MVP award in the bag for June Mar?

MANILA, Philippines – There seems to be no stopping June Mar Fajardo from making history as the first “back-to-back-to-back” winner of the coveted PBA MVP award.

Fajardo remained well entrenched on top in the stats race through the PBA Governors Cup quarterfinals with a cumulative statistical point average of 39.5 points versus the 34.7 of the second-running Jason Castro.

Castro could win the Governors Cup Best Player of the Conference award but might not be able to shake up Fajardo in their fight for the season MVP award.

Running third-fifth are Terrence Romeo (33.5), Calvin Abueva (32.1) and Stanley Pringle (31.2) who are practically out of the MVP race with their teams out of the semis.

 So far, Fajardo and Abueva are the official MVP contenders as winners of the BPC plums in the Philippine Cup and in the Commissioner’s Cup, respectively.

Arwind Santos, Sean Anthony, Japeth Aguilar, Alex Cabagnot and Asi Taulava are the next five in the stats race, making them stronger contenders for the Mythical First and Second Teams.

No player in PBA history has won the coveted top individual award for three successive years. Others who have won it two in a row are Bogs Adornardo, Alvin Patrimonio and Danny Ildefonso.