Vic Manuel and San Miguel no longer allowed the game to be decided in the last possession.
CJ Perez top-scored for SMB with 23 points on a 62-percent clip from the field. He slipped, and his left leg was accidentally landed on by counterpart Simon Enciso, who lost balance while defending him. “Talagang pinagtrabahuhan ko ‘to ngayon.”
Brushing off a heartbreaking Game 1 loss, San Miguel redeems itself by toppling TNT behind a big fourth quarter.
Williams 7, Erram 7, Reyes 3, Ganuelas-Rosser 3, Khobuntin 2, Marcelo 0. The Tropang Giga threatened a comeback in the final salvo with Kelly Williams and Castro linking up for a 5-0 run that cut their deficit to single digits, 98-107, with less than two minutes left. Coming off the bench, Manuel turned in his finest performance of the playoffs by putting up 20 points – with 8 coming in the final frame – to go with 4 rebounds.
San Miguel Beer flaunted its depth and took down TNT, 109-100, to reset their best-of-seven PBA Philippine Cup Finals on equal footing at the Smart Araneta ...
The Tropang Giga kept in step with the Beermen up until the end of the third quarter, 79-all, before a Cruz triple triggered the telling run. Pogoy was also held scoreless after scoring all of his output in the first three quarters. Perez continued to lead the way for the Beermen with 23 points while Marcio Lassiter also exploded and chipped in 17 built on three triples, one of which capped a blistering 16-1 run bridging the third and the final frame that gave the Beermen a comfortable 95-80 lead with 7:49 left in the contest.
BEHIND a 13-1 tear to start the final canto, San Miguel Beer broke loose from a nip-and-tuck battle en route to a 109-100 fightback win over TNT Tropang ...
The Tropang Giga dragged the Beermen to a battle through the first 36 minutes of play, with RR Pogoy leading the way with 28 points spiked by six three-pointers.Sponsored content: The Tropang Giga actually did a good job under sub coach Sandy Arespacochaga through the first three quarters, engaging the Beermen in a battle where no team managed to lead by more than six.Sponsored content: No way the Beermen would allow themselves to fall in a 0-2 hole versus a TNT side missing the services of head coach Chot Reyes.
Vic Manuel, Chris Ross and Marcio Lassiter – three players who were hardly factors for San Miguel in the series opener – showed up on Wednesday and played a ...
The game was very close until the early part of the fourth quarter, but they didn't let up." "We poked the team's pride and they responded. "In our last game, we were always leading, but we relaxed in the third period," said Austria.
Reyes expressed confidence that his coaching staff will step up in the next two games of the finals where he will be out with the team. “For me as a head coach, ...
sans Reyes, who is in Beirut for his duties as coach of [Gilas Pilipinas](https://www.spin.ph/tag/gilas-pilipinas) for the fourth window of the [Fiba Basketball World Cup](https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba) Asia qualifiers. Nire-remind kami lagi ni coach. “Kapag nakalamang kami ng malaki, biglang nagrerelax ‘yung opensa namin. So that in situations like this, they can step in,” said Reyes. dito, 1 p.m. Kapag 6 p.m.
MANILA, Philippines–San Miguel Beer shook off the bitter pain of its heartbreaking Game 1 loss and clobbered TNT, 109-100, to tie the PBA Philippine Cup ...
TNT 100 — Pogoy 28, Castro 15, Montalbo 14, Rosario 11, Williams K. SAN MIGUEL 109 — Perez 23, Manuel 20, Lassiter 19, Fajardo 13, Cruz 12, Tautuaa 11, Brondial 7, Ross 4, Enciso 0, Zamar 0. [Chot Reyes](https://sports.inquirer.net/474539/reyes-absence-to-test-mettle-of-other-tnt-coaches), who is in Lebanon to call the shots for Gilas Pilipinas against the said country in the fourth window of the Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifiers.