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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1742618950798PBA Images13.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Ginebra&#x27;s Justin Brownlee in action. <em>PBA Images</em></span></span></span></div><p>ANTIPOLO – Barangay Ginebra import Justin Brownlee was a game-time decision before Game 4 of the PBA Season 49 Commissioner&#x27;s Cup Finals.</p><p>The Gilas Pilipinas leader suffered a thumb injury in Game 3 and wasn&#x27;t even supposed to play in the succeeding game, according to Ginebra coach Tim Cone.</p><p>Brownlee&#x27;s condition was &quot;doubtful,&quot; Cone expressed, as they fell into a 1-2 hole.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/3/20/pba-ginebra-s-justin-brownlee-doubtful-to-play-in-game-4-says-tim-cone-1429"><strong>READ: PBA: Ginebra’s Justin Brownlee ‘doubtful’ to play in Game 4, says Tim Cone</strong></a></div><p>But Brownlee — doing things more than expected of him — managed to power through, leading the Gin Kings to a series-tying 95-78 triumph at the Ynares Center in Antipolo on Friday.</p><p>He scattered 23 points, 12 rebounds, and five assists, earning Best Player of the Match nod.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/3/21/pba-finals-ginebra-rallies-late-to-defeat-tnt-equalizes-series-2159"><strong>READ: PBA Finals: Ginebra rallies late to defeat TNT, equalizes series</strong></a></div><p>As Cone sang praises for the Ginebra import, he also shared the status of Brownlee&#x27;s injury.</p><p>&quot;This may sound a little gross, but when you take that tape off his thumb, his thumb falls out. Just literally falls out like that. It doesn’t even stay in the joint. It just literally falls out,&quot; said Cone after the ballgame.</p><p>Cone said the tape was keeping Brownlee&#x27;s thumb in place.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/3/19/pba-tnt-takes-2-1-lead-over-ginebra-as-brownlee-exits-early-due-to-injury-2156"><strong>READ: PBA: TNT takes 2-1 lead over Ginebra as Justin Brownlee exits early due to injury</strong></a></div><p>&quot;That is secured in there [for] now,&quot; Cone said. &quot;But the moment that tape comes out, there is no security at all. It automatically falls out of the joint. It automatically dislocates. And that’s painful. And that’s what he went through tonight to get out there and play. Amazing.&quot;</p><div><strong><br/></strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iZKe1mRhIIM??si=LHARbXVb_hum5LcY&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

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PBA: Here's how Tim Cone described Justin Brownlee's thumb injury

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published March 22, 2025 01:04 PM PHT

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Updated March 22, 2025 07:30 PM PHT

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