Luis Alfonso Revilla (born November 30, 1989) is a Filipino former professional basketball player who played in the

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(PBA) and currently an assistant head coach for the

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College career

Revilla, a San Beda Red Cub stalwart, was recruited by DLSU and suited up for the Green Archers in 2008. In his rookie season, he averaged 3.5 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 0.7 steals on 14.3 minutes per game, and was just a backup guard then to

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and Simon Atkins. His team lost to the

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in the UAAP Season 71 Finals. By the end of that season he was named a member of the league's All-Rookie team. In summer of 2009, a few months before the opening of the UAAP's 72nd Season, he was diagnosed to have

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, a condition, which he said, runs in their family. This has prevented him from suiting up for La Salle for two seasons. After two years, he returned to active competition in Season 74, and would become La Salle's top scorer and even the league's second leading point maker. He finished the season with averages of 7.7 points, 3.7 assists and a league-leading 1.8 steals per game. The next year, he would come on strong in Season 75, highlighted by 19 points in a double overtime loss to

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in the first round, but things would then take a turn for the worse. Against the

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in the first round finale, he would tweak his ankle in a double overtime victory after masterfully orchestrating the offense for the Green Archers down the stretch. He would still finish the eliminations with averages of 8.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and three assists, but he was only able to suit up for nine out of the 14 regular season games as rookie Thomas Torres stepped into his role as the primary point guard. He would continue his role in Season 76 as an off-the-bench player, serving as a backup to Torres for most of the first round; however, after La Salle almost fell out of the standings with 3-4 win–loss record and with Torres sidelined with an injury, he would regain his starting spot and helped the team sweep the second round, and eventually win their UAAP Championship since 2007. He elected to forgo his final playing year after he applied for the

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Professional career

Revilla was picked 24th overall in the third round by

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in the

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. He joined GlobalPort's fully loaded backcourt of

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and fellow draftees

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and

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, his former rivals from FEU. He would also be reunited with former Ateneo Blue Eagle and high school teammate

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. He played a total of just three games with the Batang Pier, averaging 0.7 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.7 assist in 7.6 minutes during the Philippine Cup. He was released by the team after playing just one conference. He then played for the

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in the

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, in the hope of earning another call-up to the pro league. He then joined the tryouts for expansion team

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, and won a spot in the team for the upcoming

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. He also signed a one-year contract with the team. In his first game in a Sorento uniform, he posted his career-high 23 points as he led the Sorentos' rally in the third quarter to beat

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in their season debut at the

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PBA career statistics

''As of the end of 2020 season''

Season-by-season averages

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Personal life

Revilla is married to volleyball player

Denden Lazaro Dennise Michelle "Denden" Garcia Lazaro-Revilla (born January 21, 1992) is a Filipina professional volleyball player. Lazaro is a member of the Philippines women's national volleyball team. She is known as the libero and Ateneo Lady Eagles' Ir ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Revilla, LA 1989 births Living people Barangay Ginebra San Miguel draft picks Basketball players from Negros Occidental De La Salle Green Archers basketball players Filipino men's 3x3 basketball players Filipino men's basketball players NorthPort Batang Pier players PBA 3x3 players Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars Phoenix Fuel Masters players Point guards Sportspeople from Bacolod Terrafirma Dyip players 21st-century Filipino sportsmen