Barangay Ginebra San Miguel’s Scottie Thompson and Justin Brownlee emerged as runaway winners of the two individual awards handed out before Game 4 of the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals.
Thompson bagged his first Best Player of the Conference while Brownlee became the latest multiple time winner of the Best Import plum during the short ceremony held Wednesday, April 13 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Both players won convincingly based on the tabulations released by the league following the announcement.
Thompson tallied 1,128 points to beat out TNT rookie Mikey Williams, who was a distant second with 699, and statistical points leader Robert Bolick of NorthPort with 581.
Bolick’s teammate Arwind Santos was fourth (428) while Wright placed fifth (416).
Despite placing second in statistics (401), Thompson received the top votes from the media (480), players (97) and the PBA Commissioner’s Office (150).
Brownlee finally got the Governors’ Cup top import plum after receiving 1,275 points to defeat Magnolia Pambansang Manok’s Mike Harris, Meralco’s Tony Bishop and NLEX’s Cam Clark.
Harris, who was Best Import in the 2018 Governors’ Cup when he was with Alaska, was second with 795, followed by Bishop (735) and Clark (443).
Brownlee became the 10th import to win the award at least twice, joining the late Bobby Parks, Allen Durham, Billy Ray Bates, Norman Black, Derrick Brown, Gabe Freeman, Jerald Honeycutt, Kenny Redfield and Arizona Reid.
The 33-year-old previously settled for runner-up finishes to Durham in previous Governors’ Cup editions that saw Ginebra beating Meralco for the crown.
He topped the stats department with 559 points while topping the votes of the media (493), players (73) and the Commissioner’s Office (150).