Ginebra shows a lot of offense this time and makes it to the best-of-3 News_ad

Barangay Ginebra guard Scottie Thompson during the PBA Governors’ Cup finals. –MARLO CUETIO/INQUIRER.net

Barangay Ginebra turned Sunday’s PBA Governors’ Cup final into a best-of-three game after the Gin Kings finally showed what they had failed to do in the first three games of the series, namely, crushing their opponents offensively.

The Kings cruised to a 106-92 win in front of a large crowd at the Smart Araneta Coliseum after shooting 56 percent from the field on timely outside shots, while the Tropang Giga were able to rally virtually all night.

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PBA Finals: Ginebra dominates TNT in Game 4, evening the series at 2-2

“It’s one of those games where we hit some big shots, and we kind of have a habit of doing that throughout the conference,” coach Tim Cone said after making it 2-2 and seemingly in complete control of the game Best-of-seven series had taken over. “Hopefully we can (continue) doing that.

Justin Brownlee finished with 34 points – a series high for the normally prolific import – while Stephen Holt and Maverick Ahanmisi were key contributors with their play on both ends.

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RESULTS: PBA Finals Ginebra vs. TNT, Game 4, November 3

Ginebra enters Game 5 on Wednesday full of confidence, and this group of Kings has just put themselves in position to repeat championship comebacks that occurred in two different decades and are part of Ginebra’s “Never Say Die” teachings.

Unless the Tropang Giga, which allowed the Kings to break the 100-point mark for the first time in the series after giving up 86 each in their two victories and 87 in the Game 3 setback, the two-day Using break to find one as opposed to what Ginebra was successful with.

“All we did was tie the series. It’s zero-zero,” Cone said.

Best import fights

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, named the top import before the opener after defeating Brownlee, had 28 points, nine rebounds and four assists, but again had a difficult time as he was guarded by Holt.

Calvin Oftana scored 24 points in his best performance in the finals, but was frustrated as TNT was unable to come back from the deficit in the second half.

Ahanmisi posted 18 points, eight rebounds, three assists and two steals in another bench role, while Holt also scored 18 points, plus four three-pointers and five steals for the Gin Kings.

Japeth Aguilar also scored 18 points on the night as he came up short in the Best Player of the Conference (BPC) Derby, won by San Miguel Beer’s June Mar Fajardo.

Fajardo had 989 points compared to Aguilar’s 664, achieving a record-breaking 11th BPC. His 465 points from statistics, the top among candidates, was also supported by 476 media votes, while he came second in player votes with 48.