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PBA Commissioner’s Cup: Brownlee powers Ginebra to finals victory as Bay Area Dragons run out of steam
- Brownlee drops 34 points in dominating performance as Philippines side take Game 7 114-99 to seal title
- The Dragons had been bidding to be come just the second foreign team to win a PBA conference
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The Bay Area Dragons eventually ran out of steam in the PBA Commissioner’s Cu finals, the same could not be said of a Justin Brownlee-fuelled Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.
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Playing before a Philippines record-breaking crowd of 54,589, the power forward dropped a game-high 34 points to go with his eight rebounds and 12 assists in a dominating 114-99 Game 7 win on Sunday at Philippine Arena.
Victory was Brownlee’s sixth title with Ginebra, and extended head coach Tim Cone’s historic run of championships to 25.
After forcing a decisive Game 7, the Dragons had been bidding to become only the second foreign team to win a PBA conference, and Cone said that had driven his side on Sunday.
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