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This Day in PBA History: Peek recalls no special circumstance in perfect game

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Rey Joble

<p>Two years removed from playing with Alaska — which traded him to Coca-Cola along with John Arigo — Ali Peek played a perfect game against the Aces on this day in 2006, 16 years ago.</p><p>Peek hit all of his 12 shots from the field as his 100-percent shooting performance powered Coca-Cola to an 81-69 win over Alaska.</p><p>Looking back, Peek never thought he played a perfect game.</p><p>&quot;It was only after the game when our assistant coach Mon Jose approached me and said, &#x27;Hey, you played a perfect game.&#x27; I had no idea I hit all my shots from the field and played a perfect game,&quot; Peek told ABS-CBN before the jersey retirement ceremony of his old rival, Sonny Thoss.</p><p>According to Peek, there was no added motivation for him to play at such a high level, especially facing his former team.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/05/22/this-day-in-pba-history-remember-nccs-jeff-moore">This Day in PBA History: NCC’s Moore pulls down 31 rebounds</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Honestly, there&#x27;s really no added motivation when I played against Alaska. It just so happened that I played a great game against them and achieved that milestone against my former team,&quot; Peek added. &quot;It&#x27;s been 2 years since me and John Arigo got traded, so we&#x27;re pretty much set up with our new team.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/02/26/22/this-day-in-pba-history-cone-wins-record-16th-title">This Day in PBA History: Cone surpasses Dalupan as winningest coach</a></li></ul><p>&quot;But achievements such like that was special and I can&#x27;t believe it&#x27;s been 16 years when I achieved the feat.&quot;</p><p>Peek&#x27;s 12-of-12 shooting from the field ended up being the best shooting performance at that time.</p><p>Curiously, Peek broke his own previous record of 11-of-11 shooting, which he registered while he was still playing for Alaska a few years back.</p><p>The record for most number of consecutive 2-point field goal conversions made is held by 2 players — Frankie Lim and Alvin Patrimonio — but they didn&#x27;t end up with a perfect game. </p><p>Lim finished with 33 points while hitting 13 consecutive 2-point shots in Alaska&#x27;s 111-108 loss to Purefoods in March 1991.</p><p>Just about 2 months after that, Patrimonio also shot 13 straight 2-point conversions in Purefoods&#x27; 147-124 beat down at the hands of Sarsi. </p><div><em>Rey Joble is a sports journalist who has been covering the PBA since 1998, and followed the league as a fan way before that. </em></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1649470" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Peek saved his perfect form against his former team, Alaska, on March 10, 2006, but acknowledges there was nothing personal about his performance.