Barangay Ginebra San Miguel has captured the hearts of the Filipinos ever since Jaworski’s time in the late 80’s and 90’s when the “Never Say Die” slogan emerged.
According to research, the birth of “Never-Say-Die” was on October 22, 1985, in a game against Northern Consolidated Cement (NCC), when Jaworski was hit by an elbow from Jeff Moore late in the second quarter. He had to be brought to nearby Medical City’s emergency room to stitch his bleeding lips. During the third quarter, NCC was leading when Jaworski returned to the bench.
When Jaworski came back from the nearby Medical City with seven stitches in his lip to lead the Gins to a come-from-behind victory against NCC. Jaworski incurred a wayward elbow from Jeff Moore in the second quarter. But with them behind by 15 points going into the final seven minutes of the game, Jaworski re-entered the court and sparked a frenzy that to date, has yet been matched. The NCC team simply froze upon the sight of the Big J and didn’t know what hit them, eventually losing to the Gins.
With this, the sympathy of the Filipinos masses turned to Ginebra’s aide.
The legendary team made its historical comeback after their 8 years championship drought and last finals appearance on 2013.
This year, Ginebra is again stealing the attention of many fans because of the intensity they showed during the 2016 PBA Governors’ Cup.
Ginebra fans are not only given their money’s worth but also a spectacular show as their players give all efforts to make the fans proud and happy.
The team has been receiving an abundance of messages of encouragement from their fans as they conquer their game against the Meralco Bolts.
Fans are all over the social media bragging about the comeback victory of the team as well as its solid plays.
Loyal Ginebra fans that stood by the team throughout the years are now as thrilled as Ginebra players themselves to win this season.
Ginebra are once again in it for the finals and eyeing to grab the championship title that they were deprived of for eight long years.
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