In just his first game in the PBA, Scottie Thompson made an impact for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel with 5 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals in just 16 minutes of playing time.
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Hoops for a Cause on October 9, 2015, 7pm at Cuneta Astrodome featuring Grandslam Team of Alaska 96/San Mig Coffee 2014 vs Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 90’s/2015.
For the benefit of Samboy Lim, Roger Yap and Rhoel Gomez’s daughter Rizzini Alexis.
Three separate trades were approved by new PBA Commissioner Chito Narvasa today as No. 2 Pick Troy Rosario will join No. 1 Pick Moala Tautuaa in Talk N Text. While Brian Heruela will join former teammate in Cebu, June Mar Fajardo in SMB.
Trade 1: Talk N Text, Mahindra (Kia) and NLEX Trade
Talk N Text gets Troy Rosario
Mahindra gets Nino Canaleta, Aldrech Ramos and Rob Reyes
NLEX gets Kevin Alas
Trade 2: San Miguel Beer and Barako Bull Trade
San Miguel Beer gets Brian Heruela
After being part of the original Smart Gilas team and Gilas Pilipinas, Japeth Aguilar of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel may miss the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship due to a broken finger and needs around 12 weeks for recovery.
Barangay Ginebra guard LA Tenorio has begged off from being included in the Gilas Pilipinas player pool for the upcoming 2015 FIBA Asia Championship due to fatigue and injury.
In a press conference earlier, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel officially announces Tim Cone as their new Head Coach while Jason Webb will take over the Purefoods Star Hotshots for PBA 41st Season.
Barangay Ginebra Coach Frankie Lim was suspended for 1 game which he will serve in the PBA 41st season and also fined P50,000 for hitting Calvin Abueva during the Alaska vs Ginebra Quarterfinals game.
The incident happened when Orlando Johnson and Calvin Abueva had an altercation and LA Tenorio pushed Calvin Abueva to the Ginebra bench, while Calvin was down on the floor, it seemed Frankie Lim hit Abueva in his back.
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Another altercation in the PBA, this time in the Alaska Aces vs Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Quarterfinals Game last night between Calvin Abueva and Orlando Johnson then LA Tenorio gave Abueva a slight push and he fell down near the Ginebra bench.
Also Brgy Ginebra Coach Frankie Lim seemed to have given a slight kick to the back of Calvin Abueva during the incident. After this altercation, it fired up Aces and they came back in the 4th quarter to eliminate Ginebra.
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Start of the 2015 PBA Governors Cup Quarterfinals yesterday as Purefoods Star Hotshots forced a do-or-die game by beating GlobalPort Batang Pier by 53 points and Alaska Aces eliminated Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, after being down by as much as 16 points.
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Read recap: Purefoods defeats GlobalPort by 53, forces do-or-die match
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