Ginebra vs Bay Area

Stanley Pringle erupts for 8 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter as Justin Brownlee leads the way as usual with 37 markers in Ginebra's pivotal Game 5 ...

Although league MVP Scottie Thompson pushed Ginebra to an 18-point lead, 87-69, off an and-one conversion with 8:16 left in the final frame, Bay Area still conjured up a 17-5 comeback attempt to get within 5, 86-91, after two Hayden Blankley free throws with 2:18 left. After Bay Area erased an early 11-point deficit, 9-20, in the first quarter, Ginebra got its bearings back in the second, and pushed back the lead to 14, 54-40, off a pair of Japeth Aguilar free throws, before Songwei Zhu drilled a last-second triple to get back within single digits, 43-54, at intermission. MANILA, Philippines – Barangay Ginebra quickly found its bearings back in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup finals after denying a late Bay Area Dragons comeback, 101-91, to move one win away from its fourth title in six conferences.

Barangay Ginebra avoided a late game meltdown and took down the undermanned Bay Area Dragons, 101-91, in Game 5 of the PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals on ...

Ginebra continued to take control of the game before the lead was cut to five points, 91-86, with 2:18 left in the final period. Ginebra relied on a strong second quarter where they outscored the Dragons, 31-19, to end the first half at 54-43, after trailing 24-23 at the end of the first period. Barangay Ginebra avoided a late game meltdown and took down the undermanned Bay Area Dragons, 101-91, in Game 5 of the PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals on Sunday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Pringle played the fireman's role and buried two clutch triples as Barangay Ginebra erased the bitter memory of its Game 4 loss with a thrilling 101-91 victory ...

With the Dragons threatening to author its own comeback after cutting the lead down to just five from as high as 18, Pringle rose to the occasion and drilled the first triple from the left corner before drilling the second one from the opposite side off a fly-by move 30 seconds after to restore a 97-86 lead – much to the delight of the 21,823 in attendance. Brownlee scored on a floater but another triple from Qilong Zheng and free throws from Hayden Blankley shoved the Dragons within five and set up the stage to Pringle’s heroics. Pringle played the fireman’s role and buried two clutch triples as Barangay Ginebra erased the bitter memory of its Game 4 loss with a thrilling 101-91 victory over Bay Area to move on cusp of the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup title in Game 5 of their Finals series at the Mall of Asia Arena on Sunday, Jan.

Fil-American guard Stanley Pringle played beautiful music with newly-minted Best Import Justin Brownlee as Barangay Ginebra frustrated an injury-ravaged Bay ...

Bay Area led by a point at the close of the opening quarter. Credit also the Gin Kings defense, which made life miserable for Bay Area's Game Four hero Kobey Lam. He finished with 16 points.

Falling flat last time, Barangay Ginebra pushed the right buttons on second take and pounced on injury-hit Bay Area to move closer to the mountaintop.

When we get leads, they don’t panic and we have to keep earning it, keep earning it,” said Cone of the Dragons, who were led by Hayden Blankley’s 29 and Kobey Lam’s 16. The Gin Kings got off to a 20-9 start and held leads that reached as high as 18 at 76-58. This is our day-to-day, this is how we live and breathe. We didn’t know how we’re going to play them defensively. They’re really well-coached and disciplined. But today, the difference was we had a better feel of what we wanted to do in terms of the (defensive) matchups and we’re able to do that for the most part,” said Ginebra coach Tim Cone.

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 8) — Barangay Ginebra moved one step closer to winning the PBA Commissioner's Cup after holding off a comeback ...