But Furious leads Fast by just 0.2
IF the statistical race is to be the gauge, Barangay Ginebra's Mark Caguioa is on his way to snaring the Best Player award in the Smart PBA Fiesta Conference.
The prolific Kings guard finished the semifinals on top of the race with 32.62 statistical points average, with only teammate Jayjay Helterbrand (32.42 Sps) crowding him for the tournament's highest individual plum.
The two finished racking up the stats after sweeping Red Bull in four games of their semifinals series.
The rest of their closest pursuers, even those from Air21 and Magnolia, which are still battling for the other finals slot, have little way of overtaking them and snatching the award away.
Should either Caguioa, who snared the same award in the 2006-07 Philippine Cup, or Helterbrand bag the citation, then he will become an automatic contender for the season MVP.
Only the top five in the SPs race are to be considered for the award, but it will also include the top player from the other finalist if he isn’t among the Top 5 contenders.
That means Air21's Arwind Santos, who dropped from fourth at the end of the eliminations to sixth with his 29.00 average, could be a contender. Ditto for Magnolia's Dondon Hontiveros, who is at 16th with 23.0.
Smart Philippine Cup BPC winner Kelly Williams got mired at third with his 32.38 SPs average, Alaska's Willie Miller is still stuck at fourth with 30.30 and Purefoods' Kerby Raymundo at fifth with 29.50.
The award, along with the Best Import plum, will be announced in Game 3 of the Finals.
The third big reason for Barangay Ginebra's 12-game winning streak and early Finals entry, Chris Alexander, is also the frontrunner in the Best Import category.
Alexander, the tournament leader in rebounding, field-goal percentage and shotblocks, has a 48.6 SPs average, way ahead of Air21 reinforcement Steven Thomas (46.6).
Despite the Realtors crashing out at sixth the man they tabbed at No. 3 in the draft, Ryan Reyes, remains the leader in the Rookie of the Year award. His 23.4 SPs average, which lodged him at 14th in the overall ladder, is comfortably ahead of the 19.6 by Welcoat's Joe Devance, the top pick overall.
Statistics comprise 30 percent of the criteria with the other points to come from votes by representatives from the media (30 percent), players (25 percent), TV coveror ABC Sports (10 percent) and the PBA Commissioner's Office (5 percent).
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