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Bay Area believes salvaging a third-place finish in the East Asia Super League (EASL) Champions Week wouldn’t have been possible if not for the club’s stint in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Dragons coach Brian Goorjian swears this.
“My stroke on this is: [This bid] was one of the best experiences, and what a great thing for our first-year team to play in the PBA,” he said on the heels of a 90-70 victory over hometown bet Ryukyu at Okinawa Arena.
“What they learned [there] coming into this was instrumental in us doing what we did,” he added. “We are a much better basketball team than when we landed in Manila.”
Bay Area played in the last PBA Commissioner’s Cup and reached the championship series.
