David is week’s best in pba

HOT-SHOOTING Powerade wingman Gary David bounced back in a huge way from two sorry games as he registered a new career-high of 42 points, good enough to notch him Player of the Week honors in the ongoing PBa Philippine Cup.

The 33-year-old scattered a career-high 42 points against the Petron Blaze Boosters last Sunday in leading the Tigers to a 108-94 win that cut short their two-game skid caused, as most think, by David unusually failing to rise to the occasion.

In an 80-97 loss to B-Meg last Wednesday, David was held to just seven points, the first time in the last five conferences or since he returned in the 2009-10 season to the franchise that picked him at 10th overall in the 2004 Draft that the prolific scorer was limited to a single-digit number.

Versus Barangay Ginebra, the league scoring champion the past two seasons hastened their sorry 72-73 downfall with two missed charities in the last 12 seconds.

David went 4-of-6 from the three-point area, 11-of-13 from the two-point zone and 8-of-10 from the stripes. He also added seven rebounds and four assists./Correspondent Jonas Panerio