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Barangay Ginebra escapes past Meralco Bolts, 94-87 in game 2 of their best-of-3 quarterfinals of the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup on Friday, July 29 at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.
Ginebra ties the series at 1-1 and forces a winner-take-all Game 3 on Sunday, July 31 at 6:30pm at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
Japeth Aguilar led the GinKings with 25 points (8/14 fg, 9/13 ft), along with 8 rebounds and game-high 5 blocks in 37 minutes of play. Christian Standhardinger with near triple-double of 15 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and a steal while LA tenorio added 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
Stanley Pringle delivers in the clutch with back-to-back basket inside the final two minutes to finished with 9 points (4/11 fg, 1/6 3pts), two steals, one rebound and one assist. Scottie Thompson had 11 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals.
The Scores:
GINEBRA 94 - J. Aguilar 25 (8reb 5blk), Standhardinger 15 (12reb 7ast), Tenorio 13 (5reb 4ast 3stl), Thompson 11 (9ast 6reb 2stl), Pringle 9, Chan 8 (2/3 3pts), Pinto 7 (4stl 3reb 3ast), Caperal 4, Mariano 2.
MERALCO 87 – Hodge 25 (5ast 2reb 2stl), Maliksi 14 (6reb 3ast 2/4 3pts), Pasaol 14 (3/4 3pts), Almazan 10 (10reb 2blk), Black 9 (6reb 5ast), Newsome 8 (8reb 6ast), Pascual 3, Banchero 2, Quinto 2.
Quarters: 25-25, 56-45, 69-71, 94-87.
