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Kennedy Caacbay

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<div> <span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17310824215431731082450232.jpeg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="2024 PBA Governors&#x27; Cup Finals MVP Jayson Castro. PBA Images"/><span class="fr-inner">2024 PBA Governors&#x27; Cup Finals MVP Jayson Castro. <em id="isPasted">PBA Images</em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA, Philippines – At age 38, Jayson Castro still has what it takes to steer TNT to another PBA championship.</p><p>Castro led the Tropang Giga to their 10th franchise title, clinching back-to-back Governors&#x27; Cup crowns at the expense of Barangay Ginebra, 95-85, on Friday at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.</p><p>The veteran point guard averaged 10.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game in the best-of-seven series where they emerged victorious in six games.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/11/8/tnt-takes-down-ginebra-in-game-6-to-clinch-governors-cup-crown-2048"><strong id="isPasted">READ: And still: TNT denies Ginebra anew, retains Governors Cup crown</strong><br/></a></div><p>But for Castro, the individual plum it was more of a team effort than a reflection of his performance.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Yung MVP na &#x27;yon, para sa &#x27;kin, hindi ako &#x27;yon, kung hindi &#x27;yung buong team,&quot; Castro told reporters after Game 6.</p><p>&quot;Kung makikita niyo naman sa Best Player of the Conference [race], wala sa aming candidate kasi we play as a team. Kung sino &#x27;yung swerte, susuportahan namin,&quot; he also said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/11/6/tnt-beats-ginebra-in-blowout-fashion-on-brink-of-govs-cup-title-1912"><strong>READ: PBA: TNT beats Ginebra in blowout fashion, on brink of Govs Cup title</strong></a></div><p>But before the interview with Castro, head coach Chot Reyes predicted it right--that he would deflect credit and defer the achievement to his teammates.</p><p>&quot;He [Jayson Castro] will be the first to tell you that he wouldn&#x27;t have gotten it [Finals MVP award] without the effort and help of his teammates,&quot; said Reyes.</p><p>&quot;Gano&#x27;n namang tao si Jayson, he&#x27;s very lowkey but you can really--maaasahan mo talaga, you can trust that he&#x27;ll make the right decisions come crunch time,&quot; Reyes went on about Castro.</p><p>Castro contributed 13 points and six assists, next to top-scorer and Best Import awardee Rondae Hollis-Jefferson who dropped 31 points.</p><p>This was The Blur&#x27;s third Finals MVP award after clinching it during the 2010-11 Philippine Cup and 2011 Commissioner&#x27;s Cup alongside Jimmy Alapag.</p>

<p>At age 38, Jayson Castro still got what it takes to steer TNT to another PBA championship.</p>

At age 38, Jayson Castro still got what it takes to steer TNT to another PBA championship.

PBA: 38-year-old Jayson Castro deflects credit after winning 3rd Finals MVP

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PBA: 38-year-old Jayson Castro deflects credit after winning 3rd Finals MVP

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published November 09, 2024 12:14 AM PHT

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Updated November 09, 2024 01:22 AM PHT

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