BARANGAY Ginebra, Magnolia, and Rain or Shine will take their acts to Bahrain as the PBA holds its first ever outing in the West Asia country this December.
The Elasto Painters take on the Hotshots on Dec. 15 and then batte the Kings on Dec. 17 in the second of a series of overseas games scheduled in the league's golden anniversary.
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The two games likewise serve as the second overseas trip for the PBA in the season-opening Philippine Cup after the Ginebra-San Miguel tussle in Dubai this October 26.
SPIN ph learned the Elasto Painters got the nod as they were the ones willing to play back-to-back games overseas.
"Okay kay coach Yeng and Rain or Shine na mag back-to-back," said a league insider.
Guiao actually did that while still with NLEX when the Road Warriors clashed with San Miguel and Barangay Ginebra in Dubai in November 2019 during the Governors' Cup.
The games will be held during the National Day of Bahrain, according to Bahrain Basketball Association president Alaa Mudara, when he visited the Philippines last July to seal the holding of the two PBA games in the Middle East.
Incidentally, Bahrain Basketball Association is also celebrating its silver anniversary.
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