From the beginning of the game it feels like there is really no tomorrow for both teams as they fight to survive the quarter finals of the PBA Commissioners Cup. It was up and down the whole game but the team with the big heart and has the never die spirit survives the battle.
There are many speculations that the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters really wanted to face Barangay Ginebra
San Miguel into the quarter finals knowing that the Star player for the Kings Mark "The Spark" Caguioa is out due to injury, not to mention the broken finger of Billy Mamaril. Coach Yeng is ready for the do-or-die game as his team looks focus to beat their opponent. But it was a strong start for Barangay Ginebra in the 1st Quarter that gave them a good start on the game.
At the later end of the 2nd Quarter, ROS fought back with good defense but the Kings still managed to end the 1st half with a three point lead.
The game plan of ROS is very clear, they wanted to shut down the scoring guard of the Barangay, LA Tenorio who just scored 2 points the whole game. But other players step up for the team, Chris Ellis has a silent 13 points, Kerby Raymundo played a nice game having 13 points as well and Mac Baracael was a big help with his 10 points at the later part of the game.
At the last 2 minutes of the game, the Rain or Shine leads by two where in that time it looks like they will have the win against the Barangay but the never say die team managed to tie the game and eventually have a 2 points advantage with Vernon Macklin's free throw shots.
It is only 11 seconds remaining in the ball game when ROS has the ball. A drive by Jeff Chan was blocked by Vernon that gave ROS 6 seconds to tie or win the game. But the defense of the Barangay Ginebra is focus not to let ROS score in the last seconds where Jeff Chan misses a short blank range shot that let the players strangle for the ball until the buzzer sounds.
Thousands of Ginebra Fans at the Araneta felt it was a championship win. As well for the Ginebra Team, they are jumping, yelling, hugging each other at the center of the court like they won the championship. They had a Twice to beat disadvantage but the Kings showed what they are made of. They woke up today to WIN the game.
The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is the 9th team in PBA History to win a Twice to beat disadvantage.
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