
The beer guard of San Miguel CJ Perez attacks the edge against the rain or the sun in the PBA Philippine Cup in Cagayan de Oro. – PBA Images
San Miguel beer thwarted the rain or the return of the rain to the fourth quarter to win a 120-111 victory which fortified its chances of benefiting from twice in the Philippine PBA Cup on Saturday in the city of Cagayan de Oro.
CJ Perez and Don Trollano overturned the big shots in the section while the Beermen won their seventh victory in nine games at Aquilino Pimentel Jr. International Convention Center, but not after obtaining a major fear of Elasto painters.
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The rain or the sun fought with a deficit of 25 points and were able to reduce the gap to one, 103-102, with five remaining minutes in the last period.
But Trollano scored five in a row while Perez unveiled a four points that restored order in favor of San Miguel, 115-105, with less than two minutes to play.
Perez scored a summit of 33 points at the top of the eight rebounds, seven assists and three interceptions while Trollano lost 24 points for the Beermen. June Mar Fajardo added 20 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two interceptions.
The Beermen need only one victory in their two remaining games of eliminations to guarantee the bonus in the quarter -final. They play fiberxers converges on Wednesday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium and the Northport Batang Pier on June 15 at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City.
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Andrei Caracut produced 24 points enriched by five triple and a four points with seven assists while Adrian Nocum scored 22, but the Elasto painters fell to 6-4 for the sixth spouse with the fiberxers.
The rain or time must now beat Barangay Ginebra on June 15 to have a chance to play twice.
Things were heated late in the competition when Chris Ross of San Miguel and Jhonard Clarito de Rain or Shine were slapped with techniques after the latter’s offensive fault.
Nocum was also accused of a technique for slipping the Ross ball after committing a fault on the possession that followed.