Ginebra deployed a well-rounded attack en route to sending Blackwater skidding through a masterful 115-85 conquest to nail its first win in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup at the SMART Araneta Coliseum, Friday night.
The Kings took the lead early but it wasn’t until the middle quarters that the game turned into an affair so lopsided, blasting the Bossing 65-40 to erect a 96-63 cushion entering the payoff period—much to their fans’ delight, of course.
The crowd darlings’ lead would swell to as big as 40 points, 105-65, following a Stephen Holt triple with 9:46 left as it was total domination by the traditional powerhouse for an impressive bounce-back after losing their opener to Phoenix.
With this result, guest team Macau has remained as the lone winless team of the season-ending conference thus far with a 0-4 record in Group A.
A total of eight players finished in double figures in the win that got them on board in Group B with a 1-1 record. Holt led the way with 19 points, highlighted by a 5-of-9 clip from three, seven rebounds, and five assists.
Import Riley Grigsby tallied 18 points, eight rebounds, and five assists as he involved his teammates more this time after having zero dimes last game.
RJ Abarrientos supplied 14 points and six assists, with Japeth Aguilar doing a bit of everything with his 11 points, nine rebounds, and five blocks.
The quartet of Troy Rosario, Ralph Cu, Nards Pinto, and Kemark Carino all scored 11 points as well in a balanced attack made possible by their conscious effort to share the ball, as evidenced by the 35 assists they finished with.
