2012 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals Game 5: Yap explodes to tow B-Meg to a 3-2 lead

James Yap at the BMEG Llamados game VS Talk N' Text Tropang Texters last October 21, 2011 at Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Former MVP James Yap scored 30 big points to lead the B-Meg Llamados to an 82-66 victory over the Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters in Game 5 of the best of seven finals of the 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup. The  Tim Cone-coached Llamados just need one more win in the series to grab the title.

Game 5 was a stark contrast to Game 4 as the Llamados grabbed the lead in the first quarter and held on despite several attempted rallies by the Texters. Yap made all 4 of his 3-point attempts en route to a conference high in scoring. “Big Game” James also grabbed 9 rebounds for his best performance in the finals.  Import Denzel Bowles had  a monstrous 28 points, 18 rebounds, and 4 blocks output to prove once a gain that he is indeed the best import of the Commissioner’s Cup. Bowles dominated Talk ‘N Text import Donnell Harvey who was limited to 13 points and 16 rebounds. Jared Dillinger and Jason Castro led the Texters with 18 and 16 points respectively. B-Meg held a 49-40 rebound advantage while limiting the high scoring Texters to a 37% shooting clip.

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2012 PBA Commissioner’s Cup: Championship down to 6 teams

It took an extra game day for the 2012 PBA Commissioner’s Cup‘s playoff picture to finalized. The Meralco Bolts eliminated Philippine Cup surprise finalist Powerade Tigers in their do or die battle for the 6th and final slot in the quarterfinals. In the main game today, the Barangay Ginebra Kings toppled sister team B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados to secure the No.2 seeding and outright semifinal seat.

Eliminated Teams:

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (3-6)

Petron Blaze Boosters (3-6)

Air 21 Express (3-6)

Powerade Tigers (4-5)

Quarterfinal Match-ups:

QF 1: B-Meg Llamados vs. Meralco Bolts

QF 2: Alaska Aces vs. Barako Bull

Final 4 Teams:

1. Talk ‘N Text

2. Ginebra

Winners of the QF match-ups

caloycomment: With 3 Philippine Cup semifinalists ousted, the PBA has achieved some sort of parity between teams… MORE

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Philippine Basketball: Chot Reyes bares National Team shortlist

Coach Chot Reyes, who will be taking over as head coach of the Philippine Men’s Basketball National Team after the current Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) season, has bared his wish list among the PBA players that he wants to participate national team training pool. He announced the following players made the shortlist via a twitter post:

Guards

1. Jimmy Alapag (Talk ‘N Text)
2. Alex Cabagbot (Petron)
3. Jason Castro (Talk ‘N Text)
4. LA Tenorio (Alaska)
5. Gary David (Powerade)
6. Ryan Reyes (Talk ‘N Text)
7. James Yap (B-Meg)
8. Marcio Lassiter (Powerade)
9. Larry Fonacier (Talk ‘N Text)

Big Men

1. Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine)
2. Arwind Santos (Petron)
3. Ranidel De Ocampo (Talk ‘N Text)
4. Marc Pingris (Ginebra)
5. Kelly Williams (Talk ‘N Text)
6. Sonny Thoss (Alaska)
7. Enrico Villanueva (B-Meg)

 

The pool is also expected to invite some amateur players specially the members of the 2011 SEA Games Gold Medal team. Marcus Douthit will be joining team but NBA player Javale McGee is being groomed to be the next naturalized center for the Philippines. The chosen players has not signify yet if they are joining the pool. The mother teams also will be consulted before the final line-ups will be determined.

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PBA Sunday (2-19-2012): Streaks Broken!

Douthit lead Express to first win after a long time

Air 21 Express (1-0) 97 – 88 Barako Bull Energy(1-2)

After going 0 for 14 in the All-Filipino Cup, the Air 21 Express (formerly Shopinas.com) finally find its winning grove. Maybe, the name has some kind of effect. Maybe, the presence of Naturalized import Marcus Douthit brought the winning attitude. Whatever it is, the win gave many people behind the Lina franchise a big sigh of relief specially Coach Franz Pumaren. It doe not matter if the win is at the expense of sister team Barako Bull. Right from the first quarter, the Express were lights out as they lead by 20 after first 12 minutes of the game. Barako Bull tried to rally in final canto but the gap was to big to overcome.

Douthit finished with 16 points and 7 rebounds. His scoring is quiet low for imports but he got ample support from the locals led by Nelbert Omolon, RJ Jazul, James Sena, and Mark Isip who all scored in double digits and combined for 55 points. Dermarr Johnson had a 37 point night for Barako Bull but he did not get much local support as only Willie Miller (14) and Wynne Arboleda (12) scored more than 10 markers. The win gave the Express a perfect start of the new conference while Barako fell to 1-2.

Fazekas works hard for Petron

Petron Blaze Boosters (1-2) 84 – 77 B-Meg Llamados (2-1)

The main game had a similar story with the first game as the Boosters ended a 2 game slide (5 game losing streak if we include last conference’s semifinals) with a victory over sister team B-Meg Llamados. The loss also ended the Llamados’ 2 game winning run. Petron made a strong run in the first quarter to lead by 13 in the first 12 minutes. They practically held on to the lead for the rest of the game.

Import Nicholas Fazekas had 23 points, 16 caroms, and 4 swats to lead the Boosters. Arwind Santos had a double-double with 10 points, 14 rebounds along with 3 blocks. Joseph Yeo, Alex Cabagnot, and Dennis Miranda also finished in double figures. The Llamados were led by Denzel Bowles’ 22 points-10 rebounds performance.James Yap and Peter June Simon are the only locals who made more than 10 markers.  The Llamados wasted many opportunities to come back has they only shot 50% (12-24) from the free throw line while Petron made 16 of 22. The Boosters improved their record to 1-2 while the Llamados fell to 1-2.

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PBA: 3 cliffhangers so far this weekend

The 2012 Commissioner’s Cup in its full swing and this weekend is marked with 3 very close encounters. Here are the results of the most recent games in the PBA:

Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters (1-0) 102 – 96 Meralco Bolts (1-2)

The defending champions Talk ‘N Text started their defense with a win against sister team Meralco Bolts. Import Omar Samhan dominated the boards by scoring 20 points, grabbing 20 rebounds and blocking 4 shots. Samhan actually had a tough debut as he missed his first 9 shots. Meralco import Jarrid Famous had 28 points and 13 rebounds. The game was nip and tuck from the start but the Tropang Texters was able to finally pull away in the overtime period behind Samhan’s 6 points.

Samhan got a lot of local support as Jimmy Alapag, Jason Castro, Kelly Williams, and recent Finals MVP Larry Fonacier scored in double figures. Mark Cardona and Chris Ross combined for 44 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists, and 6 steals for the losers.

Talk ‘N Text (102) – Samhan 24, Alapag 14, Castro 13, Williams 12, Dillinger 10, Fonacier 10, De Ocampo 9, Peek 6, Aguilar 4, Carey 0.

Meralco (96) – Famous 28, Cardona 25, Ross 19, Hugnatan 10, Borboran 6, Espinas 5, Aljamal 2, Taulava 1, Timberlake 0, Macapagal 0, Artadi 0.

Quarterscores: 19-22; 45-42; 68-68; 92-92; 102-96.

Powerade Tigers (1-0) 122 – 120  Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (0-2)

The Powerade Tigers has once again shown that they have the number of the Yeng Guiao-coached Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. After being down much early in the game, the Tigers unleashed under 4th quarter comeback behind the hot hands of Gary David, rookie Jvee Casio, and import Dwayne Jones. David scored 32 points and hit the game breaking trifecta for a 122-119 lead with 13 seconds left in the game. Rain or Shine only managed to get 1 point in its final possession behind Gabe Norwood‘s free throw.

Dwayne Jones had 34 points 21 rebounds. Painter’s Duke Crewes had 23 points and 12 rebounds. Casio finished the game with 14 points and 13 assists. Marcio Lassiter and reserve big man Ricky Calimag also scored in double figures for the Tigers. Five locals led by Gabe Norwood and Jeff Chan scored more than ten points each for the Painters.

Powerade (122) – Jones 34, David 32, Casio 14, Lassiter 13, Calimag 11, Anthony 9, Vanlandingham 6, Allera 3, Martinez 0, Lingganay 0, Kramer 0, Cruz 0, Adducul 0.

Rain or Shine (120) – Crews 23, Norwood 16, Chan 13, Arana 13, Quinahan 12, Cruz 10, Belga 9, Lee 8, Buenafe 7, Ibanes 7,Matias 2.

Quarterscores: 24-33; 50-59; 83-94; 122-120.

Alaska Aces (2-1) 76 – 74 Barangay Ginebra Kings (1-1)

In the out of town Saturday game, the Alaska Aces made a magical comeback against the Barangay Ginebra Kings in Lucena City. L.A. Tenorio scored 7 points in the last 19 seconds that comprised of a rare 4-point play and a game winning 3-point shot. With the Aces down 69-72, Tenorio made an improbable 3-point shot just as Mike Cortez was trying to foul him. He made the bonus free throw for a 73-72 lead. Kerby Raymundo made a fade-away with 6 seconds left to give back the lead to the Kings. Tenorio, however, was not done as he drilled another three with 2 seconds left to shock the pro-Ginebra crowd. All in all, Tenorio finished the game with 23 points. Cyrus Baguio top scored with 29 points. Mark Caguioa, Mike Cortez and Raymundo combined for 44 points. The imports negated each other as Adam Parada and Chris Alexander only scored 7 points apiece.

Alaska (76) — Baguio 29, Tenorio 23, Parada 7, Baracael 5, Thoss 4, Reyes 4, Bugia 2, Custodio 2, Eman 0, Salamat 0.

Ginebra (74) — Caguioa 19, Cortez 13, Raymundo 12, Ababou 9, Alexander 7, Helterbrand 5, Canaleta 4, Labagala 3, Mamaril 1, Wilson, W. 1

Quarterscores: 18-17, 32-41, 58-56, 76-74

Games today

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Petron Blaze Boosters vs. B-Meg Llamados

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Philippine NCAA Season 87: San Beda captures 5th basketball crown in 6 years

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Manny V. Pangilinan has another collegiate double as San Beda won the NCAA 87 title over rivals San Sebastian Stags, 57-55, for their 5th title in 6 years. MVP also supported UAAP Champs Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles, who defended their title earlier this month.

Coach Frankie Lim still relied on his second stringers to pull off the win in Game 2. After using guard Mar Villahermosa for the big win in Game 1, Lim used David Semerad to close out the series. Semerad finished 15 points including 7 in the pivotal fourth quarter. Semerad scored the marginal basket with 53.6 ticks left over Season 87 MVP Calvin Abueva. His basket gave the Lions a 4 point lead at 57-53.

Jovit Dela Cruz answered for Baste to trim down the lead to 2 with only 37 seconds left in regulation. The Stags had a chance to tie or grab the lead in its final possession but Ronald Pascual threw an airball from rainbow territory to end the Stag’s season.

It was a tough loss for the Topex Robinson-mentored San Sebastian squad as they zoomed to a 15-0 record early in the season only to lose 5 of their last six games. There were even talks then of a sweep but they faltered to give the roaring Red Lions the top seeding then the Stags lost the first game against Letran in their semifinal series. It is a really bitter pill to swallow as they even captured many of the awards but the biggest award eluded them this year.

As for San Beda, winning their 5th title in 6 years has been sweet as they lost Sudan Daniel before the season even started. This is the first time in their 5 title romp that they do not have a foreign reinforcement. Sam Ekwe led them to three titles while Daniels was with them last year. In the finals, the Lions countered the Stag’s star power with an overachieving bench. Their leading scorers in Game 2 were Semerad, Anjo Caram, Villahermosa and Rookie Baser Amer. The Abueva-Pascual-Sangalang trio led the Stags with a combined effort of 40 points.

Dave Marcelo was chosen as the Finals MVP. He averaged an astounding 13.5 boards per game in the Finals while battling the likes of Abueva and Pascual. Mythical team member Garvo Lanete of San Beda was not a 100% in the finals but the reserve guards filled in nicely.

Scores:

SAN BEDA 57 — D. Semerad 15, Caram 10, Villahermosa 8, Amer 7, Dela Rosa 5, K. Pascual 4, A. Semerad 2, J. Pascual 2, Marcelo 2, Lanete 2.

SAN SEBASTIAN 55 — Pascual 15, Sangalang 13, Abueva 12, Miranda 5, Antipuesto 4, Dela Cruz 4, Del Rio 2, Vitug 0, Maiquez 0.

Quarterscores: 14-15, 27-32, 48-50, 57-55

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PBA Philippine Cup Sunday matches (10-24-2011): Rain or Shine, Meralco gain

The Meralco Bolts (3-2) and the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (4-1) won their Sunday game to improve their respective standings in the 2011-2012 Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup.

Sol Mercado makes magical return

Heart and Sol (Soul)

Meralco was inspired by the return of spitfire Solomon Mercado to defeat erstwhile undefeated Petron Blaze Boosters. Sol Mercado came off the bench to lead the Bolts in scoring with 16 markers. It is his first game of the season as he was recovering from a knee injury. Mercado went hot in the second period to give the Bolts a 6 point lead at the end of the first half. The rest of his teammates took charge of the second half to hand Petron its first loss of the season.

“It’s another artillery for us,” said Ryan Gregorio on the impact of Mercado’s return. “He gave us a huge lift offensively and it’s a confidence booster for us. But more importantly, we know we have another live body.”

Mercado also finished with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 triples in 27 minutes of action. Gabby Espinas had 14 points and 12 rebounds to negate Arwind Santos‘ usual double-double performance (17 pts, 13 rebs, 4 blks). Rookie Chris Lutz of Petron had virtual free throw party making 14 of his 16 points from the charity stripe.

It was defense of Meralco that won the game as they limited Petron to a 32.4% FG percentage. They also made 8 steals and forced 17 turnovers.

Chan did a Caidic-impression last night

Alaska embarrased

In the main game, Rain or Shine made Alaska look like a college team as they thrashed the Aces, 120-84, for its 4th win of the season. With the win, the Elasto Painters grabbed the top spot in the Philippine Cup standings. Alaska joins Shopinas.com at the bottom with a 0-4 win-loss record.

Jeff Chan hit 6 of his 10 3-pt shot attempts to finish with 20 points. He lead 3 others in double figures for RoS. J.R. Quinahan had 19 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 triple. Ronjay Buenafe had 17 points, and 2 triples. Larry Rodriguez finished with 16 points, and 6 rebounds. As a team, the Painters shot 51.9% in 3-point land (14 of 27). They poured it on even when they lost coach Yeng Guiao late in the 3rd quarter after he was removed from the game for getting a second technical foul.

“I think this is our best offensive game so far,” said Coach Yeng on how his team performed.

Alaska was lead by its guard trio of L.A. Tenorio, Brandon Cablay, and Cyrus Baguio who combined for 48 points and 12 assists. The rest of Aces though shot an atrocious 26.7% from the field (12 of 45). The loss is probably the biggest losing margin in the Aces’ history.

 

The scores:

MERALCO 80 – Mercado 16, Espinas 14, Lanete 9, taulava 8, Isip 7, Faundo 6, Macapagal 6, Omolon 6, Borboran 5, Yee 3, Ballesteros 0.

PETRON 70 – Santos 17, Lutz 16, Yeo 11, Miranda 7, Cabagnot 6, Ildefonso 6, Agustin 3, Baclao 2, Sharma 2, Guevarra 0, Reyes 0.

Quarterscores: 18-17, 36-30, 58-49, 80-70

 

RAIN OR SHINE 120 – Chan 20, Quinahan 19, Buenafe 17, Rodriguez 16, Norwood 9, Arana 9, Cruz 7, Lee 5, Ibanes 5, Uyloan 4, Matias 3, Jaime 3, Belga 3.

ALASKA 84 – Tenorio 20, Cablay 15, Baguio 13, Baracael 8, Dela Cruz 8, Thoss 7, Custodio 5, Reys 4, Salamat 3, Bugia 1, Mepana 0, Thiele 0, Eman 0.

Quarterscores: 32-18, 53-45, 81-62, 120-84

2011-12 PBA Philippine Cup: Rallies fall short for 2 MVP teams

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It was a bad night for Manny V. Pangilinan-owned squads as the Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters and the Meralco Bolts suffered similar fates as both teams lost their games Wednesday night.

Willie Miller, an ex-Tropang Texter, showed the defending champions why he is still one of the most exciting PBA veterans as he showed the way for Barako Bull with 27 points and 6 assists. It was Miller’s best scoring performance in 2 PBA seasons. The Energy were leading by 19 points at halftime. Jason Castro who scored 23 markers tried to rally the Texters and had cut the lead to 67-73 in the 4th quarter.

Miller quelled the rally as he got scoring support from Mick Pennisi‘s 18 points and rookie Dylan Ababou’s 20 points. Both Pennisi and Ababou grabbed 7 rebounds each in the game. Ryan Reyes finished 16 for Texters. Jimmy Alapag played his first game after his vacation and finished with 3 points. The win was the second for the Energy to tie with their victims at 2-1.

In the main game, the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters used third quarter burst to pull away from a close and physical first half against the Meralco Bolts. The Painters who relied on their starters outscored the Bolts in the crucial 3rd period to grab a 22 point lead going into the final 12 minutes of the game.

Chico Lanete conspired with Mark Macapagal and big men Asi Taulava and Gabby Espinas to rally the undermanned Bolts in the final period. The Bolts scored 35 points in the quarter to erase the double digit lead and threaten to break the hearts of the Painters. Yeng Guiao though trusted his players and did not call a time out at crunch time. Paul Lee delivered 2 game changing assists to Larry Rodriguez in the final 42 seconds of the game when the Bolts cut the lead to 5 at 79-84 to extend their lead to 9 with 25.7 seconds left on the game clock. Meralco answered with 5 point binge to get close 84-88 but ran out of time. Gabe Norwood capped the scoring the free throw.

Norwood was adjudged the best player after top scoring for the winners with 14 and grabbing crucial rebounds down the stretch. Jeff Chan also scored 14 while rookie Paul Lee added 12. Larry Rodriguez was the 4th RoS player to finish in double figures with 11. The loss spoiled the brilliant shooting game of Mark Macapagal who had 20 points. Gabby Espinas and Asi Taulava had 19 and 16 markers respectively. Lanete finished with 14 points, majority of which were scored in the failed 4th quarter comeback.

Rain or Shine (3-1) now moves a half a game behind Petron (3-0). Bolts fell to 2-2. Fridays games will be between Baraku Bull and sister-team Shopinas.com in the first game while the main game features Talk ‘N Text facing Tim Cone and the B-Meg Llamados.

 

The scores:

BARAKO 100 -Miller 27, Ababou 20, Pennisi 18, Allado 9, Maliksi 8, Najorda 6, Artadi 4, Arboleda 3, Pena 3, Salvacion 2, Salvador 0.

TALK ‘N TEXT 86 – Castro 23, Reyes 16, Dillinger 10, Aban 10, Peek 8, Fonacier 6, Carey 6, Aguilar 4, Alapag 3, Raymundo 0, Alvarez 0, Lao 0.

Quarterscores: 25-11, 52-33, 71-62, 100-86

 

RAIN OR SHINE 89 – Norwood 14, Chan 14, Lee 12, Rodriguez 11, Buenafe 9, Matias 8, Belga 6, Quinahan 6, Ibanes 5, Arana 4, Cruz 0.

MERALCO 84 – Macapagal 20, Espinas 19, Taulava 16, Lanete 14, Isip 6, Borboran 5, Ballesteros 2, Omolon 2, Timberlake 0, Yee 0.

 

Quarterscores: 22-21, 41-40, 71-49, 89-84

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PBA Philippine Cup Blow by blow: RoS vs. Meralco Scoring plays

First game result: Barako Bull  upsets Talk ‘N Text

Game starts!

Chico Lanete for 3! 3 -0 for Meralco

Jeff Chan hits the jumper, 3-2 for the Bolts

Jeff Chan drives, 4-2 for Elasto Painters

Mark Macapagal answers with a long jumper, 5-4 for the Bolts

Quinahan ties the game 6-5

Macapagal trifecta 8-6

Asi Taulava scored under the basket 10-6 for Meralco

Larry Rodriguez good inside move 10-8

Macapagal offensive foul

Chan blocked!

Taulava beats the shot clock buzzer, 12-8

Macapagal another three, 15-8

Chan answers! 15-11

Jeff Chan with 7 points

Rain or Shine cannot get the defensive rebound, Taulava is fouled!

Mandatory Timeout!

4:54 left in the first period

Good rebound by Quinahan off a Macapagal miss.

Taulava dives for the ball.

Jireh Ibanez fouls Macapagal

2 FTs made 17-11

Gabe Norwood hits a three 17-14

Espinas fouled by Quinahan while attempting a jump shot

Splits the free throws 18-14

Ibanez and 1 fouled by Espinas

He misses the bonus rebound by Rodriguez 18-16

Quinahan hits a fall-away 18-all

Espinas fouled again by Quinahan. 2nd foul.

Timeout!

Espinas at the line for 2.

He makes 1. 19-18

Jason Ballesteros putback 21-18.

Paul Less is in the game

Mark Yee and Beau Belga as well

Loose ball foul Omolon

Belga hits a long 2. 21-20

Timberlake misses

Paul Lee makes his first attempt 22-21 for RoS

Belga rebounding well.

Illegal pick for Jason Ballesteros.

Lee turn it over.

5 secs left.

Lanete misses long heave.

End of First Quarter.

22-21 for the Elasto Painters

Taulava working hard, fouled.

Misses his first free throw. Makes the second. 22-22.

Belga turns it over. Pass was too high.

Omolon TO. He tried to be fancy.

Arana fights for the rebound.

Belga hacks Omolon. Charities coming up. Makes 2. 24-22.

Bitoy Omolon fouls Lee.

Ronjay Buenafe on the line after getting fouled under the basket. He splits. 24-23.

Buenafe fastbreak lay-up 25-24 for RoS.

Another lay-up by Buenafe. 27-24 now for the Painters.

Timeout is called by Ryan Gregorio.

Foul by Macapagal to prevent another Buenafe lay up

Buenafe makes 2 FTs 29-24.

Mark Isip hits a jumper 29-26.

Arana scores inside 31-26.

Borboran foul.

Belga long shot! Assist by Lee. 33-26.

Borboran travels.

Taulava working hard scores. 33-28.

Arana challenges Taulava. 2 Fts. Hits both, 35-28.

Paul Lee rebound.

Taulava reaches in Matias.

Penalty!

Hits 2 Free throws. 37-28.

Timeout, Meralco!

5 mins left

Espinas elbows Matias. Offensive Foul!

Technical Foul, Yen Guiao!!

FT missed.

Buenafe fancy drive. fouled.

Another set of FTs for Ronjay. He makes both. 39-28.

Espinas scores over Matias. 39-30.

Arana losses the ball.

Espinas abusing Matias. 39-32.

Matias on the line. He makes 2. 41-32.

Espinas vs. Matias again. foul Matias.

Matias and Espinas technical foul!

Macapagal for 3! 41-35.

Lee blocked.

Good defense by Lee vs. Lanete.

Espinas scores under the basket. 41-37.

Espinas rebound!

Macapagal another 3! 41-40!!

Arana misses. Espinas rebound!

Norwood misses.

Espinas vs. Cruz, misses

Timeout Rain or Shine, 59.4 seconds left!

Espinas and Macapagal spearheading the Meralco rally.

Taulava turns it over dribbling to the baseline.

Last shot time.

Asi vs. Jervy at the buzzer!!!

PBA Philippine Cup Caloy Stats: Rain or Shine early season stat leaders

RoS PBA logo

The blog will feature one PBA team everyday and check out some interesting stats for the team. Today, we are featuring a rising team in Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (RoS). The team is bannered by 2011 PBA Draft No.2 pick Paul Lee. The rookie has lead the team in scoring in all of his three games so far. RoS has won 2 and lost one game. Here the stat leaders of the team:

Paul Lee in action

Points per game:

Paul Lee 19.0 ppg

Jeffrei Chan 15.7

Gabe Norwood 11.3

3 Elasto Painters average in double figures in scoring. The backcourt combination of Norwood, Chan, and Lee combines 46 points. That is 48% of all the points of Rain or Shine (Team Avg: 96 ppg).

Norwood, the Painter's all around guy

Rebounds per game:

Norwood 7.3

Beau Belga 7.3

Ronnie Matias 5.7

Norwood and Belga are the leading rebounders for the team. Reserve swingman Ronnie Matias also perfoms as a rebounder.

Assist per game:

Lee 5.0

Norwood 4.0

Chan 2.7

Coach Yeng Guiao‘s big 3 also leads in assists as they account for 11.7 per game. They own 64% of the assist passes by the team.

Chan is having a good season so far

Steals:

Lee 1.3

Chan 1.3

Norwood 1.0

Paul Lee and Jeff Chan averages 1.3 spg while Norwood has one steal per game.

Blocks per game:

J.R. Quiñahan 2.0 bpg

Norwood 1.3

Rain or Shine’s top blocker so far is Cebuano J.R. Quiñahan who blocks 2 shots a game. Gabe Norwood comes second with 1.3 bpg.

Other notable stats by the players:

Jeff Chan (6 triples, .500 3pt FG%)

Beau Belga (69.2% in 2 points shots)

Paul Lee (26 Free Throw Attempts, .808 FT%)

Jeff Chan has hit 2 triples a game while having an amazing 50% shooting from beyond the arc. So far, Belga has doing very well scoring inside and making mid-range shots. Paul has gone to the free throw line a lot and he is quite good in the charity stripe. Gabe Norwood is showing his versatility as he among the team leaders in all major stat category.

The Elasto Painters will face the Meralco Bolts tonight.

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