Weltnachrichten – AU – Thompson sends Ginebra to the PBA final with the game winner against Meralco

Scottie Thompson sank the game winner to promote Barangay Ginebra to the PBA Philippine Cup final after a tough 83-80 win at Meralco at the Angeles University Foundation in Pampanga on Friday, Jan.. November.

Thompson made a brilliant appearance, flirting with a triple double with a corner trey a sixth of a second ahead as the Gin Kings escaped the duel to reach the All-Filipino Finals for the first time in time 2017.

A three-pointer from Reynel Hugnatan knotted the score for the bolts at 80-80 at 14. 5 seconds to go, but Thompson – who ended up with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists – responded to the win with his own long bombshell.

Meralco expected Stanley Pringle to take the final shot for Ginebra, but he passed the ball on to Prince Caperal, who then assisted on the Thompson Triple.

With no time out left, the Bolts saw Chris Newsome launch a court shot that ultimately went missing.

« Scottie deserved this shot. He deserves the recognition, all the laurels. He deserves it because there is no one who works harder than him, « said Gin King’s head coach Tim Cone.

In addition to the player’s goal, Thompson, who lost 10 points in the fourth quarter, played a crucial role in his comeback when Meralco took the lead 71-65 after a personal 6-0 run by Bong Quinto.

Thompson sank a layup to bring the Ginebra deficit down to a whisker (72-73) and scored a putback for a lead of 76-73.

Then he fished Allen Maliksi’s final foul and finally hit the two free throws that gave the Gin Kings a 78-75 lead with a minute to go.

Pringle scored the first hit in the win with 22 points in addition to 8 rebounds, and LA Tenorio scored 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

Japeth Aguilar had 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block for Ginebra, which will start on Sunday the 29th. November, will compete in a best-of-seven championship series against TNT.

With the loss, the Bolts failed to get the monkey off their back when they were unable to slide their playoff streak against the Gin Kings.

Newsome led the bolts with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Hodge had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks, while Quinto had 14 points.

Barangay Ginebra – Pringle 22, Thompson 20, Tenorio 14, Aguilar 12, Caperal 5, Mariano 5, Devance 2, Dillinger 3, Tolentino 0, Chan 0.

Meralco – Newsome 15, Hodge 14, Quinto 14, Maliksi 12, Hugnatan 12, Jackson 4, Almazan 4, Amer 3, Black 2, Jamito 0, Pinto 0.

Delfin Dioquino dreamed of being a PBA player but he didn’t have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to be an athlete – write about her.

He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.

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