San Miguel Beer guard CJ Perez assaults the rim in opposition to Rain or Shine within the PBA Philippine Cup in Cagayan De Oro.–PBA IMAGES
San Miguel Beer foiled Rain or Shine’s massive comeback within the fourth quarter to assert a 120-111 victory that fortified its possibilities of gaining the twice-to-beat benefit within the PBA Philippine Cup on Saturday in Cagayan de Oro City.
CJ Perez and Don Trollano knocked down the massive photographs down the stretch because the Beermen secured their 7th win in 9 fits at Aquilino Pimentel Jr. International Convention Center, however now not once they were given a big scare from the Elasto Painters.
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Rain or Shine battled again from a 25-point deficit and was once ready to slim the space to only one, 103-102, with 5 mins final within the ultimate duration.
But Trollano scored 5 in a row whilst Perez unveiled one four-pointer that restored order in San Miguel’s want, 115-105, with not up to two mins to play.
Perez scored a game-high 33 issues on most sensible of 8 rebounds, seven assists and 3 steals whilst Trollano dropped 24 issues for the Beermen. June Mar Fajardo added 20 issues, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and two steals.
The Beermen want only one win of their final two video games of the eliminations to safe the quarterfinal bonus. They play the Converge FiberXers on Wednesday at Ninoy Aquino Stadium and the NorthPort Batang Pier on June 15 at Ynares Center in Antipolo City.
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Andrei Caracut produced 24 issues spiked through 5 triples and one four-pointer with seven assists whilst Adrian Nocum scored 22, however the Elasto Painters dropped to 6-4 for joint 6th with the FiberXers.
Rain or Shine now should beat Barangay Ginebra on June 15 to have a possibility on the twice-to-beat.
Things were given heated overdue within the contest when San Miguel’s Chris Ross and Rain or Shine’s Jhonard Clarito had been slapped with technicals following the latter’s offensive foul.
Nocum was once additionally charged with a technical for swiping the ball from Ross after committing a bad at the resulting ownership.