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Standhardinger leads BPC derby; Hollis-Jefferson tops import race

Published Mar 20, 2023 05:15 am
Barangay Ginebra big man Christian Standhardinger is on track of bagging his second Best Player of the Conference award after leading the derby at the end of the elimination round.

*Christian Standhardinger (middle) leads the BPC race in the 2023 PBA Governors' Cup (PBA Images)

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The 6-foot-9 slotman, who had to play a bigger role this conference following the injury of frontcourt partner Japeth Aguilar, topped the list with 42.8 statistical points after averaging 22.9 points, 10.2 rebounds and 6.0 assists through nine games. Standhardinger made his case even stronger after posting 20 points and eight rebounds as the Kings advanced to the semifinals after a 127-93 victory over NLEX in the quarterfinals.  Ginebra is set to take on San Miguel in the semifinals and a series win against it would further boost Standhardinger’s bid for the plum especially that two Beermen are trailing him in the list. The San Miguel duo of CJ Perez and June Mar Fajardo came in second and third with 39.3 SPs and 37.6 SPs, respectively. Perez has been playing superb all throughout the conference and stepped his game a notch even higher in the recent games following the MCL injury to Fajardo.  He averaged 20.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.5 steals while the SMB center remained the best local rebounder with 12.8 boards per outing. Also in the top 5 are TNT’s Calvin Oftana and RR Pogoy with the former finishing the elims at the fourth spot with 36.1 SPs while the latter landed at the fifth with 35.8.  Also in the Top 10 are Standhardinger’s teammate Jamie Malonzo (33.5) at the sixth, top local scorer and Terrafirma’s Juami Tiongson (33.3) at the seventh and Converge’s Maverick Ahanmisi (33.27) at the eighth. Rounding up the list are Calvin Abueva (32.6) and Mikey Williams (32.5). Curiously just sitting outside the Top 10 is reigning MVP and last season’s Govs’ Cup BPC Scottie Thompson with 31.6 SPs, tied with NLEX’s Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser at the 11th place. Meanwhile, displaying his NBA pedigree is TNT import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson as he takes the top spot in the import race. He amassed 59 SPs after averaging 31 points, 12 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 2.4 steals and 1 block through five contests. Coming in second is the banished Converge import Jamaal Franklin with 56.0 SPs, tied with Magnolia reinforcement Antonio Hester. NorthPort’s high-scoring import Kevin Murphy landed at the fourth spot with 53.3 while the steady SMB import  Cameron Clark finished at the fifth spot 51.8. Resident Ginebra import and last year’s winner Justin Brownlee was curiously also outside the Top 5, sitting at the sixth spot with 51.3 SPs

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