MANILA – Scottie Thompson turned Ninoy Aquino Stadium into his personal highlight reel Tuesday, dropping a triple-double that fueled Barangay Ginebra San Miguel’s 112-98 payback win over Blackwater Bossing in the PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup group stage. Avenging their earlier 95-88 upset loss, the Gin Kings jumped to 4-2 and solo second in Group B, dropping the Bossing to 3-4 and fifth.
The seven-time PBA champ posted 21 points on 8-of-17 shooting, 10 tough rebounds, and 11 assists—his ninth career triple-double, first this season—locking it with an offensive board off Aljon Mariano’s miss in the final 18 seconds. Coach Tim Cone dubbed him the “energizer bunny” for running the show: dictating tempo, feeding teammates, and staying dangerous on offense, even as Blackwater cut a 17-point lead to three at 85-82 heading to the fourth.
From there, it was all Ginebra fire. Thompson ignited an 11-2 run with Maverick Ahanmisi and Isaac Go’s threes, stretching to 96-84. Justin Brownlee, nearly doubling up at 20 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 blocks, buried a top-of-the-key triple and free throws for a 19-point max at 105-86. RJ Abarrientos added 15 points highlighted by a four-point play, while Stephen Holt and Japeth Aguilar chipped in 14 each—Holt especially clamping import George King to just 2 second-half points.
Blackwater scrapped hard early, riding King’s near-triple-double (21 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists) and Troy Rosario’s 18 points with 7 boards. But Ginebra’s depth overwhelmed them—Ahanmisi 8, Go 7, Tenorio 6—snapping the Bossing’s three-game streak clean.
Cone broke it down post-game: “No film on King before, so we cranked the intensity—this was the fix.” Thompson stayed grounded: “Health first, the rest flows.” Three straight wins now have Ginebra humming toward the playoffs, just how fans like it.
Final Box Score:
Ginebra 112 – Thompson 21/10/11, Brownlee 20/9/2 (3blks), Abarrientos 15/2/3, Holt 14, J. Aguilar 14, Ahanmisi 8, Go 7, Tenorio 6, Mariano 4, Pinto 3, R. Aguilar 0. Quarters: 36-22, 67-58, 91-82, 112-98.
Blackwater 98 – King 21/11/8 (2pts 2H), Rosario 18/7, Barefield 15, David 13, Chua 12, Ilagan 6, Escoto 5, Kwekuteye 3, Mitchell 3, Suerte 2, Corteza 0, Montalbo 0, Ponferrada 0.
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