ANTIPOLO — Calvin Abueva has been summoned by the PBA Commissioner’s Office for his antics in Converge’s eventual ouster of Rain or Shine in Game 4 of the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup quarterfinals last Friday.
The FiberXers veteran has been told to appear before Commissioner Willie Marcial in the league’s office in Quezon City on Wednesday for his off-court actions during the game in which he got ejected for incurring two technical fouls.
The 38-year-old was caught on camera at the dugout shouting, “Tapon basura” twice after being disqualified late in the third quarter.
But the reason behind the summon was his trash-talking toward the Elasto Painters with the game winding down and the result all but settled, which saw Converge come away with the 120-109 result to annex its first-ever semis appearance since joining the league in 2022.
Abueva was supposed to stay in the team’s locker room at the SMART Araneta Coliseum but was seen getting near the playing court, which is prohibited according to league rules for ejected players.
It remains to be seen whether Marcial and his office will slap Abueva with a fine.
