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| Chris Banchero scored the first-ever four-pointer in a PBA regular season game. Dennis Acosta |
QUEZON CITY--One of the players who fans expected the least to hit one from way beyond the original perimeter arc scored a historic first in the PBA.
Meralco's Chris Banchero set history on Sunday night as he became the first player ever to score a four-point shot in an official regular season game.
Banchero scored the historic attempt with 10:25 left in the second quarter of the Bolts' season opener against the Magnolia Hotshots at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Banchero got the ball from deep into the left wing off a drive-and-kick from Allen Durham and scored the four-point shot against the outstretched arms of Jerrick Ahanmisi.
Before that, Chris Newsome and CJ Cansino tried their luck from 27 feet out but to no avail.
Mark Barroca thought he had it in the first quarter when he scored a stop-and-pop long tom also from the left wing, but the referees ruled that he stepped on the four-point line and his shot only counted for three.
Paul Lee, who many thought would hit one first, has yet to attempt one from four-point range.
Jolo Mendoza joined Banchero in the four-pointer list when he made one from the right wing off the glass late in the second, which turned out to be marginal as Meralco entered halftime ahead, 43-39.
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