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MANILA, Philippines-Barangay Ginebra kicked off its title-retention bid in type by keeping off Rain or Shine, 116-108, within the PBA Governors’ Cup on Sunday night time at Good Araneta Coliseum.
The Gin Kings rode the recent palms of Nards Pinto who turned in 12 factors off the bench, greasing the defending champions’ fightbacks within the payoff body that in the end took the combat out of the Painters.
“I feel simply having guys like Nards (Pinto) and Scottie (Thompson), we didn’t panic after we fell behind for that brief time and received again within the recreation,” coach Tim Cone stated.
Import Justin Brownlee had 29 factors and 11 rebounds. Japeth Aguilar added 18, Thompson 15, whereas Jamie Malonzo and Stanley Pringle 14 every.
Rain or Shine drew 23 factors from import Michael Qualls, 21 from Beau Belga and 18 extra from Rey Nambatac. James Yap pumped in 11 extra within the effort however was hardly an element when the Gin Kings got here rallying again.
Ginebra truly trailed by 9 late within the third however managed to remain within the thick of issues all because of Malonzo, who scored in eight of his complete in that interval alone.
Pinto then got here by means of within the subsequent body, flattening a pair of triples to get issues going for his teammates that in the end dealt the Painters their fourth-straight loss in as many outings.
The Gin Kings shoot for win No. 2 towards NLEX this Wednesday, whereas Rain or Shine can have almost every week to regroup when it will get again to work towards Blackwater.
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