LIVE: 2026 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals Game 5 – Ginebra vs TNT

• Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings and TNT Tropang 5G break a tie in Game 5 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals.

PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals schedule

Game 5 – June 12, Friday – Smart Araneta Coliseum

• 7:30pm – Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings vs TNT Tropang 5G

PBA Finals: Ginebra takes 3-2 lead vs TNT behind Brownlee’s career best

MANILA, Philippines—When Barangay Ginebra needed someone to step up in Game 6 of the 2026 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals, it was no surprise that Justin Brownlee answered the call.

Brownlee delivered a career-high 54 points as the Gin Kings outlasted TNT, 100-95, in overtime on Friday night at Smart Araneta Coliseum to seize a pivotal 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.

“I think we did a great job as a collective,” Brownlee said. “This win is very important, now we have a twice-to-beat and with a team like TNT it’s still hard to close this series out but I think we’ll be ready and come Sunday we’ll be ready to do it.”

The Best Import of the Conference also added adding 14 rebounds, five assists, a steal and a block to his scoring explosion.

CAREER NIGHT FOR NOYPI 🇵🇭

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• Justin Brownlee with a career-high 54 points for Ginebra.
• FINAL: Barangay Ginebra outlasts TNT in overtime, 100-95, to take the pivotal 3-2 series lead in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals.
• Heading misses 2 straight four point attempts in TNT’s final possession.
• RJ Abarrientos makes 2 crucial freethrows. 100-95 lead for Ginebra
• McCullough and Pogoy miss 3 points attempts. Scottie Thompson saves the ball. Ginebra possession! 14.5 seconds left.
• McCullough splits his freebies. TNT down 98-95.
• Troy Rosario all the way to the hoop. Ginebra up by four, 98-94. 1:41 to go.
• 2 misses for Heading in OT.
• RJ Abarrientos scores and gets the foul. He misses the freebie, but Ginebra leads 96-94.
• Nambatac scores his first 2 points of the game. 94-all.
• Brownlee with 54 points! Ginebra back in the lead, 94-92.
• McCullough and-one. TNT up 92-91. 3:26 to go.
• Ginebra gets the lead back, 91-89, on a Brownlee basket, 3:44 in OT.
• We’re going into overtime! 89 all at the end of regulation.
• Ginebra gets the ball back. .4 seconds left for the final attempt.
• Jayson Castro game winning attempt from 3 is short!
• No shot for TNT, but Ginebra turns the ball over.
• Scottie Thompson misses the bank shot. TNT possession, 30 seconds left.
• Roger Pogoy banks it home to tie the game at 89-all. Last minute to play.
• Justin Brownlee puts Ginebra ahead, 89-87. It’s the Gin Kings’ first lead in the second half. 1:15 to go.
• 2 crucial freethrow misses from Stephen Holt.
• Brownlee with 2 freethrows, ties the game at 87. 2:13 to play.
• McCullough attempt short. Ginebra gets possession. Under 3 minutes to go.
• Brownlee hangtime! He has 45 points. Ginebra just down by 2, 87-85.
• Ginebra still down, but just by five, 85-80.
• Brownlee still carrying the offense for Ginebra. He has 40 big points so far.
• Jordan Heading wide open 3! 80-71 for TNT, 8:41 to go.
• Jordan Heading with a smart layup. TNT back with an eight-point lead, 77-69.
• Abis with an uncontested basket. Ginebra still trailing, 71-67, to start the fourth.
• END OF THIRD QUARTER: TNT 70, Ginebra 65.
• Another Brownlee basket. Ginebra trails by five, 70-65.

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• Pogoy spins and knocks down the jumper. TNT 69, Ginebra 61.
• Brownlee finishes strong to the hoop. Ginebra still down 67-62. 3:23 third quarter.
• McCullough with his first 3 of the game. TNT up by 10 again, 67-57.
• Back to back buckets for Brownlee. Ginebra still down 64-57. Under 5 minutes in the third.
• Pogoy scores. TNT 58, Ginebra 53. 8:36, third quarter.
• TNT holding on to a 54-50 lead to start the second half.
• Third quarter underway.

TNT and Barangay Ginebra head to their dressing rooms after a tight first half in Game 5. #PBAFinals | @jonasterradoINQ

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• Jordan Heading 3. TNT regains the lead, 50-47, 6 seconds to go before halftime.
• Big slam by Japeth Aguilar. He’s pumped and he also makes the freebie. Tied game at 47, 32 seconds left in the second quarter.
• TNT gets the lead, 35-34, on 11-0 run. Ginebra scoreless for four minutes.
• Ginebra leads TNT, 25-17, at the end of the first quarter.

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PBA Finals: TNT, Ginebra shoot for inside track in Game 5

The team that has a variety of locals contributing, especially on the offensive end, is usually the one that wins. That could play out once more on Friday when defending champion TNT and Barangay Ginebra chase the all-important 3-2 lead in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals.

Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, with the Tropang 5G coming into the contest hoping to sustain a momentum shift after evening out the best-of-seven affair two nights earlier with a 106-98 victory.

Jordan Heading’s 29 points and Jayson Castro’s 14 highlighted how the Tropang 5G got to not only spoil the coronation of the Ginebra pair of Justin Brownlee as Best Import and RJ Abarrientos being the Best Player of the Conference, but prevent a dreaded 3-1 hole.

Simply put, Game 4 could stand out as one of the best games of Castro in the conference, something timely as he attempts to win another title.

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