Jun Bautista, scoring 21 inside the painted area and few fastbreak points for the entire match against powerful local superstars, while team mates Bong Alambra and Clemenia collected 19 points a piece with their streak shooting, Western Union basketball team came out victorious with a score of 81 – 78. On the other hand, the Nationals were paced by Jervees and Chris for 14 and 12 points, respectively, on a loosing cause.
On other games, defending champs, Surangel crushed team RAMS – Ballers with a final score of 78 – 58 courtesy of Deloy Pingot’s 20 points and Regie De Guzman’s 14, while the Rangers team were able to escape back to back losses when they brought the HANPA – Cardinals to their knees with a score of 65 – 61. Lastly, PRA – Choppers just could not finish off the Ilocandia – Bulls on the dying minutes of the match as they made a crucial error that turned into points for their opponent. The Bulls then held to that lead in which Choppers could not recover. Final tally is 78 – 72.Four matches are played every Sunday afternoon in which the first game starts at exactly 11:00 p.m. The 2009 Filipino Basketball League is operated and supervised by the Palau Basketball Federation and sponsored by PITI, CTSI-Logistics, J.Trading/ATT, Surangel and Sons, Ilocandia Association, Ilonggo Association, and Western Union.
