Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings\u2019 Scottie Thompson is called Finals MVP after helping Ginebra win the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup championship. \u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Scottie Thompson was in disbelief when he heard his name being called because the PBA Press Corps Finals MVP that made him the second recipient of the Ramon Fernandez Trophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWala talaga sa utak ko (I wasn\u2019t even desirous about it),\u201d Thompson said after his integral role in Barangay Ginebra\u2019s successful run to the PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup crown.<\/p>\n
Ginebra annexed its first championship in three years following Wednesday\u2019s 88-76 Game 7 win over TNT, with Thompson putting up 19 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and three steals to reply the challenge of providing ample help for Justin Brownlee.<\/p>\n
End of struggles<\/h2>\n![\"Barangay](\"https:\/\/sports.inquirer.net\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_2284_PBA-50-Commissioners-Cup-Finals-Game-7-Ginebra-TNT_Ginebra-celebration-scaled.jpg\")
<\/p>\nBarangay Ginebra Gin Kings have a good time after beating TNT Tropang 5G and winning the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup Finals. \u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Thompson was among the many locals that struggled prior to Game 7, but his big-time performance within the battle for all of the marbles convinced most Press Corps members of his worthiness as Finals MVP for the third time in his profession.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just really desired to get this championship,\u201d said Thompson, who also described this PBA crown as the toughest to win of all. \u201cThat\u2019s why I used to be very emotional because I do know my struggles on this series.\u201d<\/p>\n
Together with Troy Rosario and even Nards Pinto, Thompson was amongst those backing up one other huge showing from Brownlee in the course of the deciding game witnessed by greater than 24,000 fans on the Mall of Asia Arena.<\/p>\n
\nArticle continues after this commercial<\/i>\t\t <\/p><\/div>\n\u201cWe talked as a team as to how we could help Justin, what he has done in the course of the previous two games shouldn’t be sustainable,\u201d added Thompson, referring to the 54 and 52 points scored by the beloved Ginebra import in Games 5 and 6, respectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone knows that he can carry the team, but as a neighborhood, we’d like to offer the needed support, not only in scoring but additionally the little things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some Ginebra fans felt that Rosario had a stronger case over Thompson within the Finals MVP discussion for his consistency and hard-nosed play, particularly against TNT\u2019s Chris McCullough.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\tArticle continues after this commercial<\/i><\/p><\/div>\nRosario got here through again in Game 7, ending with 13 points and 7 rebounds to secure just his second PBA title. Rosario\u2019s first one got here five years ago with TNT within the Philippine Cup.<\/p>\n
For Rosario, the championship felt much more special.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to be capable of fulfill my childhood dream,\u201d Rosario said. \u201cI remember after I was 8 years old after I began to turn into a fan of Ginebra.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unsung hero<\/h2>\n![\"Barangay](\"https:\/\/sports.inquirer.net\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_1820._PBA-50-Commissioners-Cup-Finals-Game-7-Ginebra-TNT_Nards-Pinto-scaled.jpg\")
<\/p>\nBarangay Ginebra Gin Kings\u2019 Nards Pinto reacts after scoring an enormous 3 in Game 7 of the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup Finals. \u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Then, there\u2019s one other unsung hero in Pinto, who other than his stifling defense pumped in two huge threes in the course of the fourth quarter that doused cold water on TNT\u2019s persistent comeback tries.<\/p>\n
Pinto\u2019s second triple, which got here from the left corner, made it 80-74 with barely three minutes to go, prompting an enormous cheer from the gang.<\/p>\n
Coach Tim Cone had trusted Pinto to offer some quality minutes dating back from the early goings of the conference. The now-three-time champion was glad to repay his trust.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur morale was really down after we went to the dugout at halftime,\u201d said Pinto after Ginebra trailed 47-40 on the break. \u201cBut we kept on fighting and it\u2019s an excellent feeling that we won since it\u2019s been some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/p>\nBarangay Ginebra Gin Kings have a good time after beating TNT Tropang 5G and winning the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup Finals. \u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Thompson was among the many locals that struggled prior to Game 7, but his big-time performance within the battle for all of the marbles convinced most Press Corps members of his worthiness as Finals MVP for the third time in his profession.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just really desired to get this championship,\u201d said Thompson, who also described this PBA crown as the toughest to win of all. \u201cThat\u2019s why I used to be very emotional because I do know my struggles on this series.\u201d<\/p>\n
Together with Troy Rosario and even Nards Pinto, Thompson was amongst those backing up one other huge showing from Brownlee in the course of the deciding game witnessed by greater than 24,000 fans on the Mall of Asia Arena.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talked as a team as to how we could help Justin, what he has done in the course of the previous two games shouldn’t be sustainable,\u201d added Thompson, referring to the 54 and 52 points scored by the beloved Ginebra import in Games 5 and 6, respectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone knows that he can carry the team, but as a neighborhood, we’d like to offer the needed support, not only in scoring but additionally the little things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some Ginebra fans felt that Rosario had a stronger case over Thompson within the Finals MVP discussion for his consistency and hard-nosed play, particularly against TNT\u2019s Chris McCullough.<\/p>\n
Rosario got here through again in Game 7, ending with 13 points and 7 rebounds to secure just his second PBA title. Rosario\u2019s first one got here five years ago with TNT within the Philippine Cup.<\/p>\n
For Rosario, the championship felt much more special.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to be capable of fulfill my childhood dream,\u201d Rosario said. \u201cI remember after I was 8 years old after I began to turn into a fan of Ginebra.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unsung hero<\/h2>\n<\/p>\nBarangay Ginebra Gin Kings\u2019 Nards Pinto reacts after scoring an enormous 3 in Game 7 of the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup Finals. \u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Then, there\u2019s one other unsung hero in Pinto, who other than his stifling defense pumped in two huge threes in the course of the fourth quarter that doused cold water on TNT\u2019s persistent comeback tries.<\/p>\n
Pinto\u2019s second triple, which got here from the left corner, made it 80-74 with barely three minutes to go, prompting an enormous cheer from the gang.<\/p>\n
Coach Tim Cone had trusted Pinto to offer some quality minutes dating back from the early goings of the conference. The now-three-time champion was glad to repay his trust.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur morale was really down after we went to the dugout at halftime,\u201d said Pinto after Ginebra trailed 47-40 on the break. \u201cBut we kept on fighting and it\u2019s an excellent feeling that we won since it\u2019s been some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings\u2019 Scottie Thompson is called Finals MVP after helping Ginebra win the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup championship. \u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net Scottie Thompson was in disbelief when he heard his name being called because the PBA Press Corps Finals MVP that made him the second recipient of the Ramon Fernandez Trophy. \u201cWala talaga sa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":353137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[3131,697,4785,577,1349,1133,1148,658],"class_list":["post-353136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-describes","tag-ginebra","tag-hardest","tag-latest","tag-scottie","tag-thompson","tag-title","tag-win"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! This could result in 404 errors for your site visitors.","status":"warning","options":{"id":"0a2ae5f84bc2c0423042ed7ec22d2e40","isDismissible":true,"actions":[{"url":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/wp-admin\/admin.php?page=aioseo-redirects","label":"Add Redirect to improve SEO","class":"aioseo-redirects-slug-changed"}]},"allowedContexts":["posts"]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353139,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353136\/revisions\/353139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/p>\nBarangay Ginebra Gin Kings\u2019 Nards Pinto reacts after scoring an enormous 3 in Game 7 of the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup Finals. \u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Then, there\u2019s one other unsung hero in Pinto, who other than his stifling defense pumped in two huge threes in the course of the fourth quarter that doused cold water on TNT\u2019s persistent comeback tries.<\/p>\n
Pinto\u2019s second triple, which got here from the left corner, made it 80-74 with barely three minutes to go, prompting an enormous cheer from the gang.<\/p>\n
Coach Tim Cone had trusted Pinto to offer some quality minutes dating back from the early goings of the conference. The now-three-time champion was glad to repay his trust.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur morale was really down after we went to the dugout at halftime,\u201d said Pinto after Ginebra trailed 47-40 on the break. \u201cBut we kept on fighting and it\u2019s an excellent feeling that we won since it\u2019s been some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings\u2019 Scottie Thompson is called Finals MVP after helping Ginebra win the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup championship. \u2013MARLO CUETO\/INQUIRER.net Scottie Thompson was in disbelief when he heard his name being called because the PBA Press Corps Finals MVP that made him the second recipient of the Ramon Fernandez Trophy. \u201cWala talaga sa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":353137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[3131,697,4785,577,1349,1133,1148,658],"class_list":["post-353136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-describes","tag-ginebra","tag-hardest","tag-latest","tag-scottie","tag-thompson","tag-title","tag-win"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! This could result in 404 errors for your site visitors.","status":"warning","options":{"id":"0a2ae5f84bc2c0423042ed7ec22d2e40","isDismissible":true,"actions":[{"url":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/wp-admin\/admin.php?page=aioseo-redirects","label":"Add Redirect to improve SEO","class":"aioseo-redirects-slug-changed"}]},"allowedContexts":["posts"]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353139,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353136\/revisions\/353139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}