Justin Brownlee put the finishing touches on what RJ Abarrientos started as the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings pulled away for a 99-93 win against the Converge FiberXers on Sunday, March 29, at the Araneta Coliseum.

The Gin Kings proved to be the more composed team down the stretch as they handed the FiberXers their fourth loss in a row in the PBA Season 50 Commissioners Cup.

It was also a bounce-back win for the perennial crowd favorites after their loss to the NLEX Road Warriors in their previous outing.

Abarrientos put up 32 points on 12-of-20 shooting, while Brownlee shook off a sluggish start to finish with 33 points and 10 rebounds.

Converge looked poised to regain its winning ways after Justine Baltazar gave them a 93-92 lead with four minutes to play.

A split at the line by Troy Rosario knotted the count with just over three minutes to go, and two more free throws by Abarrientos with 2:02 to play gave Ginebra the lead for good.

A turnover by Alec Stockton out of a timeout led to a Brownlee layup and a 97-93 Ginebra lead with 34 seconds to go, and the FiberXers had no answers.

Mikey Williams bricked a three-pointer, and Stockton also missed a four-point attempt of his own in their ensuing possessions.

Squandered in the tough loss was a 20-point outing by Baltazar, as well as import Kylor Kelley’s 13-point, 15-rebound double-double.

Ginebra is now 2-1 in the conference, while the FiberXers dropped to 1-4. (ABS-CBN News)