Counted: PBA affirms decision on Jayson Castro's Game 1 buzzer-beater

The Philippine Basketball Association is standing by its decision to count Jayson Castro's buzzer-beating game-winner for the TNT Tropang Giga against the San Miguel Beermen in Game 1 of the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup Finals.

PBA deputy commissioner Eric Castro confirmed the call to GMA News Online on Monday.

The deputy commissioner said the technical committee "did a frame-by-frame, slow motion review of the different video angles" provided by the league broadcaster TV5, which is the "only official means of determining such a situation."

"It has also been a PBA guideline that 'when the backboard is equipped with red lighting around its perimeter, the lighting takes precedence over the game clock signal sound.' We did not base our review on a still picture," the official said, referring to photos circulating online about Jayson's shot.

Castro's shot gave TNT an 86-84 victory and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Game 2 will be played on Wednesday.

—with reporting by Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA News