Brian Goorjian tells fans to be judges in Ginebra-Bay Area Game 3: 'It's for everyone to see'

Hayden Blankley, seen here trying to block Japeth Aguilar, made an apparent call for fair officiating on Instagram. PBA Images

By Ivan Saldajeno

PASAY—Bay Area coach Brian Goorjian declined to comment about how Bay Area lost a seven-point lead in the last four minutes of Game 3 of the PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals against Ginebra on Wednesday night at the SM Mall of Asia Arena or at least give an update on Andrew Nicholson's ankle injury, explaining that he "might say something that you guys don't want to hear."

However, he told reporters present at the said arena to take a closer look at the said game as well as the basketball fans.

"It's for everyone to see," Goorjian curtly said.

He may be pertaining to how the foul game went.

A week after he clarified that he was not complaining about how the fouls are being called in the PBA, Goorjian hinted that the officiating for Game 3 was something else.

The Dragons were whistled for 28 total fouls as compared to only 12 slapped on the Gin Kings.

That led to 38 free throws awarded to Ginebra, converting 24, against only 10 attempts for Bay Area, making four of them.

Myles Powell, who sat out Game 3 due to his lingering toe tendon injury, called out the PBA in an Instagram story, citing the free throw discrepancy.

"PBA, do better!" Powell said in the social media post.

Hayden Blankley did not hide his disappointment as well.

"[I] got nothing but love for the Philippines and its people, but at this point, it's obvious. Just let it be a fair game, please. As the locals would say, it's 'cooked,'" Blankley said in another IG story.

He has since deleted the post but not without some keen fans quickly taking a screen capture of it.

Did the officiating matter a lot in Game 3? As what Goorjian implied, you be the judge.

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