PBA: Meralco's Cardona loses cool, gets thrown out in game vs B-MEG

Meralco's Mark Cardona was thrown out early in the first quarter in Game Two of the Bolts' quarterfinals series against the B-MEG Llamados Wednesday afternoon in the PBA Commissioner's Cup. Cardona, Meralco's top local scorer with a 20.7 points per game average, was called for second motion on B-MEG import Denzel Bowles with still 10 minutes and 57 seconds to go in the opening period. The former La Salle Green Archer was slapped a flagrant foul penalty one after hitting the B-MEG import in the head. Cardona and the Llamados' Josh Urbiztondo were earlier whistled a double technical foul. PBA Commissioner Chito Salud will meet Cardona on Saturday and will decide on sanctions after hearing the side of the gutsy shooting guard. The Llamados, with the Bolts losing their chief offensive weapon, capitalized on the situation and zoomed to a 52-29 spread at the halftime break. Marc Pingris, B-MEG's 6-foot-5 versatile big man, shot a perfect 5-of-5 from the field to already score 10 points in the first half. He finished with 21 points and nine rebounds to help the Llamados complete a 95-85 triumph. — JVP, GMA News