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PBA All Stars: Hot-shooting James Yap is 3-point king again

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Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/05/04/james1.jpg"/><figcaption>James Yap won the 3-point shootout in Batangas on Wednesday. <em>PBA Media Bureau</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>BATANGAS CITY—James Yap of Rain Or Shine won the 3-point shooting contest, his second after 9 years, one of the side events in the second leg of the PBA All Stars series at Batangas City Sports Center here on Friday.</p><p>Yap tallied 24 points in the final, making 9 out of 10 money balls and in the process edging Stanley Pringle of GlobalPort (21) and 2-time winner Terrence Romeo of TNT (16).</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/25/18/pba-all-stars-beau-belga-breezes-to-obstacle-challenge-win">PBA All Stars: Beau Belga breezes to ‘Obstacle Challenge’ win</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/25/18/pba-all-stars-romeo-on-run-in-with-arwind-santos-wala-naman-iyon">PBA All Stars: Romeo on run-in with Arwind Santos — ‘Wala naman iyon’</a></li></ul><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yap scored 24 in the 3pt finals. <a href="https://t.co/fqqnlAhrIr">pic.twitter.com/fqqnlAhrIr</a></p>— Dennis Gasgonia (@dggasgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/dggasgo/status/999947127135453184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Rain Or Shine swingman first won the event in 2009, when neither Pringle nor Romeo was in the league.</p><p>Yap said the plan was to focus on making the colored balls that were worth 2 points.</p><p>&quot;Iyon ang nasa isip ko. Every time na ititira ko iyong money ball, ito iyong pinaka-importante na bola. Buti na lang pumapasok,&quot; Yap said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/25/18/pba-all-stars-yeng-guiao-feels-gratified-to-have-handled-june-mar-romeo">PBA All Stars: Yeng Guiao feels gratified to have handled June Mar, Romeo</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/25/18/pba-all-stars-terrence-romeo-show-in-batangas-as-short-handed-gilas-tops-luzon">PBA All Stars: Terrence Romeo show in Batangas, as short-handed Gilas tops Luzon</a></li></ul><p>Yap also topped the preliminary stage with the same score, followed by Romeo (23) and Pringle (22).</p><p>Allein Maliksi of Blackwater, the defending champion, finished with just 11, the lowest score in the preliminaries.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/25/18/pba-all-stars-rey-guevarra-soars-to-fourth-slam-dunk-title-in-close-duel">PBA All Stars: Rey Guevarra soars to fourth slam-dunk title in close duel</a></li></ul><p>The rest of the elimination-round scores are as follows: Ronald Tubid of Columbian Dyip with 20; Matthew Wright (Phoenix) 20; LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra) 19; Paul Lee (Magnolia) 17; Marcio Lassiter (San Miguel Beer) 16; Niño Canaleta (Meralco) 15; JVee Casio (Alaska) 14; and Larry Fonacier (NLEX) 13.</p><div><strong>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</strong></div>

<p>The Rain Or Shine swingman won the 3-point shooting contest, one of the side events in the second leg of the PBA All Stars series in Batangas Friday.</p>

The Rain Or Shine swingman won the 3-point shooting contest, one of the side events in the second leg of the PBA All Stars series in Batangas Friday.

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PBA All Stars: Hot-shooting James Yap is 3-point king again

Dennis Gasgonia,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 25, 2018 05:42 PM PHT

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Updated May 26, 2018 01:48 AM PHT

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