The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (3-1) completed a 19-point comeback, escaping with a 112-111 victory over the Titan Ultra Giant Risers (1-4). Meanwhile, the San Miguel Beermen (2-2) survived a hard-fought 83-81 victory against Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (1-3) to make it back-to-back wins. On the other hand, the NLEX Road Warriors snapped the Meralco Bolts’ three-game winning streak with an 89-85 triumph on October 26.
TOP PERFORMERS OF THE DAY:
Calvin Abueva TIT PF 31 PTS | 18 REB | 2 STL | 63.6 FPS
The Beast erupted once again with another big-time performance, recording his second straight double-double and his second game this conference with at least 30 points.
Junemar Fajardo SMB C 17 PTS | 16 REB | 4 BLK | 49.7 FPS
JMF shined once again on both ends of the floor, recording his fourth consecutive double-double. The only issue was his 6 turnovers.
Adrian Nocum ROS SF 24 PTS | 8 REB | 3 STL | 47.6 FPS
Nocum is starting to heat up, scoring at least 17 points in each of their last three games. Defensively, he has also delivered, recording seven stocks in his last two.
Earl Scottie Thompson GIN SG 15 PTS | 9 REB | 7 AST | 47.3 FPS
Thompson flirted with a triple-double, but his offensive struggles continued, converting just one of his seven attempts from long range.
Clifford Marion Hodge MER PF 14 PTS | 17 REB | 2 STL | 41.9 FPS
Hodge was a force inside the paint, shooting 5-of-9 from two and grabbing 11 offensive rebounds to set a new conference high in rebounding. It was also his second game with at least 16 rebounds.
Japeth Aguilar GIN C 20 PTS | 12 REB | 2 BLK | 40.9 FPS
Japeth led all players in scoring with a 60% shooting clip from two and finished with his second double-double this conference.
Christopher Elijah Newsome MER SG 21 PTS | 11 REB | 3 AST | 40.7 FPS
Newsome shot 7-for-13 from two and a perfect 7-for-7 from the line to finish with his second 20-point game while also recording his best rebounding performance this conference.
Crispin John Cansino MER SF 24 PTS | 5 REB | 2 BLK | 38.5 FPS
CJ struggled on offense but still finished with his third 20-point game and his fifth with at least 18 points this conference.
Leonard Santillan ROS PF 21 PTS | 9 REB | 1 AST | 30.3 FPS
Santillan started slow but came up big in the fourth quarter, knocking down four threes and scoring 13 crucial points to spark the comeback.
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE DAY:
Joshua Andrei Caracut ROS PG 0 PTS | 2 AST | 2 TO
Caracut hasn’t really made much impact at this conference. Last playoffs, he was an important part of the team’s offense.
