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MANILA - Robert Bolick headlines the top contenders for the PBA Governors' Cup Best Player of the Conference (BPC) as he leads the statistical points (SP) race. In a copy of the SP race update obtained by the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday, NorthPort's spitfire guard is way ahead with 39.9 average SPs per game during the elimination round. Phoenix's Matthew Wright is second, but he only accumulated 34.9 average SPs during the first phase of the Governors' Cup. Bolick led the locals in points, assists, and steals with 21.8, 8.8, and 2.2, respectively. However, what could keep him from winning the BPC award is the fact that the Batang Pier have already been eliminated from playoff contention after losing to the Fuel Masters on Sunday night in the play-in for the eighth seed in the quarterfinals. This opens an opportunity for Wright and even TNT's Mikey Williams and NLEX's Kevin Alas to overtake Bolick as the playoffs progress. Williams, the BPC during the Philippine Cup, is third with 33.9 average SPs, first among rookies, while Alas is fourth with 33.55. NorthPort's Arwind Santos, who led the locals for the conference in blocks with 1.8, is fifth with 33.5, Ginebra's Scottie Thompson is sixth with 33.3, and San Miguel's June Mar Fajardo, the rebound leader among locals with 11.2, is seventh with 32.5. Rounding the Top 10 are Magnolia's Paul Lee and Mark Barroca (eighth and ninth with 30.9 and 30 SPs, respectively), and NorthPort's Jamie Malonzo (10th with 29.8). Meanwhile, Shabazz Muhammad leads the pack in the SP race for the Best Import award. The San Miguel swingman, the 14th pick of the 2013 NBA Draft, is way ahead with 61 average SPs, and this is despite playing only three games as a replacement to Orlando Johnson. NLEX's KJ McDaniels and Magnolia's Mike Harris, who played for the entire elimination round, are far second and third with 52.9 and 52.4 SPs, respectively. Anchored by his 57-point bomb on March 5 against Meralco, the most since Al Thornton and Tyler Wilkerson went on a scoring showdown in 2016 that saw Thornton dropping 69 and Wilkerson making 58, Muhammad led the league in scoring for the Governors' Cup with 39 points a game. He also led everyone in rebounds with 19 a night. McDaniels, meanwhile, is number one in blocks with 2.8 an outing while sharing the honors with Meralco's Tony Bishop as the top stealers among the imports with 1.5 a game However, McDaniels might miss his shot at taking the Best Import award as he flew back to the United States to take care of his wife and their newborn child. Cameron Clark will take his place as the Road Warriors battle the Alaska Aces in a quarterfinal duel later Wednesday. On the other hand, Bishop and Rain or Shine's Henry Walker led the imports in assists with 4.2 a game. Bishop is fifth in the SP race with 51.45 average SPs, just behind Blackwater's Shawn Glover, who had 51.5 after the eliminations. (PNA) }
Calvin Abueva (PBA Image) MANILA - Calvin Abueva has been named the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference. The announcement was made prior to Game 4 of the championship series between Magnolia and TNT. Abueva tallied a total of 934 points after all the votes from the media, the players, and the PBA Commissioner's Office have been collected and tabulated together with the statistical points, beating Mikey Williams, Ian Sangalang, Robert Bolick, and June Mar Fajardo. Abueva led the pack in the stat sheet up to the semifinals, getting 415 statistical points or 34.2 per game on average. Abueva, who helped the Hotshots make a return to the Philippine Cup Finals, averaged 15.2 points, 10 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.0 steal, and 1.1 blocks per game up to the semis. He also won the media votes after getting 33 first-place votes and eventually getting a total of 440 points from the said votes, which were enough to beat Williams, who despite being fourth in the stats race got the nod from the players and the league's front office. Williams won a tight contest against Abueva in the player votes with 14 first-place votes against Abueva's 12 for an eventual total of 59 points against the 54 of Abueva, Williams got the full 150 points from the commissioner's office, while Abueva was given the third-place vote for 25 points. However, Williams only got 245 points from the media after getting only three first-place votes against 32 second-place votes, giving him a grand total of 843 points. Sangalang finished in third with 591 points on 35 third-place votes from the media, 12 second-place votes from the players and the second-place vote from the PBA. Bolick, who came in second in the stats race, fell to the fourth spot with 447 points after only getting one second-place vote from the media and 14 second-place votes from the players. Fajardo came in fifth with 403. This is Abueva's second BPC award, having won the 2016 Commissioner's Cup plum. (PNA) }
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