BARANGAY Ginebra is not about to roll over and die.

The Gin Kings are alive and well.

With veteran Japeth Aguilar leading the attack, the Gin Kings put up a masterful performance to roll back Meralco Bolts, 90-71, in Game 4 of their best-of-seven semifinals series of the PBA Philippine Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

Aguilar showed flashes of his old brilliance as he finished with 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the field, and six rebounds in 33 minutes of action to help the Gin Kings even the series at 2-2.

Christian Standhardinger and Scottie Thompson added 15 points each for Ginebra of coach Tim Cone.

Standhardinger also had a near triple-double after adding 11 rebounds and eight assists while Thompson had five rebounds.

Stanley Pringle was the fourth man on the scoring parade with 14 points.

“It’s a real pivotal game.Our energy tonight was so much better,” said Cone after the game.

Chris Banchero and Allein Maliksi led the losing effort of the Bolts of coach Luigi Trillo.

Banchero finished with 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting, three rebounds and three assists in almost 27 minutes of play while Maliksi had 14 points and six rebounds.

Chris Newsome added 10 points and four rebounds for the Bolts, who won the second and third games.

Meanwhile, Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao said his team is already a winner no matter what happens to its PBA Philippine Cup campaign.

Guiao saud the experience his youth-laden Elasto Painters are getting in their semifinals series against a powerhouse team like San Miguel Beer should prove invaluable in the long run.

“Sabi ko nga, we’re in a long game,” said Guiao moments after his team absorbed a 107-117 defeat.

“We want games like this,” added Guiao. “We want to play the best teams, find ways solving ‘yung mga strengths ng mga ibang teams, trying to improve on our weaknesses. On that end, we’re achieving it. Tingin ko, we’re getting to be a better team every game.”

The scores:

Ginebra (90) — J.Aguilar 21, Thompson 15, Standhardinger 15, Pringle 14, Ahanmisi 7, Tenorio 7, Pinto 4, Cu 3, Gumaru 3, Murrell 1, Pessumal 0, R. Aguilar 0, David 0.
Meralco (71) — Banchero 14, Maliksi 14, Newsome 10, Caram 8, Hodge 6, Mendoza 5, Torres 4, Quinto 3, Bates 3, Almazan 2, Pascual 2, Jose 0, Rios 0, Dario 0, Pasaol 0.
Quarterscores: 31-15, 47-32, 73-49, 90-71.

Game Sunday:

(Mall of Asia Arena)
6:15 p.m. — Meralco vs Ginebra

Results:

Game 1 — Ginebra 92, Meralco 88.
Game 2 — Meralco 103, Ginebra 91.
Game 3 — Meralco 87, Ginebra 80.
Game 4 — Ginebra 90, Meralco 71
(Semifinal series tied at, 2-2)