SAN Miguel Beer may be on top of the PBA Philippine Cup leaderboard, but it's Robert Bolick who is No. 1 in the race for the Best Player of the Conference award.
The explosive NLEX guard leads the statistical point standings halfway through the season-ending conference with an average of 49.2 sps fueled by his league-leading 29.6 points average and 7.2 assists per game.
Bolick key to NLEX surge
Seeing action in his first full conference with the Road Warriors, Bolick’s leadership has been the major reason for the team’s surge up the standings, now running second behind the undefeated Beermen (5-0) with its 5-1 record.
Bolick and the rest of the Road Warriors are in Candon, Ilocos Sur for their Saturday matchup against the TNT Tropang Giga.
Northport main man Arvin Tolentino is at No. 2 behind Bolick with 43.6sps and also second in scoring with 24.0 points as the Batang Pier are off to a 4-2 start. The 28-year-old forward also showed his all-around game by submitting numbers of 7.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.2 blocks per outing.
Top freshman Stephen Holt of Terrafirma is also making a strong case for the top individual award of the conference by placing No. 3 with 40.2sps behind averages of 20.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 4.7 assists.
Fajardo running fourth in BPC
San Miguel big man June Mar Fajardo, who owns the most number of BPC awards with nine overall, sits at fourth place with 37.0sps while leading the league in rebounds at 12.3 and an average of 14.3 points.
Third-year forward Leonard Santillan of Rain or Shine rounds out the Top 5 with 35.9sps (21.6 pts, 9.6 rebounds, and 2.1 assists)
Another Rain or Shine player in the rejuvenated Beau Belga lands at eighth place with 31.9sps (16.1 pts, 9.1 rebounds, and 4.9 assists) in a tie with Terrafirma’s Juami Tiongson (21.9 pts, 5.6 rebounds, and 3.7 assists).
The two are just below No. 6 CJ Perez of San Miguel with 33.8sps (16.5 pts, 3.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 1.8 steals), and No. 7 TNT’s Calvin Oftana with 33.3sps (19.3 pts, 9.0 rebounds, and 2.5 assists).
Perez is eyeing to make it back-to-back after winning his first BPC award during the Commissioner’s Cup.
Completing the Top 10 is Barangay Ginebra’s Christian Standhardinger with 31.8sps behind a double-double of 14.8 points and 10.5 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Holt continues to pace the Rookie of the Year with 40.2sps followed by the Northport duo of Cade Flores (31.0sps) and Zavier Lucero (25.2sps), Adrian Nocum of Rain or Shine (24.3sps) and TNT’s Henry Galinato (21.8sps).
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