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Kahit no bearing... panalo pa rin :D

 

Lordy Tugade scored 19 points off the bench to lead San Miguel Beer’s balanced scoring which propelled the Beermen to a 108-104 decision over the Air 21 Express on Christmas night before a record crowd of 17,779 at the Araneta Coliseum.

 

The Beermen have already secured their place in the semifinals of the Talk ‘N Text-PBA Philippine Cup but their performance against the Express appeared as if they were fighting for survival.

 

The Beermen dominated the game throughout but had to dig deep to overcome scary moments down the stretch when Air21 made a desperate run.

 

The Express appeared down and out when they fell behind by 27 points late in the second quarter. But they hung tough and nearly turned the game around with their determination.

 

“We stop playing after the first half. We thought it was over. I’ve been telling the boys the game of basketball is a continuous game. It’s not like a switch that you can turn it off and on,” said SMB’s Chot Reyes who won seven straight games for the first time in his career as PBA head coach, after failing in his six previous tries – the first four with Purefoods between 1993 and 1996 and the last two with Coca-Cola in 2003.

 

“We almost paid the price but we made some big shots down the line,” he added.

 

San Miguel Beer held an 81-69 lead after three quarter but Air 21 rallied behind hot hands of Gary David before Ranidel de Ocampo made two free throws that pulled the Express within 96-101 with 3:01 left.

 

The Beermen responded with six straight points that made the count 107-96 and seemed to have put the game away with 1:58 remaining.

 

But the Express refused to give up.

 

David, who scored 14 of his career-high 34 points in the fourth quarter, scored on a reverse shot then completed a three-point play and Ranidel de Ocampo drained a 3-pointer that pulled the Air 21 threateningly close at 104-107 with 24 seconds left.

 

Air21 had a chance to make it a one-point game or even tie the count when Romel Adducul failed on an inbound, getting caught with a five-second violation for a turnover.

 

But Ranidel de Ocampo, who took charge of Air 21’s crucial play missed on a semi-hook shot with Adducul defending him. The SMB center-forward then went on to redeem himself by grabbing the defensive rebound which all but secured the win.

 

The loss was Air21’s 11th against seven wins which the Express will carryover into the single round wildcard phase.

 

Adducul got things in the early goings for the Beermen, who notched their seventh consecutive victory and closed out the classification round with a 13-5 (win-loss) record. Adducul went 5-for-5 from the field in the first half for 10 points and Dorian Pena and Danny Ildefonso combined for 7-of-11 shooting from the perimeter as SMB’s big men took the scoring brunt from the Danny Seigle, the team’s top scorer, who struggled in the opening half.

 

The Beermen posted its first double digit lead at 15-4 on a basket by Adducul with still 6:54 left in the first quarter.

 

SMB virtually put the game away late in the second quarter with a 10-to-nothing run over a three-minute span which gave the Beermen an insurmountable 57-30 advantage with 3:20 remaining in the period. Gabby Espinas had six points in that run that ended on Adducul’s last basket of the half.

 

After a two-point first half, Seigle warmed up in the second half and finished with 16 points, the same output tallied by Adducul. (DBC)

 

The scores:

 

San Miguel Beer 108 – Tugade 19, Adducul 16, Seigle 16, Espinas 12, Ildefonso 11, Pena 11, Racela 9, Tenorio 6, Hontiveros 4, Wilson 2, Calaguio 2, Gonzales 0.

 

Air21 104 – David 34, Canaleta 18, de Ocampo Y. 14, de Ocampo R. 11, Santos 7, Telan 7, Arboleda 7, Sotto 2, Billones 2, Avenido 2, Dimaunahan 0, Bernardo 0.

 

Quarterscores: 34-20, 63-40, 81-69, 108-104.

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kaya pala naghiwalay si paolo at mylene dizon, dahil kay alex... :wub: :D

 

anyway, ano kaya nangyari sa non-bearing game against air21?

 

di ko napanood, nalasing kagabi...:D

 

like what SG said panalo pa rin naman...

kaso they were up by as much as 27... but only won by 4...

surprising bec everyone thought that air21 wld win...

inaayos kasi nila yung match-up na for the semis...

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I think seeded number 1 pa rin ang GSM, due to the quotient even though both teams were tied at 13 wins and 5 losses

 

yep! you are right... #1 pa din ang gins... dahil natalo sila against the beermen ng 4pts

while in their 2nd meeting they won naman by 5pts!

what I am not sure lang is how the other standings wld go... esp after what happened!

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yep! you are right... #1 pa din ang gins... dahil natalo sila against the beermen ng 4pts

while in their 2nd meeting they won naman by 5pts!

what I am not sure lang is how the other standings wld go... esp after what happened!

 

 

 

yup ang gulo sa ilalim, di bale, hintay n lang SMB...

 

kaso matagal sila mapapahinga...

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