The Abra Solid North Weavers completed their sweet sweep of the Quezon Huskers with a 94-85 overtime victory on Tuesday and became the MPBL 2025 Season national champion at the Quezon Convention Center in Lucena City.
Although the North Division king Weavers cut short the best-of-five series, 3-0, the feat that extended their record winning streak to 36 was far from easy.
The Huskers proved to be a worthy adversary. The back-to-back South Division titlist yielded Game One, 81-90, also in overtime, and fell short in Game Two, 62-58.
Abra’s dream run was achieved mainly through the Most Valuable Player-worthy effort of Dave Ildefonso, the methodical precision of Jason Brickman, and the all-out effort of Encho Serrano.
Ildefonso, chosen the league’s best player before the game, pumped in seven of his 23 points, while Serrano added six of his 21 in a decisive 13-2 run in the extension period to seal the Weavers’ ascension to the throne, 92-82, with only 23.2 seconds to go.
Brickman, who was named the Finals MVP after averaging 17 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.7 assists, capped his playoffs-long brilliance with two free throws after a triple by Mon Abundo.
Struggling in the early going, Ildefonso wound up with 23 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal; Brickman finished with 22 points, including three clutch triples, 5 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 steal.
Serrano, who became the first MPBL player with three national titles, contributed 21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal for Abra coach Yong Garcia, who was the runaway choice for Coach of the Year.
Abra sweeps Quezon, bags MPBL national title
