Pacquiao drops triple-double at MPBL Canada Invasion

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 09:28:04 +0000

MANNY Pacquiao

CALGARY, Canada – Manny Pacquiao lodged a triple double – 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists – to lift Team Pacquiao past Team Casey Calgary, 116-99, last Friday (yesterday in Manila) in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League Canada Invasion at Seven Chiefs Sportsplex here.

Unable to connect well from long distance, Pacquiao, founder and chief executive officer of the MPBL, scored mostly on drives, hustled for loose balls, and found the open man in 34 minutes and 43 seconds of play to achieve the feat which outweighed his 35-point and 42-point outbursts in similar exhibition games during the MPBL Dubai Invasion in September.

Mark Yee and Rep. Bobby Pacquiao supported the eight-division world champion, who also had a steal to go with his first triple-double, with 20 points each.

Yee, who also played in the other exhibition game, added 14 rebounds and three assists as Team Pacquiao, mentored by Pampanga Giant Lanterns owner Rep. Dong Gonzales, and assisted by MPBL Deputy Commissioner Zaldy Realubit, led by as many as 89-70.

Other major contributors for Team Pacquiao were Chris Lalata with 11 points, including a pair of two-handed dunks, and Christian Luanzon and Jhaymo Eguilos with seven points each.

Completing Team Pacquiao, which played bereft of an organized practice, were MPBL Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes, MPBL Operations Head Emmer Oreta, MPBL panelists Martin Antonio, Luanzon, and Rodney Santos, Michael Juico, Paolo Hubalde, and actor Gerald Anderson.

Team Casey Calgar
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