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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:561px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1711203389624KiefferAlas.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Kieffer Alas of Team Hustle dunks during the NBTC All-Star Game. Handout/NBTC"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Kieffer Alas of Team Hustle dunks during the NBTC All-Star Game. <em id="isPasted">Handout/NBTC</em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- Kieffer Alas stood out among his peers in the Smart-NBTC All-Star Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The star from De La Salle-Zobel took home two wins, as he topped the adidas Skills Challenge before leading Team Hustle past Team Heart, 114-106 in the adidas All-Star Game.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alas, the No. 2 ranked high school player in the country, fired 24 points in the All-Star Game while getting ample support from Gilas Pilipinas Youth stalwart Jacob Bayla (14 points) and NCAA Season 99 Juniors Finals MVP Titing Manalili (11).</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Early on, Alas and Bayla put on a show with a sequence of dunks, even as Andy Gemao answered them with his own aerial acrobatics for Team Heart whose effort was fronted by Far Eastern University-Diliman’s Veejay Pre 20 points.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the side events preceding the exhibition, the son of multi-titled mentor Louie and younger brother of NLEX star Kevin also led Team Smalls to victory in the adidas Skills Challenge.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Other winners include Team Global (Triple Threat New Zealand’s KC Ioane, Fil-Euro Nation Select’s Tim Broth, Filcom Italy’s Lorenzo Dimayuga, and Top Flight Canada’s Allen Vergara) in the adidas Shooting Stars, Mick Geronimo (Pusong Pinoy Marinduque) in the adidas Three-Point Shootout, and Winnie Fernandez (STI-West Negros University) in the adidas Slam Dunk Contest.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meanwhile, Karylle Sierba’s 21-point outing let Team Pride fend off Team Passion in the first-ever adidas Girls All-Star Game.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:561px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1711203408749GirlsAllStar.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Action in the first ever NBTC Girls All-Star Game. Handout/NBTC"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Action in the first ever NBTC Girls All-Star Game. <em id="isPasted">Handout/NBTC</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Another milestone was reached by the Philippine national under-19 basketball championship as it staged its inaugural Manila Showcase that pitted the NBTC Nationals Prospects against the Manila Live Aspirants.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In this one, the NBTC Nationals Prospects hacked out a come-from-behind 104-97 triumph over the Manila Live Aspirants.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The curtains close on the NBTC National Finals on Sunday still at the same venue, as UAAP champion Adamson High School and last year’s finalist Fil-Am Nation Select dispute the Division 1 title, while Top Flight Canada and Eco Green Technology-Makati battle for the Division 2 crown.</span></div>

<p>Kieffer Alas stood out among his peers in the Smart-NBTC All-Star Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena.</p>

Kieffer Alas stood out among his peers in the Smart-NBTC All-Star Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

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Kieffer Alas shines brightest in 2024 NBTC All-Star Game

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Published March 23, 2024 10:44 PM PHT

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