{"id":101440,"date":"2017-05-08T20:48:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T00:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=101440"},"modified":"2017-05-08T20:48:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T00:48:46","slug":"amer-named-player-of-the-week-after-leading-meralco-back-to-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/08\/amer-named-player-of-the-week-after-leading-meralco-back-to-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Amer named Player of the Week after leading Meralco back to quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_101441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101441\" style=\"width: 952px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18301577_10206444234263531_1040930549022356605_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101441\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18301577_10206444234263531_1040930549022356605_n.jpg\" alt=\"Amer led Meralco back to a PBA conference quarterfinals after missing out on its Philippine Cup campaign, draining 20 points in an 81-66 rout of Phoenix on Wednesday night. (Photo: Baser Amer\/ Facebook)\" width=\"952\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18301577_10206444234263531_1040930549022356605_n.jpg 952w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18301577_10206444234263531_1040930549022356605_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18301577_10206444234263531_1040930549022356605_n-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18301577_10206444234263531_1040930549022356605_n-768x774.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amer led Meralco back to a PBA conference quarterfinals after missing out on its Philippine Cup campaign, draining 20 points in an 81-66 rout of Phoenix on Wednesday night. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/baser.amer.3\"> Baser Amer\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013Baser Amer continues on building a strong case for the Most Improved Player award.<\/p>\n<p>Amer led Meralco back to a PBA conference quarterfinals after missing out on its Philippine Cup campaign, draining 20 points in an 81-66 rout of Phoenix on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Amer, who was named the Accel-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week on Monday, boosted his point average in the Commissioner&#8217;s Cup to 16.5 points a game along with 5.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists.<\/p>\n<p>He prevailed over a guard-loaded shortlist that includes teammate Chris Newsome, Star&#8217;s Paul Lee, Mahindra&#8217;s Reden Celda, Ginebra&#8217;s Scottie Thompson, Blackwater&#8217;s Mike DiGregorio, and Phoenix&#8217;s RJ Jazul. TNT&#8217;s Kelly Williams is the only frontline player considered for the weekly citation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013Baser Amer continues on building a strong case for the Most Improved Player award. Amer led Meralco back to a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":101441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[18848,2433,1045],"class_list":["post-101440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-baser-amer","tag-basketball","tag-pba","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}