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PBA: Jared Dillinger sets aside Ginebra beef, congratulates champs in tweet

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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/10/25/jared.jpg"/><figcaption>After struggling with his shot throughout the series, Jared Dillinger found his touch in Game 7, an effort that unfortunately didn&#x27;t translate into a win. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Jared Dillinger knows now isn’t the time to rile Ginebra fans. </p><p>Shedding his image as the Barangay’s public enemy No. 1, Dillinger reached out to the newly crowned back-to-back PBA Governors’ Cup champions with a message of praise, not a prank, after Meralco <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/27/17/pba-ginebra-holds-off-meralco-to-win-championship">lost Game 7</a> of the finals 101-96.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Give credit when credit is due. Congrats to Ginebra. They deserved to win. Those guys were warriors tonight,thank you everyone, great series</p>— Jared Dillinger (@JDHawaii20) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDHawaii20/status/923919496871534593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/28/17/pba-jaworski-has-one-wish-after-tightly-contested-ginebra-meralco-series">READ: Jaworski has one wish after tightly contested Ginebra-Meralco series</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/27/17/pba-sacrifice-playing-through-pain-pay-off-for-finals-mvp-tenorio">READ: Sacrifice, playing through pain pay off for finals MVP Tenorio</a></li></ul><p>After struggling with his shot throughout the series, Dillinger found his touch in Game 7, scoring 20 points on 5-of-10 shooting from 3-point land and helping Meralco battle back from 20 points down to make it a game with less than a minute to go.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/27/17/pba-league-record-attendance-reset-as-54086-attend-game-7">READ: PBA record attendance reset as 54,086 attend Game 7</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/28/17/pba-after-winning-20th-title-why-tim-cone-cant-wait-to-call-pal-erik-spoelstra">READ: After winning 20th title, why Cone can&#x27;t wait to call pal Spoelstra</a></li></ul><p>He knocked down a 3-pointer with 47 seconds left to narrow the deficit to 4 points, before Ginebra escaped with the victory.</p><p>Dillinger’s <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/12/17/after-getting-his-wish-meralcos-dillinger-raring-to-go-in-pba-finals">feud</a> with Ginebra fans was one of the highly anticipated subplots of these finals, but it didn’t become an issue as Dillinger struggled mightily on offense.</p><p>He was the subject of memes on social media for his poor play, with Dillinger having nothing to throw at his detractors.</p><p>At least now, he can find a measure of consolation after his Game 7 performance, even though his team fell short of its goal.</p><p>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</p>