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    Kevin Alas earns PBA Player of the Week citation

    NLEX guard Kevin Alas named PBA Player of the Week
    Dec 15, 2021
    Kevin Alas
    With Kevin Alas in control, NLEX goes 2-0.
    PHOTO: PBA Images

    NLEX hurdled its first two roadblocks for an early lead in the PBA Governors’ Cup with Kevin Alas taking charge.

    Alas served as the Road Warriors’ much-needed endgame ace in their feisty victories against San Miguel and Northport for a 2-0 mark in the league’ first import-spiced conference amid the pandemic.

    The NLEX captain registered 16.5 points, 6.0 assists, and 4.0 rebounds in those two big wins that earned him the first Cignal Play–PBA Press Corps Player of the Week citation this conference for the period Dec. 8-12.

    Up against the beefed-up Beermen, Alas quarterbacked the Road Warriors’ drive with 12 points, eight assists, and four rebounds as they ran away with a 114-102 win in the opener at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

    The 30-year-old guard from Letran then sizzled for 21 markers, four rebounds, and four assists two days later as NLEX edged Northport in overtime, 120-115.

    Kevin Alas scores 21 points for NLEX, none bigger than the three free throws that forced overtime.Kevin Alas and the Road Warriors are on a roll.

    Alas nailed three crucial free throws in the final 1.2 seconds of regulation that tied the game at 102, plus another pair of game-preserving freebies in extra time.

    “Si God na lahat ’yun. Kasi nung nandun ako, pressure na yung nararamdaman ko, e. Pero hindi ko na iniisip ano yung nangyari. Nagdadasal na lang ako doon,” said Alas, who also atoned for his costly foul on Robert Bolick in the last minute of the fourth period.

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    Alas bested Chris Banchero and Matthew Wright of Phoenix Super LPG, which also went 2-0 in the league’s opening week following wins against Terrafirma and Blackwater.

    Jeron Teng and Robbie Herndon of Alaska (2-1) were also considered for the weekly award being handed out by the men and women covering the PBA beat.

    Riding on the crest of his POW citation and his team’s unbeaten run so far, Alas and the Road Warriors face off with reigning champion TNT on Wednesday as the PBA comes home to the storied Smart-Araneta Coliseum in Cubao with in-game fans for the first time since March 2020.

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    With Kevin Alas in control, NLEX goes 2-0.
    PHOTO: PBA Images
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