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Record crowd shows up for Game 5 of PBA Finals

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Over 18,000 fans watched on Easter Sunday as Justin Brownlee and Barangay Ginebra triumphed anew over the Meralco Bolts. PBA Media Bureau." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/04/17/20220417-pba.jpg"/><figcaption>Over 18,000 fans watched on Easter Sunday as Justin Brownlee and Barangay Ginebra triumphed anew over the Meralco Bolts. PBA Media Bureau</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - For the second straight game, the PBA set a new attendance record during the pandemic era of Philippine sports.A total of 18,251 fans watched Game 5 of the 2021 PBA Governors&#x27; Cup Finals between Barangay Ginebra and the Meralco Bolts at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Easter Sunday.It&#x27;s the biggest crowd in a sporting event since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, which saw games played behind closed doors for almost two years before leagues began to gradually open up.Ginebra won the game, 115-110, to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Finals series.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/17/22/hot-shooting-ginebra-takes-down-meralco-for-3-2-lead">GAME RECAP: Hot-shooting Ginebra takes down Meralco for 3-2 lead</a></li></ul>Last April 13, a total of 17,298 fans attended Game 4 of the series, also at the Big Dome. The Gin Kings also won that game, 95-84.That gate attendance broke the record previously set by the Premier Volleyball League, which saw a crowd of 16,687 fans during their playoff games on April 3 at the Mall of Asia Arena.With the government easing restrictions, sporting events have slowly but surely opened up to live audiences again.Last April 12, the UAAP welcomed a crowd of 11,124 fans for the rivalry game between the Ateneo de Manila University and the De La Salle University.Game 6 of the PBA Governors&#x27; Cup Finals is still at the Big Dome on Wednesday, with another capacity crowd expected to watch as the Gin Kings look to wrap up the series.

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Record crowd shows up for Game 5 of PBA Finals

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 17, 2022 10:15 PM PHT

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