MANILA, Philippines—TNT’s Terrence Jones and San Miguel Beer’s Chris Ross have been going at it since Game 1 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals.
And it didn’t take long for both players to pick up where they left off as their heated competition continued in Game 3 on Friday.
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During a dead-ball situation at the 5:49 mark of the first quarter, Jones and Ross got into another commotion that led to the prolific reinforcement head-butting the veteran guard.
Jones was called for flagrant foul 1 while Ross was slapped with a technical for trash talking.
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In Game 2, Jones got tossed late in the first overtime of TNT’s 127-125 double-overtime loss.
The KaTropa, eager to bounce back and take a 2-1 series lead, are ahead, 78-68, late in the third quarter of Game 3 as of posting.