PBA: Justin Brownlee in disbelief after winning another title at 38

A decade into his PBA career, Justin Brownlee is still winning championships.

On Wednesday, Brownlee captured his seventh PBA title after Barangay Ginebra defeated TNT, 88-76, in Game 7 of the PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals.

The 38-year-old naturalized Filipino could not help but get emotional after winning another championship.

“We went through a lot this year. We had guys who went down with injuries. We, myself, had some minor injuries,” Brownlee said.

“And being 38, I just never would have thought I'd be here, you know, playing, competing for championships. But I'm just blessed and, you know, honored to be able to keep playing in the PBA.”

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It had been a while since Brownlee last won a title in the league.

Despite reaching the Finals in recent conferences — falling to TNT in both the Governors' Cup and Commissioner's Cup last season — Barangay Ginebra had to wait three years before reclaiming the crown.

“It's everything. I was thinking about the losses. I was thinking about, you know, the opportunity of being here. You know, I've been very fortunate to play in, what, ten finals? I think that type of stuff normally doesn’t happen, you know. And it's just everything,” he said.

“I was, you know, playing through some minor injuries this conference, and I didn't even think I was going to be able to finish the conference at some point, you know.”

“But, yeah, the training staff, RSA (team owner Ramon Ang) and the whole staff, they did an incredible job of keeping guys ready, including myself. It was just a lot of emotions just built up over the past three years and even this conference as well.”

And Brownlee hopes there are still more championships to come with Barangay Ginebra.

“God forbid, serious injuries or anything like that, you know, they can knock you out for a year or maybe even longer,” he said as he recalled a conversation with fellow veteran Japeth Aguilar.

“So, I was just telling him, man, you never know. It could be our last one, but we're going to keep fighting for more.”

—GMA News