Converge‘s Juan Gomez de Liaño. Photo from PBA Images.MANILA — Continuing to make waves in his young PBA career, Juan Gomez de Liaño registered his second triple-double performance last week to help Converge to back-to-back wins in the Season 50 Philippine Cup.
As if his history-making 15-point, 10-rebound, 11-assist rookie debut in their 129-92 rout of Titan last Oct. 11 wasn’t enough, Gomez de Liaño produced a 17-10-12 statline as the FiberXers demolished Terrafirma 11 days later, 125-108.
He then produced a 19-point, 12-rebound double-double in their 128-114 win over Phoenix that enabled Converge to grab a share of the lead at 3-1.
For his outstanding play, Juan GDL earned the nod as the PBA Press Corps’ Player of the Week for the period Oct. 22 to 26, 2025.
It was the second POW citation for Converge’s spitfirish guard, who was first honored during the opening salvo of the golden season last Oct. 5 to 12 on the heels of his historic triple-double bow.
Gomez de Liaño, who averaged 18 markers on a 50-percent field goal, 12 dimes, seven boards and two steals in the two games, bested NLEX’s Kevin Alas, teammate Alec Stockton and Rain or Shine’s Adrian Nocum for the weekly honor.
With two citations, the No. 2 pick of the draft now leads the race for the PBA Press Corps’ Order of Merit, the award given to the player with the most POW recognitions at the end of the season.