Ginebra pulled all the necessary stops in the endgame to avert disaster and hack out the 71-70 decision over TNT to even things out in the PBA Season 49 Commissioner’s Cup Finals, Sunday night at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.
Justin Brownlee nailed the all-important free throws to settle the eventual final count with 46.9 seconds left, before Stephen Holt and Scottie Thompson came through to stop Rondae Hollis-Jefferson before time expired.
And those plays were all enough for the Kings to save themselves after the Tropang Giga took the 70-67 lead with 2:31 to go after being down by as many as 15 points — and after that four-point showing in the second quarter.
Brownlee led the Barangay with 35 points and 11 rebounds.
Game 3 is set Wednesday at the Philsports Arena in Pasig.
