{"id":170095,"date":"2018-07-09T22:06:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T02:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=170095"},"modified":"2018-07-09T22:06:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T02:06:44","slug":"ginebra-holds-off-meralco-for-qf-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/09\/ginebra-holds-off-meralco-for-qf-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginebra holds off Meralco for QF edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_170098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170098\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ginebra-vs-Meralco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170098\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ginebra-vs-Meralco.jpg\" alt=\"Barangay Ginebra scored when it mattered most and repulsed Meralco Bolts, 88-81, in Game 1 of their best-of-three PBA Commissioner's Cup quarterfinal series at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Monday night. (Photo: PBA\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"444\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-170098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barangay Ginebra scored when it mattered most and repulsed Meralco Bolts, 88-81, in Game 1 of their best-of-three PBA Commissioner&#8217;s Cup quarterfinal series at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Monday night. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\/photos\/a.841558309193939.1073741951.168046639878446\/2266977896651966\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\/\">PBA\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Barangay Ginebra scored when it mattered most and repulsed Meralco Bolts, 88-81, in Game 1 of their best-of-three PBA Commissioner&#8217;s Cup quarterfinal series at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Barangay held off the Bolts despite their import Justin Brownlee struggling to get his shots going early but actually made a booming triple that iced the game.<\/p>\n<p>Following an impressive second quarter for Meralco to take a 45-38 halftime lead, Ginebra went on a 29-17 third quarter to go up, 67-62.<\/p>\n<p>The game remained tight for most of the fourth quarter until the Barangay went on a 7-0 run to open an 84-76 lead with 2:06 remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Meralco still threatened to inch closer, but Brownlee drilled in the dagger triple with 28 seconds left.<\/p>\n<p>Brownlee, despite going 10-of-26 from the field, led Ginebra, which can clinch the series on Wednesday, with 25 points, nine rebounds, six assists, two steals, and two blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Devance added 14 points, two rebounds, and four assists, while Greg Slaughter chipped in 13 markers, seven rebounds, and one dime.<\/p>\n<p>Baser Amer came off the bench to make 15 markers, three boards, five dimes, and two steals for Meralco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Barangay Ginebra scored when it mattered most and repulsed Meralco Bolts, 88-81, in Game 1 of their best-of-three PBA &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[17330,3578,50381],"class_list":["post-170095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports","tag-barangay-ginebra","tag-meralco","tag-pba-commissioners-cup","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}