Bay Area wallops Rain or Shine, enters PBA semis

Posted by watchmen
December 9, 2022
Posted in SPORTS

 

Bay Area wallops Rain or Shine, enters PBA semis.
Bay Area wallops Rain or Shine, enters PBA semis.

By ADRIAN STEWART CO

The Bay Area Dragons made its way to the semifinals of the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup with a 126-96 rout of Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the quarterfinals yesterday at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.

Hayden Blankley led the way with personal-best 47 points, including 10 three-point conversions, to go with 10 rebounds as the Dragons finished the Painters in just one game.

Andrew Nicholson chipped in 32 points to go with eight rebounds, while Glen Yang fell short of triple-double with 13 points, 10 assists and six rebounds for the Bay Area.

The Dragons are set to face the winner of the San Miguel Beermen-Converge FiberXers series in a best-of-seven semifinals showdown slated for next week.

From a close contest early in the game, the Dragons created separation from the Painters behind Songwei Zhu, Kobey Lam and Nicholson for a 27-16 advantage.

Bay Area widened the lead to 49-29 early in the second frame on triples by Blankley and Nicholson.

The Painters cut it to 40-49 but back-to-back treys by Blankley and Glen Yang increased it back to 60-44.

The top-seed Dragons went for the kill in the second half behind the trio of Blankley, Nicholson and Yang as the lead reached its largest at 34 points late in the third quarter.

Rey Nambatac led the way with 19 points, Ryan Pearson chipped in 15 markers, while Andrei Caracut and Mike Nieto added 12 markers each for the Painters, which ended in eighth place.

 

BAY AREA 126 — Blankley 47, Nicholson 32, Yang 13, Zhu 9, Song 6, Lam 5, Zheng 5, Liu 4, Ewing 3, Reid 2, Ju 0, Si 0, Zhang 0.

RAIN OR SHINE 96 — Nambatac 19, Pearson 15, Caracut 12, Nieto 12, Asistio 9, Mamuyac 8, Santillan 7, Clarito 7, Belga 3, Borboran 3, Ponferrada 1, Norwood 0, Ildefonso 0, Torres 0, Guinto 0.

Quarterscores: 27-16, 60-44, 92-68, 126-96./ASC, WDJ

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