Chris Newsome claims the Finals MVP honors after catapulting Meralco to its first-ever PBA championship
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Newsome claimed the Finals MVP honors after catapulting the Bolts to their first-ever PBA championship following a six-game conquest of San Miguel in the Philippine Cup finals at the Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, June 16. Shrugging off his shooting struggles, Newsome nailed the game-winning jumper and finished with 15 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals as Meralco escaped with a grippingDelfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.
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