Converge's Jordan Heading and Justine Baltazar broke out in their first Christmas Day game in the PBA as Converge won its fourth straight game by beating Meralco, 110-94, on 25 December in the Commissioner’s Cup at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
Heading and Baltazar led the charge of the locals as the FiberXers improved their record to 6-2, while dealing the Bolts their second straight loss in five matches.
Heading had 30 points, six rebounds, and eight assists, while Baltazar had 16 points, seven rebounds, and four assists in the win by Converge, which also got 24 points and 19 rebounds from import Cheick Diallo.
Converge coach Franco Atienza was glad that the FiberXers were able to lead throughout the match, while also taking advantage of the Bolts’ injury bug with Akil Mitchell, Chris Banchero, and Allein Maliksi just coming back to their team.
The FiberXers led by as many as 20 points in the contest.
"We just want to put it in context. This is a championship caliber team and they are plagued with injuries," said Atienza.
"Maybe we were lucky, they are not in their best form although they competed and na-challenge din kami. We are very happy na our previous wins, we were trailing at the start, but now we are in control."
Mitchell had 29 points and 18 rebounds in his comeback game after missing the last two matches of the Bolts due to a broken nose. Bong Quinto had 23 points, but only Cliff Hodge was the only remaining Bolt to breach double-digits with 10.
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