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ALL-STARS WOW SAN FERNANDO, LA UNION
Canaleta, Miller, Hontiveros, Miranda, Rookies Steal Show
Friday, 27 April 2007
SAN FERNANDO, La Union – A new king reigned supreme, a new record established, one title successfully defended and a stranglehold broken.
That’s the 2007 PBA All-Star Week in its slam-bang initial salvo.
The Rookies ended the Sophomores’ winning tradition in the Blitz Game, fashioning out a 122-107 rout in the main feature of the All-Star Thursday watched by an overflowing crowd at the Pacoy Ortega Gymnasium here.
Earlier in the skills events, KG Canaleta won an unprecedented third straight slam-dunk crown, Willie Miller repeated as obstacle challenge winner while Dondon Hontiveros emerged as the new three-point king.
The trick shot contest, also ruled by Miller last year in Cagayan de Oro, went to Denok Miranda of Sta. Lucia this time.
The trio of Ginebra guard Jayjay Helterbrand, ABC5’s Dominic Uy and city councilor Panding Nisce also seized the spotlight by beating the team of Mick Pennisi, ABC5’s Richard del Rosario and councilor Pablo Ortega in the Shooting Stars contest.
Santos, the second overall pick in the most recent Rookie Draft, scored a game-high 31 points, leading the Rookies to a breakthrough triumph over the Sophies in the Blitz Game introduced in Laoag City in 2005.
LA Tenorio, Jay-R Reyes, Mark Andaya, Joseph Yeo, Gabby Espinas and Jireh Ibanes each added at least 11 points for the Freshmen who got off to a jackrabbit start and never looked back to complete the one-sided victory.
Tenorio had eight points and Santos six in a 23-6 start that set the tone of the match early.
But that wasn’t the case in the skills events.
Hontiveros ruled the PBA All-Star three-point shootout in his third try, beating Miller by the thinnest of margins, 16-15, in the finals.
Taking a break from training with the RP team, Hontiveros, third placer in 2005 and eighth in 2004,
totaled 16 points in a performance in the finals he marked with conversion of three money balls, including the final one capping a four-point production in the fifth and last rack.
The San Miguel hotshot, shooting third to last in the finale, went on to win the contest in stunning fashion as Miller, the last man to shoot, missed his final shot and finished with 15.
Air21’s Gary David, the leader among the locals in scoring in the current PBA Fiesta Cup, came in third with 14 while Ginebra’s Mark Caguioa wound up fourth with 12.
The top three placers will team up to take on Ato Agustin, Pido Jarencio and Boyet Fernandez in the
Legends Shootout in Baguio Saturday.
Falling by the wayside after the elimination round were Larry Fonacier (14), Kerby Raymundo (13),
reigning champion William Antonio (11), Renren Ritualo (10) and Nino Gelig (six). Miller
topped the eliminations with 19 followed by Hontiveros with 16 and Caguioa and David with 15 apiece.
Canaleta went on to win a record third straight slam dunk competition with his chief rivals falling one
after another on a missed jam.
The Air21 leaper wowed the crowd by taking off just after the free throw line then soaring above a man for a thunderous one-hander. He followed it up with a windmill side-winder to beat Jay Washington, 79-54, in the finals.
A serious threat in Kelly Williams failed to make it past the elims as the Sta. Lucia prized Fil-Am failed to convert twice a between-the-legs jam.
“Malaking pressure ang nawala sa akin noong nawala si Kelly,” said Canaleta.
Others entered in the event were Santos, Espinas, Aaron Aban and Ronald Tubid.
Miller failed to make good his vow to win the three-point shootout but still had something to crow
about at the close of the skills events since he beat David by a second in topping the obstacle challenge.
The former Letran Knight clocked 30 seconds to David’s 31 seconds and Miranda’s and Alex Cabagnot’s similar 50-second clockings in the obstacle challenge finals.
In the elims, Cabagnot was the fastest at 30 seconds followed by Miller, David and Miranda at 33, Topex Robinson 35, LA Tenorio 38, Helterbrand 39, Jimmy Alapag 40, Jireh Ibanes 48 and Roger Yap 51. (NC)
The scores:
Rookies 122 – Santos 31, Tenorio 18, Reyes 17, Andaya 17, Yeo 13, Espinas 13, Ibanes 11, Aban 2.
Sophomores 107 – Washington 28, Canaleta 25, Macapagal 23, Bugia 8, Miranda 8, Cabagnot 7, Najorda 6, Holper 2.
Quarterscores: 38-18, 60-43, 84-73, 122-107
Canaleta, Miller, Hontiveros, Miranda, Rookies Steal Show
Friday, 27 April 2007
SAN FERNANDO, La Union – A new king reigned supreme, a new record established, one title successfully defended and a stranglehold broken.
That’s the 2007 PBA All-Star Week in its slam-bang initial salvo.
The Rookies ended the Sophomores’ winning tradition in the Blitz Game, fashioning out a 122-107 rout in the main feature of the All-Star Thursday watched by an overflowing crowd at the Pacoy Ortega Gymnasium here.
Earlier in the skills events, KG Canaleta won an unprecedented third straight slam-dunk crown, Willie Miller repeated as obstacle challenge winner while Dondon Hontiveros emerged as the new three-point king.
The trick shot contest, also ruled by Miller last year in Cagayan de Oro, went to Denok Miranda of Sta. Lucia this time.
The trio of Ginebra guard Jayjay Helterbrand, ABC5’s Dominic Uy and city councilor Panding Nisce also seized the spotlight by beating the team of Mick Pennisi, ABC5’s Richard del Rosario and councilor Pablo Ortega in the Shooting Stars contest.
Santos, the second overall pick in the most recent Rookie Draft, scored a game-high 31 points, leading the Rookies to a breakthrough triumph over the Sophies in the Blitz Game introduced in Laoag City in 2005.
LA Tenorio, Jay-R Reyes, Mark Andaya, Joseph Yeo, Gabby Espinas and Jireh Ibanes each added at least 11 points for the Freshmen who got off to a jackrabbit start and never looked back to complete the one-sided victory.
Tenorio had eight points and Santos six in a 23-6 start that set the tone of the match early.
But that wasn’t the case in the skills events.
Hontiveros ruled the PBA All-Star three-point shootout in his third try, beating Miller by the thinnest of margins, 16-15, in the finals.
Taking a break from training with the RP team, Hontiveros, third placer in 2005 and eighth in 2004,
totaled 16 points in a performance in the finals he marked with conversion of three money balls, including the final one capping a four-point production in the fifth and last rack.
The San Miguel hotshot, shooting third to last in the finale, went on to win the contest in stunning fashion as Miller, the last man to shoot, missed his final shot and finished with 15.
Air21’s Gary David, the leader among the locals in scoring in the current PBA Fiesta Cup, came in third with 14 while Ginebra’s Mark Caguioa wound up fourth with 12.
The top three placers will team up to take on Ato Agustin, Pido Jarencio and Boyet Fernandez in the
Legends Shootout in Baguio Saturday.
Falling by the wayside after the elimination round were Larry Fonacier (14), Kerby Raymundo (13),
reigning champion William Antonio (11), Renren Ritualo (10) and Nino Gelig (six). Miller
topped the eliminations with 19 followed by Hontiveros with 16 and Caguioa and David with 15 apiece.
Canaleta went on to win a record third straight slam dunk competition with his chief rivals falling one
after another on a missed jam.
The Air21 leaper wowed the crowd by taking off just after the free throw line then soaring above a man for a thunderous one-hander. He followed it up with a windmill side-winder to beat Jay Washington, 79-54, in the finals.
A serious threat in Kelly Williams failed to make it past the elims as the Sta. Lucia prized Fil-Am failed to convert twice a between-the-legs jam.
“Malaking pressure ang nawala sa akin noong nawala si Kelly,” said Canaleta.
Others entered in the event were Santos, Espinas, Aaron Aban and Ronald Tubid.
Miller failed to make good his vow to win the three-point shootout but still had something to crow
about at the close of the skills events since he beat David by a second in topping the obstacle challenge.
The former Letran Knight clocked 30 seconds to David’s 31 seconds and Miranda’s and Alex Cabagnot’s similar 50-second clockings in the obstacle challenge finals.
In the elims, Cabagnot was the fastest at 30 seconds followed by Miller, David and Miranda at 33, Topex Robinson 35, LA Tenorio 38, Helterbrand 39, Jimmy Alapag 40, Jireh Ibanes 48 and Roger Yap 51. (NC)
The scores:
Rookies 122 – Santos 31, Tenorio 18, Reyes 17, Andaya 17, Yeo 13, Espinas 13, Ibanes 11, Aban 2.
Sophomores 107 – Washington 28, Canaleta 25, Macapagal 23, Bugia 8, Miranda 8, Cabagnot 7, Najorda 6, Holper 2.
Quarterscores: 38-18, 60-43, 84-73, 122-107