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<\/p>\nBarangay Ginebra Gin Kings\u2019 Scottie Thompson during a game within the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup semifinals vs Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. \u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Barangay Ginebra can have tied its PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup semifinal series with Rain or Shine on Friday, but the group favorites know that they haven\u2019t imposed their character on this series just yet.<\/p>\n
Especially against a team which, in Scottie Thompson\u2019s mind, looks like a mirror image of the Gin Kings.<\/p>\n
\u201cMay dugo din silang \u2018never say die,\u2019 (in addition they have that never say die blood)\u201d Thompson said after Ginebra\u2019s 109-101 win at Mall of Asia Arena that square their best-of-seven duel because the Gin Kings bounced back from squandering a 10-point lead two nights ago in Antipolo.<\/p>\n
Coach Tim Cone was convinced after that 115-111 defeat that Ginebra is playing Rain or Shine\u2019s uptempo, free-flowing style. He didn\u2019t change his tune even after getting on the board.<\/p>\n
So will Cone and the Gin Kings buy time to make a 180-degree turn, or do it as quickly as possible?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really comes right down to the energy war,\u201d Cone said. \u201cWe don\u2019t need to play a break-neck pace and wear our guys down because our guys play numerous minutes than their guys do. We now have to take heed to that and that dictates what our gameplan\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt once, in case you ask me, if I actually have to be honest with you which ones I don\u2019t prefer to be,\u201d he continued before taking some long pauses. \u201cI believe the pace and the best way the sport\u2019s being played is at Rain or Shine\u2019s favor at this point.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd even when it\u2019s at 1-1, we have now to figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Game 3 is ready Sunday at the identical venue, as Ginebra hopes to make key adjustments in a brief period of time to establish a possible shift to its profit.<\/p>\n
Cone can be glad to see his big guns deliver, like Justin Brownlee who erupted for 31 points on the night he played his 270th game, tying Sean Chambers\u2014also a Cone import at defunct Alaska\u2014for second on the all-time list amongst imports.<\/p>\n
RJ Abarrientos also played big for the Gin Kings and finished with 25 points and 6 assists, although his status for Game 3 could rely on how well he can get well from a broken nose he suffered from an inadvertent hit from Jhonard Clarito within the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Abarrientos assured that he\u2019s going to be good to go, hoping to assist the Gin Kings solve the Elasto Painters puzzle.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to match Rain or Shine\u2019s tempo. We will\u2019t allow them to play their game,\u201d Abarrientos said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, TNT\u2019s probabilities of going further within the playoffs took an enormous blow when import Bol Bol was carried to the locker room during Game 2 of the opposite semis series with Meralco being played at press time.<\/p>\n
A TV report said that the Tropang 5G were fearing a possible Achilles injury on Bol, the much-talked figure through the course of the midseason tournament.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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