Scottie Thompson solidified his status as the new face of Barangay Ginebra with a performance for the ages in yet another chapter in the franchise’s fabled “Never Say Die” dictum. As the defending Governors Cup champions faced elimination owing to a twice-to-win disadvantage, Thompson poured it all and led the Kings’ amazing climb to clinch a berth in the best-of-five semifinals. The do-it-all guard was simply everywhere with his near triple-double average in two do-or-die games for the sixth-seeded Gin Kings against No. 3 TNT Tropang Giga in their quarterfinals series. Thompson tallied a superb all-around numbers of 20.0 points