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SMART CLARK GIGA CITY – After a slow start in the PBA bubble, Meralco and Alaska came back to life behind the constant display of a veteran shooting guard and the promise of a rookie big man.
The red-hot Bolts, after a 1-2 start, flipped the switch on an undefeated second week by riding Chris Newsome’s hot hands even as the Aces leaned on freshman Barkley Ebo? A to also change the team’s fortunes from an early 0-2 hole.
Newsome normalized 20.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.5 blocks in an exciting week for the Bolts who scored big wins over Magnolia and NLEX to climb into the middle group of the standings midway through the restart of the 2020 Philippines Cup.
The complete game for Fil-Am, 30, who scored a jump shot in Meralco’s 109-104 overtime win against the Hotshots, earned him Cignal TV-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week for the period. October. 19-26. He became the second player to earn the honor inside the bubble after Roger Pogoy of TnT.
Then there is Ebo? A, the dynamic forward who broke with averages of 17.33 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.0 block in three games for the Aces, to emerge as PBAPC’s Rookie of the Week.
Both Newsome and Ebona were voted unanimously in favor of the weekly quote given by members of the media covering the PBA beat.
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