Fresh from a career outing, Calvin Oftana and the rest of the TNT Tropang Giga aim for back-to-back wins in their last game this 2024.
Will a one-week layoff cool off the red-hot Calvin Oftana?
That remains to be seen as Oftana and the Tropang Giga take center stage this Thursday, December 19 with the Blackwater Bossing standing their way in the PBA Season 49 Commissioner’s Cup play.
TNT relied on the hot hands of the sweet-shooting forward to notch their first win following a 103-100 decision against the Magnolia Hotshots.
The 28-year-old gunner unloaded a double career-high of 42 points and nine threes, helping the Tropang Giga snapped a two-game skid on top of earning Pilipinas Live-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week (Dec. 10-15).
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Not to be outdone is two-time Best Import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson who dropped 41 points.
With that, RHJ and Oftana became the first local-import tandem to score 40 points or more in a single game since Terrence Bailey (45) and Allan Caidic (43) did it back for PrestoTivoli in 1991 per PBA chief statistician Fidel Mangono.
Against Blackwater’s high-scoring import in George King who averaged 38 points in his last three games, the Tropang Giga aim to limit his offensive production with the hope of more local support coming in their way from the likes of RR Pogoy, Rey Nambatac, and Poy Erram.
Game time is set at 7:30 p.m.
(With reports from Pao Ambat)
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