Another shouting match occurred moments after the final buzzer rang in Ginebra’s 111-104 win over Rain or Shine in Game 5 of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup semis at the SMART Araneta Coliseum, Friday night.
Both teams were already heading to their respective locker rooms, but Jaylen Johnson and Raymond Aguilar got into a heated exchange, marking another proof that emotions haven’t really died down between the two camps.
It was just back in Game 4, barely 48 hours ago, that Elasto Painters head coach Yeng Guiao and SMC sports director Alfrancis Chua figured in a word war, which, according to videos online, saw and heard both call one another “ulol.”
This time, it’s two players involved, although it remains unknown what exactly triggered the verbal exchange between the import and the veteran big man.
“No comment,” said Aguilar, as he clammed down after being sought for comment by members of the press while on his way out of the Big Dome.
Johnson likewise chose to stay mum regarding the incident, simply walking away upon being asked during a scrum interview with reporters.
It was a rather quiet night for ‘JJ” as he only had 22 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the field, scoring most of it practically in garbage time as the Kings had their way, with RJ Abarrientos coming alive with a 31-point eruption.
But it wasn’t just the BPC frontrunner alone that bounced back as the crowd darlings did so as a whole, as proven by the 16 threes they knocked down after going a dismal 5-of-23 from the said distance the last time out.
Game 6 is on Sunday at the Ynares Center in Antipolo, with Ginebra keen on finishing it off while Rain or Shine is hoping to have enough fuel left in the tank to force a do-or-die Game 7–which, if ever, will be the present batch’s first.
