![Barangay Ginebra faces a tough test in Game 4 as Justin Brownlee’s status remains uncertain. [PBA Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PBA-Images1017-400x200.jpg)
Barangay Ginebra is bracing for a crucial Game 4 battle against TNT, possibly without Justin Brownlee. Despite his absence, the Kings remain determined to push forward in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup finals.
![Rondae Hollis-Jefferson powers TNT to a Game 1 victory with a near triple-double performance. [PBA Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PBA-Images317-400x200.jpg)
TNT took control early and held off Barangay Ginebra, securing a 95-89 win in Game 1 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson led the charge with a near triple-double.
![Gilas Pilipinas players celebrate after bagging the gold medal in men's 5x5 basketball at the 2023 Asian Games, bringing down Jordan, 70-60, on Friday night, October 6, in Hangzhou, China. [photo credi: PSC-POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/384862077_220897430779459_1177842130037780823_n-400x200.jpg)
Gilas Pilipinas bagged the gold medal in the 2023 Asian Games men’s 5×5 basketball finals after bringing down the Rondae Hollis-Jefferson-led Jordan team, 70-60, at the at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center on Friday night, October 6, in Hangzhou, China.
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Tim Cone went on to gush over Justin Brownlee, who took one unbelievable shot after another from beyond the arc in the fourth quarter, most memorable of which was the stop-on-a-dime, step-back three he took in front of China’s bench
![Chris Ross, Japeth Aguilar and Justin Brownlee of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/383768428_1504702050303075_2349943631389886255_n-400x200.jpg)
Call it the lull before the storm, Jordan’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson hugging Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone, Justin Brownlee and TNT Tropang Giga teammate Calvin Oftana when they ran across each other at a training facility in the 19th Asian Games last Wednesday.