MANILA, Philippines <\/strong>\u2014 Justin Brownlee sparked Barangay Ginebra's massive run in the middle quarters as the Gin Kings rolled past the San Miguel Beermen, 122-105 to kick off their PBA Season 49 Governors' Cup semifinal series on a fiery note on Wednesday at the Philsports Arena.<\/p>\r\r
The 36-year-old Brownlee accounted for 28 of Ginebra's 70-point output in the second and third periods, a key stretch that enabled the league's most popular squad to pull away after trailing by one point in the first quarter.<\/p>\r\r
Brownlee went on to finish with 33 points, highlighted by 5-of-6 shots from four-point zone, along with eight rebounds and five assists.<\/p>\r\r
The Gin Kings hardly showed no signs of rust despite being out of action for a week since scoring a three-game quarterfinal sweep of the Meralco Bolts.<\/p>\r\r
Last season's Rookie of the Year Stephen Holt also had a big game, scoring 30 points, eight rebounds and four assists.<\/p>\r\r
The 6-foot-4 Holt also went 9-of-10 from two-point zone as he mocked the defense thrown at him<\/p>\r\r
Rookie guard RJ Abarrientos added 13 points, while Scottie Thompson had an all-around effort of 10 points, six boards snd 10 assists.<\/p>\r\r
EJ Anosike led the Beermen with 27 points, Marcio Lassiter added 18, while June Mar Fajardo had 16 as well as 16 boards for the Beermen, who was dragged to a five-game quarterfinal series by the Converge FiberXers.<\/p>","article_custom_fields":"{\"\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_keywords\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_description\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_title\":[\"\"],\"sponsored_flag\":[\"\"],\"offer_flag\":[\"\"],\"featured_article_flag\":[\"\"],\"drupal_json\":[\"{\\\"type\\\":null,\\\"properties\\\":{\\\"PUBLISHED\\\":0,\\\"PROMOTED\\\":0,\\\"STICKY\\\":0},\\\"fields\\\":[]}\"],\"wp_custom_json\":[\"{\\\"type\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"fields\\\":[]}\"],\"article_tags\":[\"\"],\"show_image\":[\"\"],\"Disable_Ad\":[\"\"],\"disable_player\":[\"\"],\"column\":[\"\"],\"kicker\":[\"\"],\"edel\":[\"\"],\"delu\":[\"\"],\"delt\":[\"\"],\"premium\":[\"off\"],\"Redirect_URL\":[\"\"],\"Registration_required\":[\"\"],\"background_image\":[\"\"],\"page_number\":\"0\",\"initial_publication\":\"\",\"date_created\":\"2024-10-09 20:02:29\",\"date_modified\":\"2024-10-09 20:03:47\",\"last_modified_user\":\"Emil Noguera\",\"section_color\":\"#08F304\",\"target_page\":\"0\",\"cxense_metatags\":null}","cms_type":"live","author_id":2616,"section_id":3,"seo_meta_keywords":"Brownlee,sparks,Ginebra,scoring,rampage,,routs,SMB,in,semis,opener","seo_meta_description":"","seo_meta_title":"Brownlee sparks Ginebra scoring rampage, routs SMB in semis opener","publish_time":"2024-10-09 20:02:00","related_articles_ids":"","article_tags":"","sub_section_id":0,"visit_count":340,"sponsored_flag":0,"offer_flag":0,"featured_article_flag":0,"media_gallery_flag":0,"video_gallery_flag":0,"highlight_flag":0,"top_story_flag":0,"is_updated":0,"is_old_article":0,"old_article_id":0,"article_byline":"Richard Dy","ts":"2024-11-07 00:16:14","last_edited":"2024-10-09 20:03:47","alt_publish_time":"2024-10-09 20:03:53","image_path":"{\\\"image_path\\\":\\\"manilatimes\\\\\/uploads\\\\\/images\\\\\/2024\\\\\/10\\\\\/09\\\\\/432307.png\\\",\\\"cms_type\\\":\\\"live\\\",\\\"small_image\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"is_updated\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"image_cropping\\\":\\\"{\\\\\\\"original_image\\\\\\\":{\\\\\\\"image_original_width\\\\\\\":1366,\\\\\\\"image_original_height\\\\\\\":768,\\\\\\\"icd_image_type\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\"original_image\\\\\\\"},\\\\\\\"main_image\\\\\\\":{\\\\\\\"image_main_width\\\\\\\":1200,\\\\\\\"image_main_height\\\\\\\":674,\\\\\\\"icd_image_type\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\"main_image\\\\\\\"}}\\\",\\\"is_copied\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"media_type\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"image_caption\\\":\\\"Justin Brownlee PHOTO BY RIO DELUVIO\\\",\\\"image_alt_text\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"image_count\\\":1}","author_name":"Richard Dy","section_name":"Sports","sub_section_name":"","slide_show":0,"breaking_news":0,"visit_count_update_date":"2024-11-07 00:16:14","old_cms_article_id":null,"permalink":"2024\/10\/09\/sports\/brownlee-sparks-ginebra-scoring-rampage-routs-smb-in-semis-opener\/1981699","show_image_in_thumb":0,"api_status":2,"a_custom_data":"{\"exclude_from_gallery\":null,\"lead_image_id\":null}","publication_id":2,"max_publish_time":"2024-10-09 20:03:53","page_number":"0","homepage_article_flag":0,"article_shortlink":null,"cropped_image":0};
MANILA, Philippines — Justin Brownlee sparked Barangay Ginebra's massive run in the middle quarters as the Gin Kings rolled past the San Miguel Beermen, 122-105 to kick off their PBA Season 49 Governors' Cup semifinal series on a fiery note on Wednesday at the Philsports Arena.
The 36-year-old Brownlee accounted for 28 of Ginebra's 70-point output in the second and third periods, a key stretch that enabled the league's most popular squad to pull away after trailing by one point in the first quarter.
