It boiled down to a battle between super imports but Chris McCullough stood tall as he towed TNT past Ginebra, 98-90, to send the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals to a Game 7, Sunday night at the SMART Araneta Coliseum.
The one-time league champion poured a career-high 53 points and 22 rebounds, going all out from start to finish to make sure that the Tropang 5G will live to fight another day — and keep their title defense bid very much alive.
‘C-Mac’ scored 16 of his points in the payoff period, none bigger than the cold-blooded four-pointer to push their lead to 94-86 with 1:52 left to play, which proved to be a tough blow on the Kings’ momentum in mounting the comeback.
Jordan Heading went on to settle the final count with a perfect trip to the foul line with 15.2 seconds left, ultimately enabling the flagship MVP franchise to pull through and overcome another massive Justin Brownlee outing.
The four-time Best Import of the Conference, just like in Game 5, carried the crowd darlings with 52 points and five rebounds for back-to-back 50-point outings, but his counterpart simply wanted it more, especially in the end.
