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Brownlee breaks out with 42 points as Gin Kings baton Beermen in the first match
MANILA, Philippines – Barangay Ginebra scored a huge surprise on defending champions San Miguel Beer, 127-99, in the opening match The PBA Commisisoner's Cup Finals Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum
Justin Brownlee scattered 42 points – including 29 in the first half – to help the Kings Gin dictate the pace from the start.
"It was just one of those evenings where we had it and it was not the case," said Tim Cone, Barangay Ginebra's head coach. "We were shooting at all the cylinders and we were not letting go."
It is true that the crowd favorite did not give up.
Veteran Joe Devance earned 20 points to lead all locals. . Greg Slaughter and Mark Caguioa scored 11 scorers while Sol Mercado added 10.
All but two of the players participated in the Gin Kings' efforts, which allowed the team to play. team to take the lead. points.
"We started beating very early and it was just cascading, Justin was in his incredible and we defended well," said Cone.
C is the second 40-point performance Brownlee in the last three games.
"Mark was a big lift late in the first.This is a guy you have to take into account.He already played at these big games.You can not Lying it down and ignoring it As for Joe, he did it for me.He was the new big man before the big man (modernized) .IQ basketball his, "said the league tactician at About the surprise contribution of his old cages
San Miguel, for its part, was bought by the firm hands of Renaldo Balkman The Puerto Rican rookie was 27 years old with rookie Christian Standhardinger, who finished with 26. [19659003] Most valuable player on four occasions June Mar Fajardo added 13 points in on the Beermen but that's all the double-digit production of the Grand Slam team.
"We were humiliated by Ginebra," said San Miguel's mentor, Leo Austria. "We are not able to execute our game plan because of our talente – which we used in the playoffs – (we will get through)."
"They came out really on fire." To the letter nasunod "yung kanilang game plan," he added. "Complacency? Makikita niyo."
Barangay Ginebra and San Miguel return there Sunday at the same place.
THE SCORES:
GINEBRA 127 : Brownlee 42, Devance 20, Slaughter 11, Caguioa 11, Mercado 10, Tenorio 9, Thompson 7, Ferrer 7, Mariano 4 , Chan 2, Cruz 2, J. Aguilar 2, Manuel 2
SAN MIGUEL 99 : Balkman 27, Standhardinger 26, Fajardo 13, Santos 8, Lassiter 6, Cabagnot 5, Nabong 5, Ross 4 , Lanete 3, Ganuelas-Rosser 2, Pessumal 0
QUARTERSCORES : 35-20, 69-50, 94-75, 127-99
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