Kings stop streaking Warriors on the road
Barangay Ginebra’s Justin Brownlee loses the ball in an aerial battle with Road Warriors Aaron Fuller (right) and Rabeh Al-Hussaini in a PBA Governors’ Cup road show last night at the Calasiao Sports Complex. PBA IMAGES
Games today (Smart Araneta Coliseum)
4:30 p.m. – Blackwater vs Phoenix
6:45 p.m. – Meralco vs Kia
MANILA, Philippines - Barangay Ginebra, picking up speed in its shift to triangle offense, stretched its hot streak to three games as the Gin Kings stopped the erstwhile unbeaten NLEX Road Warriors, 110-97, in a PBA Governors Cup Petron Blaze road setto in Calasiao, Pangasinan last night.
After producing a 14-year league-high 39 assists the last time out, the Gin Kings continued to play as one cohesive unit, dishing out 32 feeds to highlight their conquest of the Road Warriors before a raucous sellout crowd at the Calasiao Sports Complex.
Joe Devance, Justin Brownlee, LA Tenorio and Scottie Thompson stood out in the PBA’s first game ever in this Dagupan City neighboring town.
The quartet sparkled in Ginebra’s huge 36-point explosion in the third quarter after engaging NLEX to a 50-48 seesaw first-half battle.
The Kings zoomed to an 86-66 lead in the third and coasted to a third straight win after an opening-game loss to the Meralco Bolts.
Ginebra moved up to solo fourth at 3-1 while NLEX dropped to third at 4-1 behind Star (3-0) and Meralco (3-0).
Meralco seeks solo lead as it takes on Kia at 6:45 p.m. tonight back at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Phoenix Petroleum (2-2) and Blackwater (0-3) clash in the day’s other game, then the tourney takes a short breather to give way to Gilas Pilipinas’ participation in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Lebanon starting Tuesday.
Japeth Aguilar played 19 minutes and produced 10 points, six rebounds and two assists before rushing back to Manila for their early morning flight today.
Devance top scored with 23 points while Brownlee came through with 22 markers, 13 boards and six assists.
Tenorio finished with 17 points and seven assists to make up for eight turnovers while Thompson accounted for 11 of their 32 assists.
The Kings went on a roller-coaster ride early on, coming out listlessly in each of the first two quarters but wiped out a double-digit deficit to take the half at 50-48.
The scores:
GINEBRA 110 – Devance 23, Brownlee 22, Tenorio 17, Aguilar 10, Slaughter 10, Caguioa 8, Taha 6, Thompson 5, Ferrer 3, Cruz 3, Ellis 3, Marcelo 0, Mariano 0.
NLEX 97 – Fuller 20, Quiñahan 12, Fonacier 11, Alas 10, Al-Hussaini 10, Mallari 10, Lastimosa 9, Tiongson 6, Rios 4, J. Villanueva 3, Monfort 2, Taulava 0, Soyud 0, Baracael 0.
Quarterscores: 26-24, 50-48, 86-71, 110-97
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