Ginebra Gin Kings’ Justine Brownlee throughout a PBA Governors’ Cup sport in opposition to Rain or SHine. –PBA IMAGES
MANILA, Philippines—As an alternative of pumping his chest and celebrating after one other spectacular sport, Ginebra import Justin Brownlee merely chalked it up as being a kind of nights the place every thing clicked.
In Group B of the PBA Governors’ Cup, the Gin Kings routed Rain or Shine, 124-102, at Araneta Coliseum on Friday behind one other stellar outing from their resident import.
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Nonetheless, Brownlee made certain to deflect all praises and say he simply acquired the alternatives to attain the way in which he did, due to his teammates.
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“I really feel like we acquired a whole lot of guys who can rating and shoot the ball and it’s proven in these previous couple of video games in our streak. I do know guys struggled earlier, perhaps they had been adjusting however we acquired a whole lot of guys who can rating,” stated Brownlee.
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“I believe we discovered an excellent stability. Some nights could be any guys’ evening like Japeth (Aguilar), Stephen (Holt) and Scottie (Thompson). For us, now we have to proceed to be a defense-first crew and the offense will come.”
Brownlee notched one other monster double-double of 40 factors and 10 rebounds on a blistering 68.4 p.c capturing clip.
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To the Gilas naturalized participant’s level, Ginebra has seen a number of guys step up in several time frames with out anybody greedy the “principal man” position for greater than two straight video games.
Within the Gin Kings’ final win over Blackwater, it was Scottie Thompson who acquired the highlight with a triple-double of 21 factors, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.
However seeing Brownlee deflect praises directed to him wasn’t something new for coach Tim Cone.
Cone has been by way of hell and again with Brownlee, and he’s not stunned to see his long-time import give credit score to his teammates as a substitute of taking it.
“He doesn’t care whether or not he’s getting the credit score or not,” stated the veteran tactician after steering his crew to a 5-2 card in Group B.
“Some nights he’ll come out and play an amazing defensive sport, he’s not in search of the credit score in any respect. He doesn’t care concerning the credit score in any respect, he cares concerning the wins.”