INQUIRER Sports

MANILA, Philippines - For a franchise on its finest run, winning a first title is naturally the perfect ending for Pharex.

For a franchise awash with championships, a seventh consecutive finals appearance doesn?t provide much comfort for Oracle Residences.

The final step is typically the toughest, but both the Titans and the Bidang Generix feel they are prepared for the winner-take-all Game 5 of the PBL PG Flex Unity Cup finals today at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

The two teams take the floor for the last time in the tournament at 3 p.m. today with Oracle trying to extend its dominance in the league and Pharex hoping to stop that trend.

Pharex coach Carlo Tan believes his team, riding on a wave of emotion, knows what it takes to win it all.

?It?s the heart of the boys that kept us alive in the series,? said Tan after the Bidang Generix came through with a strong fourth quarter to post a 73-67 Game 4 win that forced a deciding game in the best-of-five playoffs.

?Our frustrations and missteps in the past have toughened us and they showed it by holding themselves up against a tough team like Oracle in a tough game like this.?

The Bidang Generix used a crippling full-court press to stymie the Titans? free-flowing offense in the final period of Game 4.

Oracle coach Glenn Capacio said they have to match the intensity of the Bidang Generix to win Game 5.

?There won?t be much adjustment but we have to prepare for their press,? Capacio said.