PBA: Ginebra opens sturdy in the back of Japeth Aguilar’s 30 issues

Japeth Aguilar scored 30 issues to steer Barangay Ginebra over Terrafirma, 101-80, for a shiny begin to its PBA Philippine Cup marketing campaign on Wednesday at Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Aguilar went 12-of-15 from the sphere to supply the 9th 30-point recreation of his occupation as Ginebra gained handily in spite of being 25 days got rid of from shedding to TNT within the Commissioner’s Cup Finals.

He additionally grabbed seven rebounds and blocked 4 photographs for the Gin Kings within the blowout win.

RJ Abarrientos got here away with 14 issues and 7 assists at the same time as Scottie Thompson added 11 issues, 13 rebounds and 7 assists to assist Ginebra’s purpose.
Thompson additionally had one scouse borrow, which got here early within the 3rd quarter, for the 500th of his occupation.

Ginebra’s victory got here two days prior to its marquee matchup with San Miguel Beer, already with a 2-1 document however coming off a 98-95 extra time loss to Magnolia, on the identical venue.

The Gin Kings performed minus Jamie Malonzo who sat out the competition with a knee downside whilst Jeremiah Gray had an harm scare within the 3rd quarter, however gave the look to be high-quality as he left the Big Dome after the sport.

Terrafirma fell to 1-3 after shedding its 3rd directly recreation, this time lacking the products and services of Terrence Romeo.

CJ Catapusan completed with 14 issues for the Dyip, fellow rookie Mark Nonoy added 12 and Louie Sangalang tallied 12 issues and 6 rebounds.

The Dyip subsequent play the Magnolia Hotshots on May 4 at Ynares Center in Antipolo City.