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PBA: June Mar Fajardo leads race for Philippine Cup's best player

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/entertainment/12/30/jun-mar-fajardo.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">June Mar Fajardo is looking for his fourth consecutive best player award in the Philippine Cup. <em>Photo courtesy of the PBA Media Bureau</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>June Mar Fajardo is off to a huge lead in the best player of the conference race based on statistics recently released by the PBA.</p><p>Fajardo, the three-time reigning MVP and three-time best player of the Philippine Cup, is averaging 20.2 points and a league-high 17.2 rebounds for San Miguel after six games, bringing his statistical points total to 44.2.</p><p>Three other San Miguel players finished in the top 15: point guard Alex Cabagnot (3rd, 34.6), forward Arwind Santos (6th, 31.3) and swingman Marcio Lassiter (14th, 28.7).</p><table border="1" cellPadding="3" cellSpacing="3" style="width:100%" width="737"><colgroup><col/><col/></colgroup><tbody><tr bgcolor="#2f75b5" height="20"><td colSpan="5" height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;color:white;text-align:center"><strong>Statistical points for Best Player of the conference</strong></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px"><strong>Rank</strong></td><td><strong>Player (team)</strong></td><td><strong>SPs</strong></td><td><strong>Key stats</strong></td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px">1</td><td>June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel)</td><td>44.2</td><td>20.2 points, 17.2 rebounds</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px">2</td><td>Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort)</td><td>37.5</td><td>27 points, 6.3 assists</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px">3</td><td>Alex Cabagnot (San Miguel)</td><td>34.6</td><td>18.2 points, 4 assists</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px">4</td><td>Japeth Aguilar (Ginebra)</td><td>33.2</td><td>20 points, 8.5 rebounds</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px">5</td><td>Mac Belo (Blackwater)</td><td>33</td><td>17. points, 7.6 rebounds</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px">6</td><td>Arwind Santos (San Miguel)</td><td>31.3</td><td>14.2 points, 2.3 blocks</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px">7</td><td>Calvin Abueva (Alaska</td><td>31</td><td>15.3 points, 8.8 rebounds</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px">8</td><td>Jayson Castro (TNT)</td><td>30.3</td><td>19.3 points, 5.5 assists</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px">9</td><td>Matthew Wright (Phoenix)</td><td>30.2</td><td>17.5 points, 5.7 rebounds</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px">10</td><td>Chris Newsome (Meralco)</td><td>29.8</td><td>15.2 points, 5.7 assists</td></tr><tr height="20"><td colSpan="5" height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px">All stats courtesy of the PBA</td></tr></tbody></table><p>GlobalPort spitfire guard Terrence Romeo came in 2nd behind Fajardo with 37.5 statistical points.</p><p>Fajardo is ahead of Romeo by a substantive 6.7 statistical points. For perspective, the gap between second-place Romeo and seventh-place Calvin Abueva of Alaska (31 statistical points) is 6.5 statistical points.</p><p>Romeo currently leads the league in scoring with 27 points and assists with 6.3 dimes.</p><p>Barangay Ginebra center Japeth Aguilar, 3rd in the league in scoring with 20 points, is 4th in statistical points with 33.2. Blackwater rookie Mac Belo rounds out the top 5 with 33 statistical points.</p><p>Jayson Castro (8th, 30.3 statistical points) led three TNT players in the top 15 despite playing just four games. Ranidel de Ocampo (11th, 29.2 statistical points) and Troy Rosario (15th, 27.7) are the other KaTropa players.</p><p>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/"><em><strong>ABS-CBN Sports website</strong></em></a>.</p>

June Mar Fajardo is off to a huge lead in the best player of the conference race based on statistics recently released by the PBA.