Alab Pilipinas big-man PJ Ramos made a stellar Alab Pilipinas debut as the national team lambasted the visiting Indonesia CLS Knights, 94-67.
PJ Ramos and Renaldo Balkman Connection
It's been a lopsided third quarter with Alab Pilipinas starting to pull away!
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas 🇵🇭 – 7️⃣4️⃣
CLS Knights Indonesia 🇮🇩 – 4️⃣7️⃣Renaldo Balkman – 2️⃣7️⃣ points
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The former Kia Carnival import immediately shown his all-around game as registered 20 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.
12 of those markers came from three-point area which probably surprised the CLS Knights not thinking that the 7’3 center able to knockout long range bombs.
Alab Pilipinas returnee Renaldo Balkman also in his usual beast mode as he punished the Indonesian squad with his 33 points and 11 rebounds.
That stat line is enough for him to be declared as the Air Asia Player of the Game.
Last year’s ASEAN Basketball League MVP Bobby Ray Parks Jr., chipped in with his 10 markers while the younger brother of Matt Ganuelas-Rosser (Brandon Rosser) delivered six points.
Fil-Am Caelan Tiongson who previously played with the Chong Son Kung Fu (now Macau Black Bears) last season scored four points grabbed eight rebounds and dished out seven assists.
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas 🇵🇭 begins their ASEAN Basketball League campaign in dominant fashion as they demolished the CLS Knights Surabaya 🇮🇩 at home! 💪🏼
Imports Renaldo Balkman and PJ Ramos combined for 9️⃣ three-pointers to lead their offense 🤜🏼🤛🏼#RiseTo9reatness pic.twitter.com/YXrgobWbBk
— ABL (@aseanbasketball) December 9, 2018
“I’m pleased with the effort especially defensively. CLS is a team that can score in bunches but right from the start of the game we were able to establish ourselves defensively,” said Alab Pilipinas head coach Jimmy Alapag.
Alab Pilipinas vs CLS Knights Box Score
Quarters: 23-14 | 46-27 | 74-67 | 94-67
Philippines (94): Balkman 33, Ramos 20, Parks 10, Domingo 6, Rosser 6, Alvano 5, Tiongson 4, Javelona 4, Urbiztondo 3, Torres 3
Indonesia (67): Esho 20, Hurt 19, Utomo 12, Brandon 7, Baskoro 3, Jawato 2, Wong 2, Panagan 2