Once again, San Miguel Beer’s superb firepower was in full display as it walloped Rain or Shine for the third straight game in their best-of-seven semifinals series in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Dasmarinas Arena in Cavite.<\/p>\n
The Beermen outplayed the Elasto Painters, 117-107, in Game 3 to move within striking distance of advancing to the championship round for the second time this season.<\/p>\n
San Miguel can sweep the series and take the luxury of getting well-rested in the championship series with a victory on Friday’s Game 4 at the Mall of Asia Arena.<\/p>\n
Against Rain or Shine, San Miguel’s depth and experience was simply too much as seven players wound up in double figures for the Beermen.<\/p>\n
Three of those players even ended up with a double-double showing with CJ Perez finishing with 23 points and 14 boards.<\/p>\n
Don Trollano came away with 20 points on top of 11 boards while seven-time PBA MVP June Mar Fajardo contributed 11 points and 11 rebounds for San Miguel Beer.<\/p>\n
Completing San Miguel’s Magnificent Seven were Marcio Lassiter (21), Terrence Romeo (13), Chris Ross (12) and Mo Tautuaa (10).<\/p>\n
But while San Miguel is just a win away from getting the job done, Meralco moved halfway to making it back to the championship round, this after the Bolts jolted Barangay Ginebra with an 87-80 win.<\/p>\n
Unlike the Beermen-Elasto Painters encounter, the Bolts had to rely on their defense and engage Ginebra in a low-scoring game.<\/p>\n
The pace simply favored the Bolts, who held their rivals to just 36% shooting from the field (28-of-76).<\/p>\n
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