Ginebra San Miguel and the Shell Rimula X played for the 48th championship contested by the league.
[1] Ginebra San Miguel won against Shell Rimula X in seven games to capture their third PBA title, coming from a 1-3 deficit.
[2][3] Ginebra's championship victory was the biggest PBA finals comeback in the league's history until the 2015–16 Philippine Cup finals when the San Miguel Beermen came back from a 0–3 deficit to defeat the Alaska Aces and win the championship series.
Ginebra on the other hand barely made it to the semifinals, getting the fifth and last semis berth with a 5-6 eliminations win–loss record.
In the semifinals, they lost their first match, but won their next seven games in succession to force a tie in first place and secured the other finals seat.
[5] The tandem of Benjie Paras and Ronnie Magsanoc led Shell to their first victory of the series.
Shell then pushed the lead further to five, 101-96, until playing coach Robert Jaworski scored 10 straight points in the final four minutes of the fourth quarter, forcing the game into overtime, 110-all.
In overtime, Jaworski continued his scoring run and gave Ronnie Magsanoc his sixth foul.
Robert Jaworski started the quarter orchestrating an 11-point run to put Ginebra within reach, 95-83.
Chito Loyzaga made the crucial free throws to reduce Shell's lead by three, 103-100.
[3] Ginebra won the championship, making them the only team in PBA history to win a finals series coming from a 1-3 deficit.