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PBA: Ginebra overcomes Rice's 44 points to top TNT, take 2-1 series lead

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/tvpatrol/10/06/aguilar2.jpg"/><figcaption>After an emotional Game 3 win on Friday, Japeth Aguilar and Barangay Ginebra can close out the series on Sunday. PBA Media</figcaption></figure></div>Joe Devance scored 20 points, including a pair of putbacks in the last 2 minutes, as Barangay Ginebra defeated TNT 106-103 in Game 3 of the PBA Governors&#x27; Cup semifinals at Araneta Coliseum on Friday.The homestretch became a show of extra effort, and Ginebra muscled its way toward key loose-ball recoveries to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-5 series.Justin Brownlee (17 points, 13 rebounds) and Scottie Thompson (17 points, 12 rebounds) each had a double-double for the defending champions, who can wrap up the series Araneta Coliseum on Sunday. Game will start at 6:30 p.m.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/06/17/pba-tempers-flare-between-ginebras-alfrancis-chua-tnts-racela">Tempers flare between Ginebra&#x27;s Alfrancis Chua, TNT&#x27;s Nash Racela</a></li></ul>&quot;A really good, high-quality game . . . We played it well tonight, they played their style well tonight that&#x27;s why it came don&#x27;t to the last shot,&quot; Ginebra coach Tim Cone said.&quot;That&#x27;s what happens when you got two good teams like that. No lead is safe against this team.&quot;Devance&#x27;s heroics nearly went down the drain when he missed a wide-open layup with 24 seconds left and Glen Rice Jr. responded with a 3-pointer 10 seconds later to make it 106-103.&quot;I&#x27;m not gonna lie, I&#x27;m a little disappointed. I missed a wide-open layup. I can&#x27;t believed that. I gotta be better,&quot; Devance said. &quot;But again my teammates had my back. I&#x27;m thankful we got the win.&quot;But Rice&#x27;s desperation 3 in the game&#x27;s final play bounced off the rim, which secured Ginebra&#x27;s victory.&quot;We knew they had to shoot the three. It&#x27;s obvious we just want to defend the 3-point shot,&quot; Cone said. &quot;We thought for a moment about fouling, put them on the line, but that&#x27;s so dangerous.&quot;Both teams shot poorly from the outside. TNT hoisted 41 3-point attempts and made only 11 for 26%, while Ginebra was 6 of 24 from downtown (25%).Ginebra was awarded far-and-away more free-throw attempts, shooting 30 of 43 from the line (69%). TNT made 12 of 14 for 85%.After scoring just 8 points in Game 2, Greg Slaughter finished with 19.&quot;We played with emotion tonight, we need to play with emotion in Game 4,&quot; Cone said. &quot;We didn&#x27;t play with emotion in Game 2 and we paid for it.&quot;Rice tallied 44 points for TNT, but needed 39 shots. He also had 20 rebounds.Jayson Castro registered a near triple-double with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, but the two TNT players that played key roles in the Game 2 win disappeared in Game 3.Troy Rosario finished with only 7 points and 1 rebound before fouling out, while RR Pogoy missed all but 2 attempts from the field.For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

Joe Devance scored 20 points, as Ginebra defeated TNT 106-103 in Game 3 of the PBA Governors' Cup semifinals on Friday.

Joe Devance scored 20 points, as Ginebra defeated TNT 106-103 in Game 3 of the PBA Governors' Cup semifinals on Friday.