when Bay Area and Barangay Ginebra face off on Sunday for Game 7. <em>PBA Images.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA, Philippines -- Playing in a Game 7 will be a new experience for virtually the entire Bay Area Dragons squad, and it&#x27;s one they are greatly looking forward to.</p><p>The Dragons displayed their grit in an 87-84 victory over Barangay Ginebra on Wednesday night to send the 2022 PBA Commissioner&#x27;s Cup Finals to a deciding seventh game, with American guard Myles Powell coming back from injury to lead the way. </p><p>They silenced the crowd of over 22,000 fans who came to watch Game 6 at the Araneta Coliseum, but an even bigger crowd is expected for Sunday&#x27;s Game 7 which will take place at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/11/23/powell-stars-as-bay-area-forces-game-7-vs-ginebra">GAME RECAP: Powell stars as Bay Area forces Game 7 vs. Ginebra</a></li></ul><p>There, the PBA will look to break the attendance record of 54,048 fans who watched Game 7 of the 2017 Governors&#x27; Cup Finals between Ginebra and the Meralco Bolts.</p><p>&quot;What an honor to be going to this,&quot; said Bay Area coach Brian Goorjian. &quot;I can just imagine sending this to everybody back home. I&#x27;ve never been… Look out in front, look at the venue, listen.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Now, again, what&#x27;s coming up next is something I&#x27;m gonna treasure and my team will treasure,&quot; he added.</p><p>Even Powell, who has had a stint with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA, has not played in a Game 7 before.</p><p>&quot;This is my first time,&quot; said the American guard, who put up 29 points in Game 6. &quot;When I was with the Sixers, we went to Game 6 with the [Toronto] Raptors. I didn&#x27;t get to play, but I was a part of it, I got to experience it.&quot;</p><p>&quot;This will be my first real Game 7 when I&#x27;m playing, I&#x27;m on the floor in front of 50,000 people. So I&#x27;m looking forward to it, and we&#x27;ll be ready,&quot; he vowed. </p><p>Glen Yang, who also returned from injury to give Bay Area a lift in Game 6, couldn&#x27;t hide his delight at the notion of a seventh game. The guard had missed Game 5 due to an ankle sprain, but put up 10 points, three rebounds, two assists, and two steals in Game 6 to help their cause.</p><p>&quot;That&#x27;s a dream come true for all of us,&quot; Yang said of playing a Game 7 in front of a crowd of 50,000 fans. &quot;We always say it in the locker room. None of us have played in front of that many people ever, so we&#x27;re all excited.&quot;</p><p>&quot;One game to win it all, you can&#x27;t ask for more than that,&quot; he added.</p><p>The Dragons have had to deal with crowds that are overwhelmingly pro-Ginebra throughout the finals, and they expect that Game 7 will be the same story. Even so, they are hoping for a packed stadium. </p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re in a country that loves basketball and the stadium&#x27;s packed. We got 50,000 people waiting for us? That&#x27;s why we&#x27;re here. That&#x27;s why we&#x27;re breathing,&quot; said Goorjian.</p><p>&quot;The first few games, I think [the crowd] affected us. But at this point, we love it. We embrace that villain role. We know everyone is against us, and at the end of the day, it&#x27;s fun. You&#x27;d rather have that than no one in the crowd. So it&#x27;s a good time,&quot; said Yang, for his part.</p><div><br/><strong>PBA Season 47 games can be streamed live and on-demand on iWantTFC with a Premium subscription, available worldwide except PH and US. </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2413666" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Playing in a Game 7 will be a new experience for virtually the entire Bay Area Dragons squad, and it's one they are greatly looking forward to.

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PBA: Game 7 in PH Arena a 'dream come true' for Dragons

PBA: Game 7 in PH Arena a 'dream come true' for Dragons

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published Jan 11, 2023 11:34 PM PHT

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