{"id":219078,"date":"2019-06-17T02:51:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T06:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=219078"},"modified":"2019-06-18T02:39:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T06:39:22","slug":"first-win-of-new-season-for-philippine-cup-defending-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/17\/first-win-of-new-season-for-philippine-cup-defending-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"First win of new season for Philippine Cup defending champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_219079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219079\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64219757_2830433356973081_3184084738012872704_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-219079 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64219757_2830433356973081_3184084738012872704_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Final (OT) : 110 &#8211; 107 in favor of the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel!<br \/>Best Player: Justin Brownlee with 39 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists #PBACommsCup #PBALabanKungLaban&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\/photos\/a.168128433203600\/2830433353639748\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\/?__xts__[0]=68.ARB8gYPdhCbw2-WfPTu_G48RzNNOpjgLNVNKtj8LqDSG6vebx_vwPkv1TsnwtGkeFiTj-AjQIbkIoLeYX1iFd5NrAkmB63Raui5YAPgVnc55uta5GEpIQuVzZfsnNeupIOpsX9w_OBuGDDIhSBstnVieAackcGGuEoHGLV-uqY0a-Aorz-ka4agP8vUm4sZhVKItS2sxpcZbU0l4ni9kG7B5f7v84oDt3UTUXFP6Imyeo_0Agv7CvkZlnRwrmz6c0GaAjdttLrYNvMsWpuCHjSOgq1AbUp0BT4Xt8uGEvnaxrraXprifl2pjJHBV8Mv2BGT-cRtQkp4a5Lrnp5-6hagG2g&amp;__tn__=k*F&amp;tn-str=k*F\">PBA<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup champions, the Ginebra Kings have finally gotten the hang of the new Commissioner\u2019s Cup season after snapping their two-game skid with an overtime victory over the San Miguel Beermen last Sunday, June 16 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The score ended at 110-107 in favor of the Kings, with import Justin Brownlee\u2019s 53 minutes of playing time paying off as he totalled 39 points, 15 rebounds, and five assists. Three of those points secured his team\u2019s win in the last 2:32 left of the game during the fifth quarter, giving them a 109-104 leverage. LA Tenorio, Scottie Thompson, Greg Slaughter, and Sol Mercado also chipped 16, 13, 13, and 12 points respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the opposing team, it was a steady fight until import Charles Rhodes fouled out in the final 2:45 minutes of overtime. Prior to that, he was playing strong with 34 points, 12 rebounds, and three blocks. Alex Cabagnot added 21 throughout the game, while Marcio Lassiter and June Mar Fajardo contributed 15 and 13 points respectively. However, it was 34-year-old Chris Ross who was an all-around player with a triple-double of 11 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In reaction to their first win of the season, Ginebra head coach Tim Cone said the two teams were, \u201cjust two heavyweights going at it,\u201d explaining, \u201cTook an extra round [to see] who could win this one. I like the game because we played within character. We played in the character that we want to play.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this win, Ginebra now stands with a 2-1 win-loss ranking, set to face the NLEX Road Warriors next at the Batangas City Coliseum on Sunday, June 23. San Miguel has further fallen to 1-3, but will have a chance to redeem themselves against th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e Alaska Aces on Friday, June 21 at the Cuneta Astrodome.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup champions, the Ginebra Kings have finally gotten the hang of the &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":[],"class_list":["post-219078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219078","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=219078"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219268,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219078\/revisions\/219268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}