Barangay Ginebra has finally turned the corner in the PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup Finals after stringing together two straight victories to tie the best-of-seven series at 2-2.

But head coach Tim Cone, for all the time he’s been on that Finals stage, knew that the tougher tasks still lies ahead of them especially now that it boils down to a virtual best-of-three with the pivotal Game 5 firing it off at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday, Nov. 6.

Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m. with fans expected to come in droves anew especially after a huge 16,783 crowd turnout in Game 4 – the largest since the all-time biggest attendance of 54,589 in last year’s Game 7 showdown between Ginebra and guest team Bay Area Dragons in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup.

And another marquee duel is in the offing for them especially that both squads are coming off a short two-day breather with Tropang Giga trying to pull themselves together after squandering a 2-0 series lead, and the Kings resting up their tired legs for another mad dash to finally take the driver seat.

As great as the last two games for Ginebra, including a 104-88 victory last time out, Cone is refusing to get too carried away, stressing that his wards must still continue to move forward.

“All we did was tie the series. It's 0-0, man, it's the best-of-three, so we can't live off the last two games and feel good about that. We have to keep moving forward, thinking forward,” said Cone, who has been getting huge help from his guards Stephen Holt and Maverick Ahanmisi in the last two games.

“That's what we'll be doing over the next two days, trying to get forward thinking,” he added.

Justin Brownlee was back to his old self and Scottie Thompson is doing his Scottie Thompson things. But the unsung hero so far for Ginebra is, no doubt, Japeth Aguilar who has been doing yeoman’s job at holding the paint for a depleted Kings frontline.

And that’s where the rest would be so crucial for the Kings according to Cone.

“Japeth is basically playing without a true backup. Isaac Go, is supposed to be his backup, so he's being forced to play a lot of minutes,” Cone said of Aguilar who finished with 18 points and six rebounds all while providing the last line of defense for Ginebra in 32 minutes of play.

“We are really hard on Japeth.  I mean, pushing, pushing, and pushing. And, you know he's such a great person that he does it and never gets upset.  But we are really hard on him to keep going and  it's been a tough role for him so far,” added the veteran mentor.

Meanwhile, for the part of TNT, head coach Chot Reyes said the team needed to tighten up their defensive screws after allowing Ginebra to get over 100 points for the first time in the series.

With Rondae Hollis-Jefferson expected to anchor their defense anew, guys like Poi Erram, Calvin Oftana, Rey Nambatac, Glenn Khobuntin and RR Pogoy must also be able to be defensively sound heading into the contest.