MANILA, Philippines—As an alternative of pumping his chest and celebrating after one other spectacular recreation, Ginebra import Justin Brownlee merely chalked it up as being a kind of nights the place all the things 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 loads of guys who can rating and shoot the ball and it’s proven in these previous few video games in our streak. I do know guys struggled earlier, perhaps they had been adjusting however we acquired loads of guys who can rating,” mentioned Brownlee.
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“I feel we discovered an excellent stability. Some nights may be any guys’ evening like Japeth (Aguilar), Stephen (Holt) and Scottie (Thompson). For us, we have now to proceed to be a defense-first workforce 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 taking pictures clip.
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To the Gilas naturalized participant’s level, Ginebra has seen a number of guys step up in numerous time frames with out anybody greedy the “foremost man” function 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 means of hell and again with Brownlee, and he’s not shocked to see his long-time import give credit score to his teammates as an alternative of taking it.
“He doesn’t care whether or not he’s getting the credit score or not,” mentioned the veteran tactician after steering his workforce to a 5-2 card in Group B.
“Some nights he’ll come out and play a terrific defensive recreation, he’s not on the lookout for the credit score in any respect. He doesn’t care in regards to the credit score in any respect, he cares in regards to the wins.”