7bet gaming or sevenbet PBA Finals: RR Pogoy plays silencer for TNT in pivotal Game 5 win

TNT Tropang Giga’s Roger Pogoy during the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals Game 5 against Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines—TNT sniper RR Pogoy played the role of silencer for Tropang Giga, hushing the crowd darling Barangay Ginebra in the pivotal Game 5 win in the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals at Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday.

In an overall lopsided game where TNT annihilated Ginebra, 99-72, Pogoy hit big shots that sucked the life out of the Gin Kings favored crowd in the Big Dome.

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“[Those shots were] very important,” said a beaming Pogoy in Filipino.

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“Throughout the Finals, I only had a few triples, few shots, so those shots added to my confidence and they’ll also help me stay ready for the next game.”

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Doomed by a lackadaisical first half, Ginebra tried to mount multiple comeback rallies after TNT broke the game wide open.

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However, Pogoy was always there to douse cold water on the Gin Kings’ flames, finishing with 16 points built on three triples and one from four-point territory.

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While it took some time for Pogoy to finally get his bearings on offense for the Tropang Giga, it wasn’t easy for him to get there.

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And it won’t be easier on Game 6, where TNT could either win the Governors’ Cup title for the second straight year or Ginebra could force a do-or-die Game 7.

“It’s really hard here. We knew that this wouldn’t be easy. Despite how I played today, I have to double it on the next one. We still need to improve,” he said.

“We really should look at ourselves. We shouldn’t do what we did in Games 3 and 4 where we relaxed too much and didn’t pass. Number one, however, is our defense.”

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