Converge vs. Meralco highlights | 2023 PBA on Tour - Jun. 4, 2023

The most notable one among his first five is Jerron Teng who is obviously not that old or that He is a skilled hunter But when you look at this five from Coach Aldin it's like you're watching as we look at that three-pointer to start things off by Alain Maliksyten Look at Anjo he's pushing this basketball around He is in shape Safe to say Stuck on Out to Teng Let 's get it flying Kinasa Couldn't get it in Ang boho Third attempt is good Their first game in the PBA They are the great combination They are the boho But after that He's getting too many minutes Anjo Karam pushing the pace once again Someone needs to stop that guy He kicks it out to Pasaol for three Sometimes he really does it just to be able to double the other big man Excellent defense for Raymond Almazan Bonquito He searched A delicious dish Forward pass with the left Look at that pass all the way It goes to Pasaol Diba has no resistance whatsoever And they also can't find a bucket here She Ebonia is the one who takes the lead Finally gets one in for converge There's Pasaol What a pass What a play Norbert Torres from Lasal Ito they used to compete in college Teng against Norbert Teng Scores through and makes the shot We'll see if they can establish their defense Frankie Johnson to Norbert Norbert Just inside the three-point line And here he is Let it fly Short Ebonia is at a disadvantage against two white shirt scores Ebonia has nowhere to go here He has three seconds to create something Oh nice fake Scores is Barkley Ebonia Ball will stay with converge Rakal Goes to Balanza Nieto for three Strokes it It's Vitkito Against Zambon Former teammates once again Look at that All the way from Iso Brings the ball out One- on-one against Jose Attacks the left With the left He finishes Ebonia to Teng Teng has three seconds Teng Oh look at that Pinoy step Converge Fiber Xers cut this lead down to three As we end the first 12 minutes Ebonia When Ebonia entered They were down like 14-16-2 I remember he was the first one to shoot in a long time for Converge A block here But Adge cleans up the mess Converge is pushing once again Converge Teng with a U-Row Carabao has done a great job Forcing Converge to take tough shots like this And late in the shot clock But a rebound by Arana And there's That's what's obvious Karam The Hezzy Nice Goes out of the way We still have less than eight minutes here in the first half Stockton over Karam scores Here is Anjo Babawe Out to Pasaol Pasaol against Mike Nieto They really want to improve on their game Especially when our regular season started Stockton for three Five straight points for Alex Stockton It's starting to get hot here Fifth To the hole side for himself He loses it Recovers Pressured by Arana Fifth is looking for a pump Goes out of the way Good move Look at that Spin for Balanza Balanza is pushing Finds Arana Arana Nice finish Nice pass there Yes Talk about Arana's versatility It's like he missed the point guard It' s like he misdirected the shot Stockton Nothing there Second attempt It's good The part of Converge It went in A lot of things didn 't suit up for both teams Rakal It puts it through Almazan Up against the sophomore in Justin Arana Almazan The hook Nice move He's already in the middle of the KBA competition Baliksi Nice Beautiful You can see how loose it is here He used his back against Almazan Here Almazan again Their matchup score is 1-0 Here's Almazan again Stockton with it Uses the screen Stockton Rakal No Rebound Arana Arana puts it back in 3 seconds Do they know it Pasaul does And Pasaul Puts it through A 5-point lead for Miralco 49-44 after 24 Stockton To Descartes Out to Geron On the weak side Geron attacks the middle Basket and one for JT Almazan The ball is loose It's with Karam The in and out Karam is pushing Karam will go all the way A ball at the board Stockton against Karam Stockton Scores again Almazan with the left once again This time it's short Stockton will push once again Stockton has JT to his left Goes to him and they score Baliksi against Nieto The vet against the rook Well not a rook But look at that Half spin JT Goes to Stockton Stockton pulls up over Karam No He gets it back Good drill yes He fouled his own shot Tang Caught in the air Goes to Ebonia Ebonia Another kick out Nieto Free lane And one Ebonia Attack Spins on Pascual The scoop is good You cannot abandon your system You really have to execute because that's where your coach feels that you can get an open shot And talking about execution look at that Johnson makes the save It goes to Nieto for the score Balanza Nieto Balik kay Balanza He wants to take Hatch off the dribble Balanza D'Chesi Goes all the way with the left That went smoothly Quito The twist on Ebonia Dumping under Another fake out to Jose Jose finds Tabaram Cross court Ebonia Babaue Uses the glass on Rios That's the board Against Rakal And finally he scores over Rakal Karam asks for the basketball 10 seconds on the shot clock He' s gonna go to work Uses Almazan Karam with a sweeping hook It's good Usually Anjo would just give up those shot attempts But here he's very aggressive going to the basket Karam on the other side Anjo goes all the way Again one of those high looping layups 70-70 after 36 Baliksi Kawarapas There's always separation We can talk about defense and offense Defense a lot of things Oh Balansa from deep Baliksi look at that Fake and he finishes over Arana That stroke is not going to change He keeps going up and down Oh there 's a nice up and under move Gets out of trouble He 's pushing Pasaol finds Jose for the finish Balansa Gets the screen Balansa out to JT JT 's wide open Let it fly Butter Quinto It's with Frankie Back down to Quinto Quinto over Balansa He scores again He's got a good turnaround shot All the way Those may up and under moves Nice matchup from JT Answers back on the other end You know especially when no matter what happens with you either you win or you lose you did something right And that's something players can definitely look back on JT steps out of the three -point line He misses Arana Blocked by Hodge Second try It's good Malixi to Hodge Finds Karam on the other side And Joe Karam for three Malixi attacks Rakhal Rakhal closes the door Goes to the other side Oh what a pass Touch Passing under the basket Hodge No Converge will take place Stockton It goes all the way No Arana At the bottom Bodies are on the floor This is playoff basketball I completely agree with you Malik makes the first connection Serious about securing this win We have a good game in our hands Getting it out to score Hodge Stand in line for two Wow Two That's what you're working on in situations like this This is exactly the reason why we have PBA on tour for young teams like Converge You heard Kevin right away Bonquinto Extends this To eight Nieto To Ebonia Ebonia To Arana Doesn 't get the layup And that buzzer signals the end of this game A 96-88 win for the Meral Cumpons And a great bounce back win for them