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    Finals rookie Malonzo hopes to infect Ginebra veterans with first-time high

    High-flying wingman looks forward to playing in first PBA finals
    Dec 23, 2022
    Jamie Malonzo Ginebra vs Bay Area finals press con
    Jamie Malonzo is relishing his finals debut.
    PHOTO: Jerome AscaƱo

    JAMIE Malonzo is looking to enjoy his first-ever PBA Finals.

    Although up against a formidable foe in top seeded team Bay Area Dragons, the high-flying forward said playing in his very first finals as a pro is going to be one great experience.

    Jamie Malonzo on finals debut

    ‘I’m enjoying this for sure,” said the 26-year-old sophomore Friday during his first pre-Finals presser at the Novotel Manila.

    “I’m excited. It’s my first time, and I’ve got a bunch of great players behind me.”

    Malonzo is just one of three players at Ginebra who have yet to play in the finals, more so, win a championship after rookies Jeremiah Gray and Jayson David.

    And while he knows winning a title is nothing new to majority of the Kings, the former La Salle King Archer wants the team to have that feeling again of winning a first one just like him.

    “I want to be able to give them that feeling again, feel that first-title experience again,” said Malonzo.

    The sophomore big man played well against the Dragons in their first and lone meeting in the eliminations with 17 points and six rebounds in a runaway 111-93 win.

    “It was a good experience. I had a good game. Justin (Brownlee) had an incredible game that we’re able to pull the win off,” he said.

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      But the finals is going to be a different scenario, according to Malonzo.

      “We understand it’s not going to be an easy series. So all we can do is to make it one game at a time,” he said.

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      Jamie Malonzo is relishing his finals debut.
      PHOTO: Jerome AscaƱo
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