- TNT Tropang Giga and Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings fight to break the tie and move within a win away of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup championship.
- The best-of-seven showdown has been as tight as it could get with TNT and Ginebra alternating wins in the first four games.
PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals – Ginebra vs TNT schedule
Game 5, March 23, Sunday – Smart Araneta Coliseum
- 7:30pm – TNT Tropang Giga vs Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings
FULL PBA FINALS SCHEDULE HERE.
Justin Brownlee’s encore after his heroic performance two nights ago will likely dictate how Sunday’s pivotal Game 5 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals will go.
Brownlee is expected to push through pain and lead Ginebra’s bid to repeat over TNT and take the all-important 3-2 lead at 7:30 p.m. at Smart Araneta Coliseum, after a dislocated right thumb that initially raised concerns about his status for the Finals.
But it will take more than a reprise of his 23-point effort in Friday’s 95-78 win to push the Kings ahead. How the rest of the team can play the supporting role may even be more crucial for the Gin Kings’ cause.
CITY OF ANTIPOLO—Jamie Malonzo is no stranger to struggles. He’s fought through several of them in his young career—both on the court and off of it.
So when Barangay Ginebra’s indefatigable import Justin Brownlee faced struggles of his own, Malonzo made sure he would not let his teammate down, rising to the occasion in the crowd darlings’ 95-78 Game 4 victory against TNT in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals on Friday night.
Malonzo played inspired basketball at Ynares Center here, finishing with 24 points—10 of which sparked a late pullaway in the fourth that ultimately allowed the crowd darlings to knot the best-of-seven showdown to two games apiece.
“Well, me and the team understood that it’s a crucial game in the series,” Malonzo told reporters on the heels of the win. “It’s very important for us to get a win today and I think our team really had the focus. Luckily, we got a few shots to fall and that helped a lot.”
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