“Awesome,” “amazing,” “first-class.”

These were the words used by champion Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) coach Tim Cone to describe the Philippine Arena, which hosted two holiday season PBA games highlighted by the much-anticipated “Manila Clasico,” a match-up between Cone’s Gin Kings and the Star Hotshots.

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