Year: | 2024 |
League: | BSN |
Team A: | Criollos de Caguas |
Team A Coach: | Wilhelmus Caanen |
Team A Games: | 4 |
Team B: | Osos de Manatí |
Team B Coach: | Ivan Rios |
Team B Games: | 3 |
Date: | August 17-30 |
Mvp: | Travis Trice (Criollos de Caguas) |
The 2024 BSN finals (also known, for promotional reasons, as La Final Brava or The Brava Finals) was the championship series that decided the 2024 Baloncesto Superior Nacional champions in Puerto Rico. The best-of-seven playoffs pitted the one time (2006) champions Criollos from Caguas, versus the Osos from Manati, who were trying for their first title.
The series started on August 17 and finished on August 30, with the Criollos securing their second championship.[1] Travis Trice of the Criollos was named the Finals' Most Valuable Player.[2]
The series was shown on canal 2 in Puerto Rico and, via a canal 2 feed, on the internet website YouTube internationally.[4]
In Game Two, Manati was leading by three points, when Travis Trice of the Criollos threw a half-court shot with one second left and made it, to tie the game and send it to over-time. The Criollos eventually won this game, 109–104.[5]
The series was led by Manati, three games to two, after winning Game 5, 98 to 89.[6]
After a 122-121, double-overtime win by Caguas at Manati on 27 August, 2024,[7] the series was tied at three wins apiece.
With a 96-81 victory in Game Seven, the Criollos won their second title in the franchise's history.[8]