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Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Basketball devider BGR, Heading step up as TNT moves on cusp of third straight PBA Finals

BGR, Heading step up as TNT moves on cusp of third straight PBA Finals

Published Jul 2, 2025 10:10 pm

At A Glance

  • The trio of Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser, Jordan Heading and Glenn Khobuntin picked up the mantle for the injury-riddled TNT, steering the Tropang 5G to a big 108-92 Game 4 win over the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the PBA Season 49 Philippine Cup semifinals at the Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday, July 2.
The trio of Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser, Jordan Heading and Glenn Khobuntin picked up the mantle for the injury-riddled TNT, steering the Tropang 5G to a big 108-92 Game 4 win over the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the PBA Season 49 Philippine Cup semifinals at the Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday, July 2.
With Kelly Williams joining Jayson Castro, Rey Nambatac, and RR Pogoy in sickbay, the trio presided over a scintillating second half show to help the Tropang 5G move on cusp of a third straight finals appearance.
TNT also kept the trend of beating Rain or Shine in Game 4 after dropping Game 3 to take a 3-1 lead – a pattern that has been the case through their first two semis meetings in the Governors' and Commissioners' Cup.
Ganuelas-Rosser posted 22 points and 11 rebounds while Khobuntin fired 11 of his 16 points in the third frame where they joined hands to lead TNT to a huge 39-point explosion in the third frame – an offensive thrust which they did even with Calvin Oftana riding the bench.
That turned a once six-point deficit at halftime, 41-47, into an 11-point cushion, 80-69, in the final frame.
Heading then took over from there and dropped 13 of his team-high 23 points to take the fight out of the Elasto Painters who still failed to break the Game 4 curse that befell the team in their third semis matchup against the Tropang 5G.
The lefty gunner added five rebounds and six assists to his name to step up for Oftana, who finished with 16 points before exiting the contest in the final frame due to an ankle sprain. The shock troopers also made their presence felt with JP Erram, Henry Galinato Jr. and Brian Heruela all providing quality minutes for the TNT.
Gabe Norwood turned back the hands of time with a vintage performance of 18 points to pace ROS but was not enough especially after the Elasto Painters shot an eye-popping 11-of-41 clip from the three-point territory.
Andrei Caracut, who finished with 16 points, had a 1-of-9 clip while Adrian Nocum who added 12, shot 2-of-7. Caelan Tiongson was the team's best three-point shooter with three conversions to finish with 15.
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