MANILA: Alaska closed out its Final Four series against GlobalPort with ease on Tuesday night, and being back in the PBA Philippine Cup title series, coach Alex Compton wants to see just one thing happening differently.

“I wish we can win four games this time,” Compton said after an impressive 118-89 victory over the Batang Pier for a 4-1 victory in their semifinal series at the Araneta Coliseum which made the Aces the first team to make the Finals against either San Miguel Beer or Rain or Shine.

Alaska won the last four games against the Batang Pier, making the Aces look sharp and ready for the title series.

Compton, though, doesn’t want to be overconfident.

“I think we are capable of beating either of them,” Compton said when pressed who he wants as a title series opponent. “But both (the Beermen and the Elasto Painters) are also capable of beating us.”

“The only thing I want is for us to win four games (in the coming series against either team),” Compton said, the painful Game 7 loss to the Beermen last season still fresh in his mind.

The win put the Alaska franchise in its 29th title series appearance as it seeks a 15th league title since joining the PBA in 1986.

This will also be the 10th shot for the Aces at an All-Filipino championship where they will be seeking to win just their fourth to end the longest drought in the AFC that dates back to the 2000 season.

Ping Exciminiano got a rare start at the point and went on to shoot 19 points and lead five others in twin digits for the Aces, who lost Game 1 by a mile but bounced back to rout the Batang Pier by an average margin of just a shade under 23 points to downplay how sharp they have been.

Compton admitted that his Aces are playing at such a high level, but believes that it still is not a guarantee for a championship.

“We were also playing at a high level last year but still couldn’t get the job done,” Compton said.

Game 5 was close just in the first couple of minutes where the Batang Pier managed to tie the count twice, but after that, it was Alaska all the way.

The Aces broke the game wide open in the fourth quarter, leading by 21 at the halfway mark which eventually made the Batang Pier’s exit as ugly as it could be.

GlobalPort saw action in the first Final Four series of its PBA life and looked ripe after scoring a 107-93 Game 1 win. But the Alaska defense found its groove in the next four games and held the Batang Pier’s high-octane offense to the minimum.

The 89 points of GlobalPort on Tuesday night was its biggest production since that Game 1 win.

Jay Washington scored 25 points, Terrence Romeo added 20 and Stanley Pringle 15 for the Batang Pier, who still could find a fourth man – like what has been their problem the entire series – to finish in twin digits.

Meanwhile, San Miguel Beer and Rain or Shine gun for the proverbial headstart in their half of the Final Four, which, for all intents and purposes, has now become a best-of-three series after the Beermen equalized on Monday night.

Tip off is at 7 p.m. also at the Big Dome in Cubao with momentum on the side of the Beermen, who led by as large as 25 points on Monday night as Rain or Shine played with its poorest form yet.

Elasto Painters coach Yeng Guiao, incidentally, was fined P20,000 by the Office of the Commissioner for his statements after the ugly Game 4 loss where he said that officiating “was getting worse.”

Paul Lee fouled out of that game with under three seconds left in the third period.

Jericho Cruz is expected to suit up again for the Painters after the injury he suffered with five seconds left in Game 3 was ruled as just a hyper-extended left knee.