MANILA, Philippines – It took until the first game of his second season in the PBA, but 8-division boxing champion and Mahindra Enforcers playing head coach Manny Pacquiao has finally made his first ever career shot.
It took place with 10 minutes left in the second period of Mahindra's game against the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters on Sunday, October 25, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Pacquiao received a pass from teammate Karl Dehesa on the left corner and hit a jumper in front of Chris Tiu to give his team a 27-25 lead.
{source} <blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Manny Pacquiao scores! This is not a drill! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PBA2016?src=hash">#PBA2016</a> <a href="https://t.co/0xyileVRPz">pic.twitter.com/0xyileVRPz</a></p>— Kaye Cabal (@kcabal25) <a href="https://twitter.com/kcabal25/status/658185763067068416">October 25, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> {/source}
Here’s another look:
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Pacquiao played in the first half for just 5 minutes and 58 seconds and finished with two points on 1-of-3 shooting. In his rookie season, Pacquiao recorded just a point on a free throw but went 0-of-6 from the field.
– Rappler.com