PBA Round 1 of Semi-Finals. Bay Area Dragons and Ginebra Kings record victories

SM Beermen - Bay Area D. 102-103

Bay Area D. looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. Canadian Andrew Nicholson (206-1989, college: St.Bonaventure) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 30 points and 15 rebounds for the winners and Chinese forward Songwei Zhu (206-1996) chipped in 19 points and 7 assists. Four Bay Area D. players scored in double figures. At the losing side guard Jaymar Perez (188-1993) responded with 24 points and 7 rebounds and American power forward Devon Scott (206-1994, college: Dayton) scored 9 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
Top scorers:
Bay Area D.: A.Nicholson 30+15reb+3ast, Z.Songwei 19+1reb+7ast, H.Blankley 15+9reb+2ast, M.Ju 13+3reb+1ast, K.Lam 12+1reb+2ast, G.Yang 9+5reb+6ast
SM Beermen: J.Perez 24+7reb+2ast, T.Romeo 21+4reb, M.Lassiter 16+1reb+1ast, J.Cruz 11+3reb+2ast, J.Mar Fajardo 11+8reb+4ast, D.Scott 9+8reb+8ast

Ginebra Kings - Hotshots 87-84

Ginebra Kings players were unselfish on offense dishing 24 assists. Hotshots were plagued by 24 personal fouls down the stretch. Forward Jamie Malonzo nailed a double-double by scoring 21 points and 12 rebounds (made all of his seven free throws) for the winning side and American forward Justin Brownlee (197-1988, college: St.John's) accounted for 11 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. Brownlee is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. Guard Paul Lee (185-1989) came up with 21 points and naturalized American forward Calvin Abueva (190-1988) added 10 points and 12 rebounds respectively for Hotshots in the defeat. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Hotshots' coach tried various players' combinations and tested in total thirteen players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Ginebra Kings: M.Jamie 21+12reb+1ast, S.Thompson 16+7reb+6ast, C.Standhardinger 14+6reb+1ast, J.Brownlee 11+13reb+6ast, S.Pringle 8+2reb+2ast, J.Aguilar 6+5reb+2ast
Hotshots: P.Lee 21+2reb+2ast, D.Aris 12+3reb, I.Paul Sangalang 10+9reb, C.Abueva 10+12reb, N.Rakocevic 10+8reb+2ast, R.dela Rosa 7+1ast



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