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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1711189621213PBA Images1.JPG" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="NorthPort&#x27;s JM Calma was the winner of the 2024 PBA All-Star Big Men Obstacle Course Challenge on March 23, 2024 at the University of St. La Salle Gym. PBA Images"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">NorthPort&#x27;s JM Calma was the winner of the 2024 PBA All-Star Big Men Obstacle Course Challenge on March 23, 2024 at the University of St. La Salle Gym. <em>PBA Images</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 -- JM Calma was a confident, steady performer in winning the 2024 PBA All-Star Big Men Obstacle Course Challenge at the University of St. La Salle Gym in Bacolod on Saturday.</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 NorthPort forward, the sixth overall pick in the 2021 Rookie Draft, was flawless in the final round.</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 former San Sebastian star became the third winner of this skills challenge after Beau Belga in 2018 and 2019 and Dave Marcelo in 2022.</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">Calma was the fastest in the event where participants went through a challenge of dribbling through a slalom course, passing and shooting. He clocked 26 seconds in the finale to bag the crown and the P30,000 that went with it.</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">Rain or Shine&#x27;s Santi Santillan and Magnolia&#x27;s James Laput made the championship round but settled for runner-up honors with clockings of 29 and 39 seconds, respectively.</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">Calma topped Santillan and Laput in the finale after beating San Miguel&#x27;s Moala Tautua and Ginebra&#x27;s Ralph Cup in the matchup elims.</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">Cu went down in the second round after dethroning champ Marcelo in the first round.</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">Laput made the final with wins over Blackwater&#x27;s Clifford Jopia and Terrafirma&#x27;s Isaac Go.</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">Santillan, meanwhile, advanced to the medal play by defeating Meralco&#x27;s Raymond Almazan and Converge&#x27;s Justin Arana.</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">From matchup play in the elimination round, the event shifted to a time trial race in the finale.</span></div>

<p>JM Calma was a confident, steady performer in winning the 2024 PBA All-Star Big Men Obstacle Course Challenge at the University of St. La Salle Gym in Bacolod on Saturday.</p>

JM Calma was a confident, steady performer in winning the 2024 PBA All-Star Big Men Obstacle Course Challenge at the University of St. La Salle Gym in Bacolod on Saturday.

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PBA: NorthPort's JM Calma rules All-Star Obstacle Course for big men

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Published Mar 23, 2024 06:36 PM PHT

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