Here are the live scores, updates, and results of the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup between the Meralco Bolts and the Blackwater Bossing scheduled on June 30, 2022, at 5:15 PM.
The Meralco Bolts and the Blackwater Bossing are going to face each other this afternoon. The Bolts are looking to improve their current record with three wins and two losses while the Blackwater Bossing, who is shockingly doing well in the Philippine Cup, now has three wins and a loss alongside a two-game winning streak.
Meralco is aiming to bounce back from a loss against the NLEX Road Warriors in their previous game. They got left behind by the Road Warriors in the second quarter where they scored 17 points against NLEX’s 24 points. In the following two periods, they still got outscored, resulting in a defeat. The Bolts’ biggest losing margin was 17 points.
The Meralco squad only shot 34% on their shots and only hit six of their 26 attempts from beyond the three-point arc.
Newsome tallied 17 points against the Road Warriors while shooting 6-11 from the field. Hugnatan had ten points with five boards while Black, who had an outstanding performance prior to this contest, only contributed nine points on 4-12 shooting.
Meanwhile, Blackwater is coming off from a dominating win against the TerraFirma Dyip in their last matchup as they won with a commanding 37-point lead.
In the second quarter of the contest, Blackwater had a huge scoring run against the Dyip and logged in 36 points while limiting the opposing team to only score 20 points. They maintained this scoring barrage against TerraFirma in the remaining quarters and ended up with the victory.
Ular led Blackwater with 16 points while converting seven of his ten attempts, Casio had 14 on five of eight shooting, while Taha had 12 points and 14 boards, ending the matchup with a double-double performance.
Dyke, Ebona, and Sena, players who came from the second cast for Blackwater, registered 33 combined points against the Dyip, eleven from each of them. In addition, the Bossing shot well on their looks, knocking down 45% of their shots overall while splashing down 44% of their three-point attempts.