BARANGAY Ginebra and Rain or Shine gun for a commanding 2-0 lead as the two squads square off with separate foes in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup quarterfinal series on Friday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. The Gin Kings clash with the San Miguel Beermen at the 5:15 p.m. curtain raiser, followed by the Elasto Painters and the FiberXers at 7:30 p.m. Ginebra took Game 1, 104-95, with import Jordan Murphy delivering 29 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, while Scottie Thompson churned out 17 markers, 11 boards and six assists. The biggest story though was Ginebra’s defensive effort against nine-time PBA Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo, who was held down to just three points on 1-of-6 shooting. Even high-scoring import George King was held down to just 20 points, as the Gin Kings’ defense targeted the high-scoring American. The 6-10 Fajardo admitted that Ginebra’s defense no longer surprised him. “It’s really tough playing against Ginebra,” said the 36-year-old SMB star center in Filipino. “And that’s something we can’t avoid. We just need to take that as a challenge. Yes, they won (in Game 1), but we will bounce back.”  Fajardo said they can’t afford to dig a 0-2 hole for themselves with another loss on Friday. “We need to prepare well because it’s hard for us to trail, 0-2 in the series since it’s just best-of-five,” he added. As for Rain or Shine, the team hopes to ride on the momentum of its 124-120 come-from-behind win against Converge in Game 1. The Elasto Painters fell by as many as 21 points but rode on the three-point scoring of Adrian Nocum, who connected on all his four three-point attempts while Rookie Vincent Cuajao and Caelan Tiongson also chimed in during a crucial third quarter run to turn the tables against the FiberXers. “I think the most important thing is our playoff toughness,” Guiao said in Filipino.  “We had a lot of mistakes in the firs half. We gave up too many offensive rebounds, we missed free throws, we had 13 turnovers. We gave up 27 extra possessions.” Converge, however, remains capable of bouncing back with Justin Arana, Justine Baltazar, rookie Juan Gomez De Liano, Alec Stockton, and veteran Calvin Abueva in tow.  Import Cameron Clark is expected to impact the game on both sides of the floor for Converge.