Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The Alaska Aces beat the Meralco Bolts, 97-94, in Game 1 of their Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup semifinal series on Monday (April 25) at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.
RJ Jazul led the Aces with 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting, while Calvin Abueva added 15 markers off the bench.
Import Rob Dozier only had seven points and eight rebounds.
PHOTOS: Meralco vs. Alaska (Game 1)
The Bolts were paced by 21 points from Reynel Hugnatan. Cliff Hodge had 14 points and five rebounds in the loss.
Game 2 between Alaska and Meralco is on Wednesday (April 27) at 7 p.m. at the SMART Araneta Colisem.
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