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PBA guest team Bay Area Dragons defeated the crowd favorite Barangay Ginebra, 87-84 in Game 6 to force a do-or-die Game 7 in the 2022-23 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals on Wednesday, January 11 in front of 22,361 fans at the SMART Araneta Coliseum. The Big Dome witnessed its largest PBA Finals crowd since Game 6 of the 2016 Governors' Cup Finals.
Myles Powell returned in a big way with 29 points (11/20fg, 5/11 3pts, 2/4ft) along with 7 rebounds and 3 assists in 35 minutes of play. Hayden Blankley with another solid game of 23 points (8/13fg, 6/10 3pts, 1/2ft) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals while Zhu Songwei finished with a double-double of 10 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 blocks. Glen Yang, who did not play in Game 5, scored 10 points (4/8fg, 2/5 3pts), 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in 43 minutes of play.
Justin Brownlee paced the Gin Kings with a triple-double of 37 points (15/30fg, 4/10 3pts, 3/4ft), along with 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks in 47 minutes & 22 seconds while Christian Standhardinger and Japeth Aguilar added 12 points each.
The Scores:
BAY AREA 87 - Powell 29, Blankley 23, Yang 10, Zhu 10, Lam 9, Liu 4, Reid 2, Zheng 0, Ju 0.
GINEBRA 84 – Brownlee 37, Standhardinger 12, J Aguilar 12, Thompson 8, Pringle 8, Malonzo 4, Pinto 3, Tenorio 0, Gray 0.
Quarters: 25-20, 50-42, 66-64, 87-84. [GAME STATS] | [GAME HIGHLIGHTS] | [Buy PBA Jersey]
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