TNT has reduced the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup Finals to a virtual best-of-3 following a 106-98 bounce-back victory over Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in Game 4 on Wednesday night at the SMART Araneta Coliseum.
The Tropang 5G took control late in the third and ran toward a 90-70 lead early in the payoff period, a gap that proved to be good enough to ward off the Kings’ attempt at getting closer late to equal things up at two games apiece.
Aside from sending the title bout back to square one, the reigning champions spoiled as well the coronation of RJ Abarrientos and Justin Brownlee as the Best Player of the Conference and Best Import, respectively, prior to tipoff.
Jordan Heading starred in the victory with 29 points, six rebounds, and eight assists as he solid shooting kept TNT in it in the first half.
Chris McCullough had 24 points, 14 rebounds, and five assists, making up for his slow first half with a big fourth quarter as he helped in the closeout.
