PBA: Blackwater blasts Kia

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ANTIPOLO—-Blackwater dismantled Kia, 118-97, and kept its hold of the eight seed in the PBA Governors’ Cup standings Friday at Ynares Center here.

The Elite dominated the Picanto from the get go, pushing the lead to as big as 70-31 at the half to improve to 4-4 while sending the Picanto to a league-worst 0-8 record.

Blackwater bounced back from a 117-96 loss to TNT last Wednesday which snapped their three-game winning run.

“We had lots of energy today both in the offensive and defensive ends,” said Elite head coach Leo Isaac.

“We dictated the tempo for the first three quarters until midway through the fourth that’s when we got our starting unit out and gave them some rest.”

The Picanto managed to chip away at Blackwater’s mammoth lead in the fourth, scoring 35 in the period when the Elite fielded in their reserves during the game’s garbage time.

Henry Walker had a team-high 25 points to lead Blackwater to go along 11 rebounds and seven dimes.

JP Erram put up a 16-point, 14-rebound double-double and also blocked three shots while Michael Digregorio came one rebound short of a double-double as he finished with 16 points and nine boards.

Geron Johnon led Kia with 28 points but turned the ball over nine times.

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