MANILA, Philippines—Barangay Ginebra may have fallen into a false sense of security when it entered Game 2 against a depleted TNT team that didn’t have star forward Bobby Ray Parks Jr. due to a calf injury.
What the Gin Kings faced, however, were the relentless Tropang Giga that nearly took the game as early as the third quarter.
“Maybe the absence of Bobby Ray kinda let us down emotionally a little bit. It’s always hard. In the back of your mind, they thought Bobby Ray is not there, we’re going to have an easier time,” said Cone after his Gin Kings escaped with the 92-90 win to take a 2-0 series lead Wednesday at Angeles University Foundation.
“You got Jayson [Castro] there, you …
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