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Is Greg Slaughter 100% ready to play for Ginebra in the semis?

After another successful campaign during the elimination round, the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel has dominated the front seat as they managed to get only two defeats in their eleven games during the current PBA conference. After ousting Globalport in a quarterfinal match which also got heated up by Romeo and Tenorio's clash of body and words, now Ginebra San Miguel is up for a great challenge as they faced and got defeated by the outstanding line up of Coach Nash Racela's TNT katropa. Backed up by their huge reinforcement Joshua Smith who stands 6'9" with a wide built of 330 pounds that banged up the Ginebra's interior defense, TNT katropa has dominated the game which caused the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel squad their first loss in the best of five semi final round. Justin Brownlee, Ginebra's all around import who put his body up for a challenge against the TNT import has proven that he can still deliver the goods for his franchise but fell shor... ... See more

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Tim Cone:"The MVP of The Series, If We Could Choose One, It Would've Been Jervy Cruz"

Photo by PBA Media Bureau Tim Cone is just left overwhelmed by the Ginebra crowd after going through a tough series against his former team Star Hotshots (Purefoods Franchise). This series has been a game of adjustments for both squads from a coaching stand point and who ever gets to execute these adjustments and gets the momentum gets that W. "Coach Chito has made a really great adjustment playing Ramos, it just really spreads us out and Ramos had a big game." Cone talks about how the Star Coach did an excellent job in scouting them and making the key adjustments which made them do in game plans to alter the other side's momentum. "It was an amazing series, I feel bad for Ping cause he played tremedously the whole way through." Cone said. Sol Mercado who always serves as the energizer of the Ginebra squad has been recognized by Coach Tim Cone but what stood out is the person who have made a great impact to their games in the absence of Joe Dev... ... See more

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Is Ginebra's Fourth Quarter Benching in Game Five a Strategic Approach of Tim Cone?

Photo by PBA Media Bureau After being trailing with as much as 17 points in game 5 against the Star Hotshots, Ginebra players are hopeful that the move that coach Tim Cone did in the final quarter will pay off on their game 6 mission. Creating a huge surprise for the PBA viewers, Ginebra primary point guard LA Tenorio is confident that preserving them for the next game will definitely help them to gain enough thirst for a win in game 6 win or go home showdown. It has been a tried and tested strategy of Tim Cone to spare his starters from a game that he knows is already slipping off their hands. This has been proven by some of the Star Hotshots' players like Marc Pingris who played under Coach Tim Cone for a while and he is a living proof that this strategy has helped them gain enough energy going to the next game especially after having only one day off every game. Tim Cone utilized his bench role players during the 4th quarter with Sol Mercado only played 20 seconds... ... See more

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Star Hotshots: A Win Away From Finals Appearance After a Two Game Losing Streak

Photo by PBA Media Bureau The Star Hotshots bounces back from their two game losing streak after defeating the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in game 5. March Pingris who said that Star Shotshos will be back strong after their two defeats lived up to his promise despite getting limited minutes due to foul trouble. Stepping up in the absence of the "Pinoy Sakuragi" is their main center Rafi Reavis who took over the rebounding and scoring department along side Allein Maliksi who was the missing link in their two losses. Barangay Ginebra rallied during the second half of the ball game after being down with as much as 16 points in the payoff period but the Star Hotshots' defense is just good enough to limit the scorers of the league's most popular ball club. Caguioa and the rest of Ginebra's bench role players continued to play catch up during the last 2 minutes of the game chopping the Hotshots' lead to 7 points from 16. This rally has woken up the Gi... ... See more

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Dont Be Surprised! TNT Now Leads the Series With Three Wins to Two Against the Beermen

Photo Courtesy of PBA Media Bureau A dominating Junmar Fajardo seems not enough to get the San Miguel Beermen the lead in the series. Being the top seed in the PBA Philippine Cup elimination round, the Beermen are off to a test as they go against the former top seed last season the TNT Katropa. Kelly Williams who scored 8 of the last 12 points of the Katropa who scored 18 points in game 5 that helped out the squad in bagging their third win in the series to pull off an advantage against the Beermen. Photo Courtesy of PBA Media Bureau Jason Castro also contributed 18 points along side Yancy De Ocampo with the identical production. Junmar Fajardo has been limited to 13 points only in this showdown while Santos dominated the scoring department with 18 points but lacked support from his team mates aside from Cabagnot and Lassiter who scored 17 and 16 respectively. The TNT Katropa will have a chance to take the finals spot on game 6 at the Mall of Asia Arena ... ... See more

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Jervy Cruz Lifts Ginebra Passed the Star Hotshots to Tie the Series at 2-2

Photo by PBA Media Bureau Another good day for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel faithfuls as their favorite team tackled their way into tying the series with 2 wins a piece after being down by 0-2. Star Hotshots who struggled in game 3 which caused them the game due to the excellent Ginebra defense finds their way back in the losing column after being outscored by the Barangay Ginebra squad led by Jervy Cruz. Cruz scored a total of 21 points, recorded as his season high coming off the bench to fill the spot of Joe Devance who saw limited minutes but provided quality looks and also contributed 4 points despite the current injury he's nursing. This loss of the Hotshots can also be attributed to foul trouble as they had 4 players nursing 4 to 5 fouls including Mark Barroca who fouled out with only 4 points on the board. Defense was the key to the Ginebra's campaign in the conference and in this series holding off the Star hotshots from getting open looks also limiting... ... See more

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Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Rides Sol Mercado's Heroics to Get Their First Win in The Series

Photo by PBA Media Bureau After being down by 0 to 2 in the series against the Star Hotshots in the first two games of the best of seven semis, The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel finally got their first W after a successful fourth quarter run. Ginebra dominated most of the quarters, but again found themselves trailing after a huge run by the Hotshots. Paul Lee, the hero of the first two games had a hard time sinking his shots but eventually converted his three pointers during the final stretch. Sol Mercado, the key player of this game sank three point attempts during the crucial moments of the final quarter along side Japeth Aguilar who surprisingly made a shot from beyond the arc that took the game away from their long time rival Star Hotshots. With less than two minutes left in the pay off period, Ginebra led with as much as 13 points. Coach Chito Victolero has decided to call the game off by sending his starters back to the bench obviously surrendering from this huge de... ... See more

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Is Greg Slaughter 100% ready to play for Ginebra in the semis?

Tim Cone:"The MVP of The Series, If We Could Choose One, It Would've Been Jervy Cruz"

Is Ginebra's Fourth Quarter Benching in Game Five a Strategic Approach of Tim Cone?

Star Hotshots: A Win Away From Finals Appearance After a Two Game Losing Streak

Dont Be Surprised! TNT Now Leads the Series With Three Wins to Two Against the Beermen

Jervy Cruz Lifts Ginebra Passed the Star Hotshots to Tie the Series at 2-2

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Rides Sol Mercado's Heroics to Get Their First Win in The Series

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