Blackwater Elite used a balanced scoring attack to trounce the BBM Vikings, 87-73 to capture the 50th Pacific Caesar Pro Basketball Tournament championship Thursday night in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Veteran Allein Maliksi led the way with 17 points, while Paul Zamar chipped in 15, spiked by three 3-pointers. Mike DiGregorio added 11. James Sena started at center in place of the injured JP Erram and scored 10 points.
Import Henry Walker had 11 points and 17 rebounds and he was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
The Elite, who reached the finals behind its five-game sweep of the single-round eliminations, trailed by two at the close of the first period and held a narrow 48-44 halftime lead.
The Indonesian club couldn't sustain its strong start as Zamar unloaded three 3-pointers in the third period that put Blackwater up for good.
Blackwater heads back to Manila on Friday morning, takes a two-day break over the weekend, and leaves Monday to join the 2018 Summer Super 8 tournament in Macau.
The Super 8 tournament also features NLEX, along with Guangzhou Long Lions and Xinjiang Flying Tigers from the Chinese Basketball Association, Rising Zephyr Fukuoka from Japan's B. League, ET LAND Elephants and Samsung Thunders from the Korean Basketball League and Formosa Dreamers from the ASEAN Basketball League.