Last week, the PBA Commissioner’s Cup champion was decided after a thrilling Game 7 between TNT and Barangay Ginebra that required overtime.

In front of 21,274 spectators at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, the Tropang Giga emerged victorious with a decisive 87-83 victory, securing the team’s 11th league title.

It was definitely a winner-take-all event that will be remembered for years to come.

In the 49-year history of the PBA, 30 finals have gone the entire seven-game format; however, only four Game 7s, including the most recent matchup between TNT and Ginebra, have gone to overtime.

Naturally, the first three were equally as iconic as this one and resulted in plays and players that basketball fans will never forget.

Considering the 53-minute attrition match between the Tropang Giga and the Kings. Looking back at those epic Game 7s that were decided after regulation time in PBA history.

Sunkist vs. Alaska (1995 All-Filipino Conference)

This was the first Game 7 in league history to go into overtime. The Juicers lost a 13-point lead and trailed the Milkmen late in the fourth quarter.

However, the game went into overtime, 74-all, as Best Player of the Conference Vergel Meneses made a three-pointer and then fed veteran forward Yoyoy Villamin.

The late RicRic Marata and man-mountain Bonel Balingit scored nine of Sunkist’s thirteen points in the extra period, helping the team win 87-78 at the Cuneta Astrodome.

It was the third championship for the RFM team and the first for Sunkist coach Derrick Pumaren.

B-Meg vs. TNT (2012 Commissioner’s Cup)

With 1.2 seconds remaining and the Purefoods squad behind TNT, 76-74, Kelly Williams fouled import Denzel Bowles on the Llamados’ final play in regulation, setting the stage for a dramatic Game 7 matchup.

Bowles, who was only 23 at the time and was participating in his second overseas assignment, was in charge of the Llamados’ future. The conference’s teary-eyed Best Import sank both freebies to clear the way for the extra five minutes amid chaos in front of a packed Araneta Coliseum audience.

Bowles’ confidence was so high that he went into a zone in overtime, scoring 10 points in a row to help B-Meg win the championship 90-84. Tim Cone won his first title with the SMC team, finishing with 39 points and 21 rebounds.

TNT vs. Rain or Shine (2015 Commissioner’s Cup)

The Texters and Elasto Painters needed not one, but two overtime periods to decide the conclusion of the back-and-forth contest at the Big Dome, making this maybe the best Game 7 ever played in PBA history.

Rain or Shine came back from a 15-point deficit to equalize the score at 97 points with two clutch three-pointers from Wayne Chism, who was named Best Import, in regulation to force overtime play.

In the first extra period, TNT adversary Ivan Johnson proved to be a formidable opponent, sinking a three-pointer to open the door for the second extra period (106-all).

As both teams began to feel the effects of exhaustion and cramping, Ranidel De Ocampo saved his best for last and made two clutch treys in the second overtime to win the championship, 121-119. For TNT coach Jong Uichico, the title was his first and only.

TNT vs Barangay Ginebra (2024-25 Commissioner’s Cup)

Justine Brownlee, a Ginebra import, once again showed off his magic wand by draining the game-tying shot (79-all) from deep and prolonging the crucial game into five more minutes.

The Tropang Giga relied on the quintet of Rey Nambatac, Poy Erram, Glenn Khobuntin, and Calvin Oftana to deliver the goods in the closing moments because TNT’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson was dealing with a variety of injuries.

After a convincing 6-0 TNT run was ended by Khobutin’s incredible three-pointer, Oftana completed the thrilling 87-83 victory with a get-away layup off Japeth Aguilar on a Hollis-Jefferson feed.

The telecommunications franchise won the championship for the second consecutive year in Season 49, positioning them for a potential grand slam.