Barangay Ginebra’s Jamie Malonzo shoots the ball into the net as NorthPort’s Arvin Tolentino watches. PBA . IMAGES
MANILA, Philippines—Barangay Ginebra recovered from a bitter loss that jeoped his chances of a two-beat advantage after taking the lead to beat NorthPort, 122-105, in the PBA Comsumer’s Cup on Sunday. at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.
Jeremiah Gray and Jamie Malonzo’s back-to-back trio triggered a decisive run that allowed the Gin Kings to turn a tight contested situation — the last of which was 96 points early in the fourth round — into a massive win for Gin. Kings.
Malonzo finished with 26 points while coach Tim Cone also praised Stanley Pringle’s performance on both ends as Ginebra climbed to an 8-3 lead after falling to NLEX, 120-117, in the innings. extra two nights before.
That loss put Ginebra’s chances of reaching the quarterfinals in jeopardy, which coach Tim Cone admits is no longer in his team’s hands.
“We don’t control it, so we want to control what we control, which is the process of getting better,” said Cone, whose Gin Kings summed up the knockouts against Converge FiberXers on Wednesday, said.
Victory over Converge plus Magnolia’s loss to Rain or Shine on Friday secure Ginebra in second place and a two-beat bonus.
Justin Brownlee scored the highest for Ginebra with 31 points.
Arvin Tolentino, who likes Malonzo to face his former club for the first time, dropped 24 points on a 9/14 shot but NorthPort’s ill-timed outburst led to a 6-6 record in the finish. elimination round, qualifying round.
NorthPort is guaranteed at least one playoff spot for 8th place, but could win a quarter of the spot depending on the outcome of the last two games.
Scores:
GINEBRA 122 — Brownlee 31, Malonzo 26, Standhardinger 20, Gray 12, Thompson 8, J.Aguilar 7, Pringle 7, Mariano 6, Tenorio 3, Pinto 2.
NOR 105 — Tolentino 24, Ibeh 23, Bolick 22, Navarro 11, Chan 10, Ferrer 8, Balanza 4, Taha 3, Sumang 0.
Rounds: 27-34, 63-63, 93-92, 122-105.
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