MANILA, Philippines – The Beast of Philippine Basketball made sure to leave his mark in Abu Dhabi.
Participating in the 2015 FIBA 3X3 World Tour Final dunk contest qualifier on Friday, October 16, Alaska Aces and Gilas Pilipinas star Calvin Abueva was one of the 3 dunkers that had two rounds to show the judges he should make it to the dunk contest finals on Saturday.
Abueva’s first round wasn’t special, as he missed all 3 attempts for a score of zero:
{source} <blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here were Calvin Abueva's first 3 attempts during the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FIBA3X3WorldTour?src=hash">#FIBA3X3WorldTour</a> finals dunk qualifiers. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RStream?src=hash">#RStream</a> <a href="http://t.co/RPuuCwGxz0">pic.twitter.com/RPuuCwGxz0</a></p>— Naveen Ganglani (@naveenganglani) <a href="https://twitter.com/naveenganglani/status/654740370798981121">October 15, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> {/source}
Abueva, 27, performed better in the second round where he needed just two attempts before throwing down a two-handed slam.
{source} <blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Abueva finally got things going in the second round, where he converted on his second attempt. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RStream?src=hash">#RStream</a> <a href="http://t.co/rRCW7mlJGy">pic.twitter.com/rRCW7mlJGy</a></p>— Naveen Ganglani (@naveenganglani) <a href="https://twitter.com/naveenganglani/status/654741538178641921">October 15, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> {/source}
His lone dunk was good enough to get him a score of 23, but that turned out to be his total due to getting nothing in his first round.
Piotr Renkiel of team Kolobrzeg (Poland), 27, wound up with scores of 21 and 26 - a total of 47 - that won the qualifiers.
The other dunker, 34-year-old Carlos Silva Jr. of team Rio (Brazil), attained scores of 22 and 21.
Renkiel will go up against two professional dunkers in the dunk contest final on Saturday. – Rappler.com