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Bolick, Juan GDL share PBA Player of the Week honor

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/20251118131120/8cc55919465ae5899717b4faf376693e5861d37fb6db76ea0b67a85d83006b90.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Robert Bolick of NLEX and Juan Gomez de Liaño of Converge. <em>PBA Images</em> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Star guards Robert Bolick and Juan Gomez de Liaño submitted strong performances to lift their respective teams to victories before the PBA Season 50 Philippine Cup took a break to give way to the FIBA window.</p><p>Bolick erupted for 36 big points on six triples and issued 10 assists as he anchored NLEX to a pivotal 92-83 victory over Titan Ultra just before the league halted play.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/11/16/pba-bolick-powers-nlex-past-titan-and-into-share-of-ph-cup-lead-1946">READ: Bolick powers NLEX past Titan and into share of PH Cup lead</a></div><p>With this followup to their previous 105-91 disposal of Rain or Shine, the Road Warriors hiked their win-loss record to 6-2 for pole position ahead of the Elasto Painters (6-2) on tiebreak.</p><p>Getting their sixth victory also guaranteed  a sure playoffs stint for Bolick and Co. with still three games to play at the resumption of hostilities on Dec. 5.</p><p>Gomez de Liaño, for his part, continued to impress for Converge, sparking the FiberXers to a 106-96 crushing of Barangay Ginebra and a 5-2 card with his 32-point sizzler that went with six rebounds and six assists.</p><p>Gin Kings coach Tim Cone would later say the rookie sensation &quot;looked like the best player in the league&quot; with how he performed, then went on to add the do-it-all guard to the expanded 18-man Gilas Pilipinas pool.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/11/14/pba-juan-gdl-tallies-career-high-32-pts-as-converge-lords-over-ginebra-2221">READ: Juan GDL tallies career-high 32 pts as Converge lords over Ginebra</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/11/17/juan-gdl-makes-it-to-gilas-pool-ahead-of-world-cup-asian-qualifiers-2002">READ: Juan GDL makes it to Gilas pool ahead of World Cup Asian Qualifiers</a></div><p>With their equally-outstanding plays, the PBA Press Corps decided to name Bolick and Gomez de Liaño as its co-Players of the Week honorees for the period Nov. 12 to 16.</p><p>It was Bolick&#x27;s first for the golden season and the third overall for Juan GDL, who first won the citation on opening week (October 5 to 12) then repeated on Oct. 22 to 26. The rookie sensation posted a triple-double in each of his first two POW victories.</p>

<p>Star guards Robert Bolick and Juan Gomez de Liaño submitted strong performances to lift their respective teams to victories before the PBA Season 50 Philippine Cup took a break to give way to the FIBA window.</p>

Star guards Robert Bolick and Juan Gomez de Liaño submitted strong performances to lift their respective teams to victories before the PBA Season 50 Philippine Cup took a break to give way to the FIBA window.