Complex sentence: The Oilers goes up 3--1 in the series, needing only a win to clinch the series, but Shell blew a 3-1 lead as Ginebra managed a furious comeback to force a seventh game.
Split into simpler sentences: The Oilers goes up 3--1 in the series, needing only a win to clinch the series. But Ginebra managed a furious comeback to force a seventh game.