Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings’ Japeth Aguilar during a PBA Philippine Cup game against Terrafirma Dyip. –PBA IMAGES
Japeth Aguilar scored 30 points to guide Barangay Ginebra over Terrafirma, 101-80, for a brilliant begin to its PBA Philippine Cup campaign on Wednesday at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Aguilar went 12-of-15 from the sector to supply the ninth 30-point game of his profession as Ginebra won handily despite being 25 days faraway from losing to TNT within the Commissioner’s Cup Finals.
He also grabbed seven rebounds and blocked 4 shots for the Gin Kings within the blowout win.
RJ Abarrientos got here away with 14 points and 7 assists at the same time as Scottie Thompson added 11 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists to assist Ginebra’s cause.
Thompson also had one steal, which got here early within the third quarter, for the five hundredth of his profession.
Ginebra’s victory got here two days before its marquee matchup with San Miguel Beer, already with a 2-1 record but coming off a 98-95 time beyond regulation loss to Magnolia, at the identical venue.
The Gin Kings played minus Jamie Malonzo who sat out the competition with a knee problem while Jeremiah Gray had an injury scare within the third quarter, but gave the impression to be high-quality as he left the Big Dome after the sport.
Terrafirma fell to 1-3 after dropping its third straight game, this time missing the services of Terrence Romeo.
CJ Catapusan finished with 14 points for the Dyip, fellow rookie Mark Nonoy added 12 and Louie Sangalang tallied 12 points and 6 rebounds.
The Dyip next play the Magnolia Hotshots on May 4 at Ynares Center in Antipolo City.
