Robert Bolick completely stole the spotlight from Justin Brownlee with his endgame heroics, towing NLEX past Barangay Ginebra, 118-113, for its third win in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup on Friday at the SMART Araneta Coliseum.
The night seemed to belong to the Kings star, who erupted for 46 points and guided his team to a 112-106 lead with 4:29 remaining. But the Road Warriors’ main man showed once again why he’s been their closer.
Ensuring that Cady Lalanne’s efforts wouldn’t go to waste, ‘Berto’ nailed the go-ahead trey to put NLEX up for good, 115-113, with 46.1 seconds left.
Ginebra couldn’t convert after that, as Scottie Thompson missed a long four, and Bolick finished it off by scoring the team’s last three points—all from the free-throw line—inside the final 25.5 seconds of the match.
The star guard scored his team’s last six points and finished with 32 points, seven rebounds, and four assists, leading NLEX back to the win column after falling to Bol Bol and the TNT Tropang 5G in Antipolo in their previous outing.
