Dwight Lago

{{Short description|Filipino retired basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Dwight Lago

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| nationality = Filipino

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|07|04}}

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 200

| career_position = Shooting guard / Small forward

| high school =

| college = De La Salle

| draft_year_pba = 1993

| draft_round_pba = 1

| draft_pick_pba = 4

| draft_team_pba = Coney Island Ice Cream Stars

| career_start = 1993

| career_end = 2002

| years1 = 1994—1994

| team1 = Coney Island Ice Cream Stars

| years2 = 1994—1997

| team2 = Mobiline Phone Pals

| years3 = 1997

| team3 = Alaska Aces

| years4 = 1998—1999

| team4 = Pop Cola 800s

| years5 = 1999—2002

| team5 = San Miguel Beermen

| highlights = As player

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Dwight Lago, is a retired Filipino professional basketball player. He is the older brother of Elmer Lago.{{Cite web |last=Leongson |first=Randolph B. |title=Full list of brothers who played in PBA |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/full-list-of-brothers-who-played-in-pba-a2437-20210114-lfrm |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}

Playing career

A former La Salle Green Archer, Lago was drafted in 1993.{{Cite web |last=Leongson |first=Randolph B. |last2=Christian |first2=Jacinto |date=April 28, 2020 |title=Johnny Abarrientos stands tallest in redraft of 1993 PBA class. See the rest |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/1993-pba-draft-redraft-johnny-abarrientos-jun-limpot-olsen-racela-a2437-a1331-20200428-lfrm |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Leongson |first=Randolph B. |date=March 17, 2020 |title=This is without a doubt the best PBA Draft Class ever |url=https://www.spin.ph/life/guide/top-pba-draft-classes-a2437-20200317-lfrm |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}

He played for Purefoods, Mobiline, Alaska, Pop Cola, and San Miguel in his PBA days.{{Cite web |title=SMB third placer |url=https://www.philstar.com/palaro/2002/09/07/175081/smb-third-placer |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Philstar.com}}

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