Barangay Ginebra and Meralco are on to a new chapter in their rivalry - in another setting with some new characters but with hardly a change over the odds.
Minus their PBA Governors' Cup three-time champion import Justin Brownlee and towering center Greg Slaughter, the Kings are still the overwhelming choice, but the Bolts are certainly taking their chances and waging a fight to extend their breakthrough in the all-Filipino tourney.
Thrice title protagonists in the Governors' Cup, the two teams take their rivalry to the Philippine Cup Final Four - a race to three games series beginning at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at the Smart 5G-powered AUF Sports Center here.
The Kings topped the elims with an 8-3 win-loss slate then made short work of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the quarterfinals.
As the fifth seed, Meralco, on the other hand, was required to take the twice-to-win road to the semifinals.