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Crowd favorite Barangay Ginebra defeated Andrew Nicholson and Glen Yang-less Bay Area Dragons, 101-91 in Game 5 to take a commanding 3-2 lead in their best-of-7 finals series in the 2022-23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on Sunday, January 8 in front of 21,823 crowd at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
Justin Brownlee led the Gin Kings with game-high 37 points on 14-of-22 shooting including five 3-pointers to go with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks. Stanley Pringle Jr. with a solid game of 20 points (7/13fg, 6/9 3pts) including back-to-back clutch three pointers, along with 5 rebounds, 1 assist and a steal while Japeth Aguilar added 12 points (4/7fg, 4/4ft), 6 rebounds, 1 assist and led Ginebra's block party, 11-1, with game-high 6 rejections.
The Scores:
GINEBRA 101 - Brownlee 37, Pringle 20, J Aguilar 12, Tenorio 8, Malonzo 7, Thompson 7, Standhardinger 5, Pinto 3, Gray 2, Mariano 0.
BAY AREA 91 – Blankley 29, Lam 16, Zheng 15, Liu 10, Ewing 9, Song 5, Zhu 3, Ju 2, Reid 2.
Quarters: 23-24, 54-43, 76-62, 101-91 . [GAME STATS] | [GAME HIGHLIGHTS] | [Buy PBA Jersey]
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