Ginebra, panalo kontra Elasto Painters, 113-107

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00:00 The Barangay Hinebra San Miguel vs. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

00:05 to start their campaign in the PBA 48 Season Philippine Cup in Araneta,

00:10 Coliseum of Viernes.

00:12 This is the surprise of Daryl Oclares.

00:14 The Barangay Hinebra San Miguel chose Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of Viernes

00:23 with a score of 113-107 as a starter in their campaign in the PBA 48 Season Philippine Cup.

00:31 First for Jin Kang, it's Jamie Malonzon who scored a new career-high of 32 points

00:38 and added 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

00:41 At a post-game press conference, Malonzon said he was happy with his last game for Hinebra.

00:48 But he admitted that he couldn't return after being injured in a corner.

00:56 Yeah, it's just been tough.

00:58 And going through a lot, fighting through a lot.

01:02 Hasn't been easy, you know.

01:04 And just...

01:06 It's difficult to cancel out all the noise and go out there and perform and focus on the game.

01:13 So, I'm just happy I was able to do what I did tonight and move forward.

01:21 Hinebra Head Coach Tim Cohn gave a compliment to Malonzon

01:25 because he was able to make his teammates play for the Cuponan.

01:28 He found a sanctuary in practice and games.

01:31 And I think that's...

01:33 And, you know, he's back to his comfort zone with his teammates.

01:37 So, I think that's really the key issue for him.

01:40 And it showed tonight in his game that he can put everything behind him and just move forward.

01:44 So, we're actually really proud of Jamie and what he did tonight.

01:47 And how he did and how he came back to practice and just let his game do the talking.

01:52 Meanwhile, Cohn also answered Scottie Thompson's question

01:56 that he can't play because of an injury.

02:00 Well, it's a huge challenge and we're hoping we can get him back at some point.

02:04 But it's one of those issues where you can't put a timeline on it.

02:08 We don't know when he's going to be back.

02:10 Next up is Hinebra's Phoenix Fuel Masters

02:13 who navigated their first game against Northport's Matang Pierre on Friday, 124 to 120.

02:20 Karin Loclares for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

02:24 Philippines.