A young Barangay Ginebra squad barged into the Leg 2 finals of the PBA 3x3 Third Conference Season 2 after taking the measure out of Cavitex, 21-15, Friday at Robinsons Place Antipolo.
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Kim Aurin fired 11 points, while Ralph Cu added five and six rebounds in ousting the Braves and leading the Kings to a leg finals for the first time since the Third Conference of Season 1.
The Kings held Cavitex main man Jorey Napoles to just a solitary point including 1-of-7 from the field.
The Kings, coached by Kirk Collier, will face the resurgent TNT Tropang Giga for all the marbles, including the P100,000 prize money.
Scoring king Almond Vosotros is back in his deadly form, finishing with 12 points as the Tropang Giga escaped past the Meralco Bolts, 20-18, in the other semifinals pairing.
Incidentally, Ginebra also faced TNT in the Leg 1 finals of the Third Conference last year, but lost to the Tropang Giga.
The scores:
Semis 1
Ginebra (21) – Aurin 11, Cu 5, Salcedo 3, Gumaru 2.
Cavitex (15) – Saldua 8, Fajardo 3, Magat 3, Napoles 1.
Semis 2
TNT (20) – Vosotros 12, Flores 7, Exciminiano 1, Villegas 0.
Meralco (18) – Batino 9, Manday 3, Caduyac 3, Santos 3.
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