Cinderella run by Ginebra ain't stopping after wallopping TNT

An unexpected scoreline drew upon 14,627 fans inside the Big Dome as crowd-darling Brgy. Ginebra San Miguel used an early 10-0 run to catapult itself to victory over Talk 'N Text, 104-81, to lead their best-of-five semifinal in the Cebuana Lhuillier-PBA Commissioner's Cup.

After trailing 2-0 on the Ranidel De Ocampo stab, it seems that Ginebra didn't have the word "miss" in their vocabulary, as three-pointers and easy shots were piling up in their favor.

Import Vernon Macklin had a great game, scoring 25 points and grabbing nine boards, far from his forgettable performance when these two teams last met in the regular season, which was the end of their 6-game winning streak.

Kerby Raymundo has been consistent for the Kings ever since coach Alfrancis Chua gave his sign of confidence to "The Kid". He finished with 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, enough for him to bag the Best Player of the Game honors.

All players who are suited up for their team played in today's game, and interestingly, one for each team went scoreless (Elmer Espiritu and Jared Dillinger).

Josh Urbiztondo had his greatest performance in a Ginebra uniform, scoring 12 points on 4/8 shooting from distance. Chris Ellis and Mac Baracael combined for 25 points for the Kings, who are now on a 3-game winning streak since beating Rain or Shine twice in the quarterfinal round.

Jerome Jordan led the Texters with 21 points in 43 minutes, most of which came from the charity stripe. Jayson Castro led the locals with 18 points.

This is the greatest defeat that Talk 'N Text ever tasted since the 113-85 beatdown at the hands of the Alaska Aces back in the 2007 Fiesta Conference, on which Derrick Pumaren was still their head coach.

Ginebra reigned supreme from beyond the arc, with an impressive 42% mark, while TNT made just one (from Jimmy Alapag) out of 18 attempts, to the tune of just 5%.

Game 2 will be played on Sunday at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.