The Meralco Bolts won their first ever championship in the Philippine Basketball Association at the expense of powerhouse San Miguel Beermen, while the Boston Celtics are back atop the NBA totem pole after they gentlemanly swept the Dallas Mavericks.

It's a championship 24 long years in the making for Meralco, the second son of the MVP Group that took over from the defunct Sta. Lucia franchise in 2010 and endured many heartbreaks at the hands of my favorite team, Barangay Ginebra, before finally hitting paydirt this Philippine Cup.