Jackson Vroman, the NBA Veteran with a fresh stint from the Chinese Basketball Association just proved to every body that he deserves the spot of their former Best Import Awardee Chris Alexander.
Vroman finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds, five blocks, four assists and three steals in his debut for the Kings, who actually scored most of his points from the first half of the game before Mark Caguiao eventually take over the scoring chores for the Gin Kings.
Vroman displayed an all-around game as he outran the Powerade's import Dwayne Jones and Contain their prolific import to just 13 points. This was highlighted with a staggering block as Dwayne Jones attempted a tomahawk two handed slam in the second quarter.
The former Lebanese Naturalized player also showed his intelligence as he was able to attract the defense most of the time and let Caguiao do the scoring rampage through his dishes.
Caguiao finishes the game with his season high 31 points, while Cortes and Ababou scored in double figures. Gary David, the last season best scorer was held to 0 points during their third quarter surged as he was covered by the former Gilas maintasy Dylan Ababou most of the time .
GINEBRA 105 – Caguioa 31, Vroman 19, Cortez 15, Ababou 10, Hatfield 7, Villanueva 6, Wilson J. 5, Helterbrand 5, Raymundo 5, Mamaril 2, Labagala 0.
POWERADE 96 – David 23, Lassiter 19, Casio 18, Jones 13, Kramer 10, Vanlandingham 6, Anthony 5, Lingganay 2, Calimag 0, Adducul 0, Crisano 0
Quarters: 29-22, 49-48, 80-66, 105-96