TNT will make a finals comeback after booting out Meralco, 107-92, in Game 4 of their best-of-five semifinals affair within the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup on Friday on the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
With the win, the Tropang Giga will advance to face defending champion Barangay Ginebra of their bid to cop a first-ever Governors’ Cup throne.
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson erupted for 42 factors laced with 11 rebounds, three assists, and two steals as TNT eradicated its sister crew. Calvin Oftana shone off the bench with 21 factors, eight rebounds, and one dime.
TNT was capable of set up a 12-point lead early within the fourth, 90-78, earlier than Chris Newsome’s triple reduce Bolts’ deficit to seven, 93-86. But TNT was simply laser-focused, unleashing a fast 7-2 run instigated by the import as they regained a double-digit higher hand, 99-88.
Mikey Williams then put the ending kick, drilling an enormous three-pointer and drawing the foul from KJ Mcdaniels for a four-point play alternative, 103-92, with 1:43 left.
Williams completed with 17 markers on 4-of-9 capturing from three-point territory. He additionally contributed 4 rebounds, one help, one steal, and one block whereas Jayson Castro chipped in with 9 factors.
TNT and Ginebra will reunite within the finals, having confronted one another in the course of the 2020 Philippine Cup, which the Gin Kings dominated in 5 video games. Ginebra can also be trying to cop its third straight Governors’ Cup title after ruling the 2019 and 2021 editions.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
