JUNE Mar Fajardo is on well on his way to capture his 10th PBA Best Player of the Conference award.

Based on the statistical points at the end of the Philippine Cup, Fajardo is leading with 43.12 SPs on 17.3 points, 14.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists, way ahead of second placer Robert Bolick of NLEX Road Warriors, who has 43.08SPs.

Stephen Holt of Terrafirma, who is leading in the Rookie of the Year race, is currently in third place with 40.8 SPs. He has impressive all-around numbers of 21.08 points, 8.1 rebounds, 6.3 assists, and 2.4 steals. Holt also led the Dyip to their first playoff appearance in eight years.

San Miguel’s CJ Perez is fourth with 39.18 sps and Barangay Ginebra’s Christian Standhardinger with 39.16.

The 6-10 from Compostela, Cebu has won the BPC title nine times, while Perez earned his first during the last Commissioner’s Cup.

Meanwhile, the PBA will enter the Philippine Cup Finals with impressive viewership numbers on new carrier RPTV Channel 9, as well as strong figures from the league’s other platforms.

“We are very grateful yung mga manonood natin ay patuloy tayong sinusundan, at nadagdagan pa sila noong mga nakatutok sa atin sa RPTV, sa ating carrying cable network at sa social media,” said PBA commissioner Willie Marcial.

“Nakakataba ng puso, and this will definitely inspire us all the more to bring the best games possible especially as we near the league’s 50th season,” he said.

The league top honcho expressed gratitude to the PBA fans after receiving reports of an average of 1.2 million reached every game in its initial months of broadcast by RPTV.

Then add the millions more attracted by the PBA games on Cignal TV’s Rush channel and via online.

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Robert Andaya