Their bodies may have yet to recover from the grueling seven-game Finals series, and their minds probably haven’t gotten over the euphoria of winning a championship, but the Ginebra trio of Justin Brownlee, Troy Rosario and RJ Abarrientos proved ready to answer the Gilas call any time. It’s...
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone expressed his excitement over the addition of new faces with Mike Phillips, Troy Rosario and Justine Baltazar to the national team. With the Nationals dealing with manpower issues due to the absences of Kai Sotto, Quentin Millora-Brown and Calvin Oftana, it...
RJ Abarrientos refused to celebrate even after winning the Best Player of the Conference award, stressing that the goal is to win the championship after failing in his two tries. But now that he can finally call himself a champion after Ginebra won the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s crown in its...
RJ Abarrientos, Troy Rosario, Justine Baltazar and Mike Phillips are named to the Gilas Pilipinas final roster for the pair of road games in the third window of the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas made the announcement on Thursday, June 18, with Justin...
Barangay Ginebra star guard RJ Abarrientos was so frustrated with how the Kings played in the 106-98 loss to TNT in Game 4 that even his very first Best Player of the Conference award was not enough to console him after the game. Abarrientos was awarded with the top individual honor in the...
TNT played spoiler to Barangay Ginebra’s double celebration, hacking out a 106-98 victory in Game 4 to even the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup Finals series to 2-2 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday, June 10. Jordan Heading caught fire early to set the tone for the Tropang 5G before...
Barangay Ginebra swept the top individual honors in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup as RJ Abarrientos copped his very first Best Player of the Conference award while Justin Brownlee claimed his fourth Best Import plum before the start of Game 4 of the Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on...
Justin Brownlee and RJ Abarrientos finished what Stephen Holt had started as Ginebra regained the series lead with a 116-102 victory over TNT in Game 3 at the Mall of Asia Arena on Sunday, June 7. Struggling all series long, Holt set the tone with his scintillating shooting from the field before...
There was no sense of any celebration from RJ Abarrientos after nailing not just one – but two clutch four-pointers late in Barangay Ginebra’s 102-100 win over TNT in Game 1 of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup finals. Instead, the presumptive Best Player of the Conference palmed his face...
There’s a reason why Justin Brownlee was regarded as the gold standard for imports in the PBA. And he showed just that in Game 1 as the Ginebra resident import nailed the go-ahead jumper to help his team pull off a pulsating 102-100 escape against TNT in Game 1 of the PBA Season 50...
Barangay Ginebra star RJ Abarrientos shrugged off Best Player of the Conference talks, stressing that the focus for him right now is to help Ginebra end its Finals jinx against TNT and win his very first PBA title. Abarrientos was among the leaders in the BPC race alongside Robert Bolick and June...
Barangay Ginebra was simply too calm and collected, fending off another Rain or Shine comeback to fashion out a 118-107 victory in Game 6 and book a return trip to the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup Finals at the Ynares Center in Antipolo on Sunday, May 31. RJ Abarrientos once again dazzled...
