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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, turned the tide on an undefeated second week riding the hot hands of Chris Newsome even as the Aces leaned on freshman Barkley Eboña to also turn the fortunes around. team from an early 0. -2 holes.
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 TNT’s Roger Pogoy.
Then there’s Eboña, 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.
Newsome had 23 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two blocks in Meralco’s win over Magnolia, before following up with an 18-6-6 stat in the Bolts’ 101-92 win over NLEX.
For its part, the 6-foot-6 Eboña showed a glimpse of its true potential after a week-long break for the Aces, who went 2-1 during that week-long stretch for an even 3-3 record.
He does not. 4 of the FEU, who is being coached by Alaska MP and two-time MVP Danny Ildefonso, exploded for a career-best 24 points on a near-perfect 10-for-11 shot in Alaska’s 120- win win. 82 over Blackwater, whose coach Nash Racela was Eboña’s college mentor.
Even in Alaska’s 88-92 loss to defending champion San Miguel, Eboña also made his mark by finishing with 18 points on 9-of-11, five rebounds, one steal and one block in just 21 minutes of play.
