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Scintillating semifinal show of PBA Playoffs a chess match and a shootout as Kris Prather, Bill O’Neill advance to Sunday's championship match

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, June 1, 2019 5:00 pm
Scintillating semifinal show of PBA Playoffs a chess match and a shootout as Kris Prather, Bill O’Neill advance to Sunday's championship match
Bill O'Neill beat Sean Rash on Saturday to advance to Sunday's PBA Playoffs championship match. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
There might not ever have been a more compelling PBA Tour TV show than Saturday’s PBA Playoffs semifinals, considering the stakes, the setting, and the drama of the matches. And while the two matches both went to the final frames in heart-stopping fashion, they were very different, one for those bowling fans who prefer a chess match and the other for those who prefer a shootout. The thing they both had was intensity and pressure that all four players handled superbly, but that left the...