Fajardo leads Best Player of the Conference plum in S49
SAN Miguel Beermen (SMB) behemoth June Mar Fajardo (JMF) is making a strong push for his second Best Player of the Conference (BPC) plum in Season 49 and a record-stretching 12th overall.
Mr. Fajardo, who won the top individual plum in the season-opening Governors鈥 Cup, roared to the front of the BPC race in the ongoing PBA Philippine Cup with a 40.4 average statistical points (SPs) through the end of the preliminaries.
The 6-foot-10 Cebuano anchored his leading card on solid averages of 17.5 points, a league-best 13.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists as he set the pace against rivals led by SMB teammate CJ Perez and NLEX gunner Robert Bolick.
Mr. Perez, the tournament鈥檚 premier scorer with 23.4 markers, ran second behind JMF with 38.5 SPs, while Mr. Bolick, the top assists-issuer with 7.2 per game, sat at third with 37.6 SPs.
Zav Lucero, who has been a rock for Magnolia with 18.9 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.0 steal and 1.5 block, occupied fourth with 37.3 SPs followed by Jason Perkins, who logged 35.5 SPs highlighted by a second-best 23.2 markers before Phoenix bowed out of the playoffs.
At sixth to 10th were TNT鈥檚 Calvin Oftana (35.4), Converge鈥檚 twin towers Justin Arana (34.6) and Justine Baltazar (34.6), Barangay Ginebra鈥檚 Japeth Aguilar (34.2) and NorthPort鈥檚 Joshua Munzon, the All-Filipino meet鈥檚 leader in steals with 1.9 per match, with his 32.2 SPs.
Just outside the Top 10 were, Ginebra鈥檚 Scottie Thompson (31.4), Converge鈥檚 Deschon Winston (30.5), Phoenix鈥 Kai Ballungay (30.3), Ginebra鈥檚 Stephen Holt (30.2), NLEX鈥 Javee Mocon (29.3), Ginebra鈥檚 Jaime Malonzo (29.10), Rain or Shine鈥檚 Leonard Santillan (29.09) and Caelan Tiongson (28.7), Magnolia鈥檚 Ian Sangalang (28.3) and Ginebra鈥檚 RJ Abarientos (28.1).Just outside the Top 10 were NorthPort鈥檚 Joshua Munzon, the All-Filipino meet鈥檚 leader in steals with 1.9 per match, with his 32.2 SPs, Ginebra鈥檚 Scottie Thompson (31.4), Converge鈥檚 Deschon Winston (30.5), Phoenix鈥 Kai Ballungay (30.3), Ginebra鈥檚 Stephen Holt (30.2), NLEX鈥 Javee Mocon (29.3), Ginebra鈥檚 Jaime Malonzo (29.10), Rain or Shine鈥檚 Leonard Santillan (29.09), Meralco鈥檚 Chris Newsome (28.0) and Magnolia鈥檚 Ian Sangalang (28.3). 鈥 Olmin Leyba
