[Saba Sports News] After a low-scoring loss in their first meeting, Barangay Ginebra returned the favor with a hot shooting performance this time to take their revenge with a 124-102 victory, And in the PBA Governor’s Cup Group B game at the Smart Araneta Coliseum created a three-team tie for the top spot.
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Kiniburra blew an early 15-point lead at one point in the game, but they found their form in the third quarter and continued to rally late in the game to win in a dominant fashion, with all three teams — Kiniburra, San Miguel Beer and Rain or Light — now 5-2.
Friday’s game was expected to be a close one, but it turned into a massacre for the Kienburra team, who outscored them 66-48 in the second half.
Interestingly, in the first leg between the two sides on August 24 in Candon, Ilocos Sur, Northern province, Justin Brownlee and his teammates were limited to just 64 points by rain or Light, losing by seven points.
This time Brownlee managed to avenge his team with a determined 40-point performance that included a four and five three-pointers.