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Barangay Ginebra defeated the PBA guest team Bay Area Dragons, 96-81 in Game 1 of their best-of-7 finals series in the 2022-23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on Sunday, December 25, Christmas Day in front of 18,252 crowd at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Justin Brownlee led the Gin Kings with a double-double of 28 points (9/16fg, 2/6 3pts, 8/8ft) along with 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and a block. Veteran guard LA Tenorio finished with conference-high 22 points on 9-of-18 shooting including three 3-pointers to go with 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals while Christian Standhardinger with a solid game of 16 points (8/12fg), 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Scottie Thompson finished with another all-around performance of 14 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Ginebra shot 38/76 (50%) from the field, including 7-of-22 shooting from beyond the arc (BAY - 30/78 fg, 13/42 3pts), and Ginebra went 13-of-19 from the free throw line (BAY - 8/16ft). Gin Kings had 23 turnovers while the Dragons had 16. GIN recorded more steals, 10-7, outrebounded the Bay Area 58-35 and had more assists, 21-20.
The Scores:
GINEBRA 96 - Brownlee 28, Tenorio 22, Standhardinger 16, Thompson 14, J. Aguilar 6, Pringle 5, Malonzo 3, Gray 2, Pessumal 0, R Aguilar 0, Mariano 0.
BAY AREA 81 – Nicholson 27, Yang 12, Zhu 12, Lam 11, Ju 6, Song 5, Blankley 4, Liu 2, Zheng 2, Reid 0.
Quarters: 22-25, 45-40, 72-64, 96-81. [GAME STATS] | [GAME HIGHLIGHTS] | [Buy PBA Jersey]
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