The Bay Area Dragons lastly bought one over Barangay Ginebra, carving out a 99-82 assertion win in Game 2 of their best-of-seven finals collection within the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup on Wednesday on the Araneta Coliseum.
Bay Area leveled the collection at 1-1 forward of Game 3 on January 4 on the Mall of Asia Arena.
The Dragons took care of business early within the first half, which noticed the visitor crew get pleasure from a 52-35 lead with Andrew Nicholson and Songwei Zhu main the way in which with 14 and 17 factors apiece.
But Ginebra staged a livid rally within the third after Justin Brownlee nailed a basket that introduced them to a single digit deficit, 55-47, midway by means of the body earlier than they headed to the fourth staring at a 68-60 drawback.
Ginebra returned to its power in that stretch, outscoring Bay Area within the third canto, 25 to 16, to threaten a comeback.
Bay Area, although, saved Ginebra at bay within the payoff interval as they constructed a lead as large as 20, 99-79, with 2:18 left within the fourth.
They by no means regarded again since then because the Dragons lastly bought a win in opposition to Ginebra, which routed them throughout their elimination spherical assembly, 111-93, and 96-81 in Game 1 final Christmas Day.
Nicholson meant business within the sport, ending with 30 factors, 15 rebounds, and two blocks whereas Zhu had 25 markers, 5 boards, and 6 assists within the highly-physical sport.
Hayden Blankley was additionally on level as he tallied 17 factors on 70 % capturing from the sector to go together with seven rebounds and three assists.
Ginebra bought one other strong outing from Brownlee who listed 32 factors, 11 rebounds, three assists, and a steal however his numbers weren’t sufficient as GInebra absorbed a lopsided loss.
The scores:
Bay Area 99 – Nicholson 30, Zhu 25, Blankley 17, Lam 11, Ju 9, Yang 5, Reid 2, Song 0, Liu 0.
Ginebra 82 – Brownlee 32, Malonzo 10, Thompson 9, Tenorio 8, Standhardinger 8, J. Aguilar 5, Pinto 5, R. Aguilar 3, Pringle 2, Gray 0, Pessumal 0, Mariano 0.
Quarters: 22-16, 52-35, 68-60, 99-82.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
