source: gmanews.tv
For three quarters, Burger King appeared ready to prick San Miguel Beer’s current winning streak in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup.
That was until the Beermen came through with a telling run in the payoff period and held the Whopper without a field goal for nearly nine minutes.
With Arwind Santos and Lordy Tugade leading the charge, the Beermen scuttled the Whopper's upset bid with a 100-85 victory Sunday night, stretching their winning run in the season-ending tournament to eight.
Overall, they are at 8-2.
“We’re trying to win as many games as we could to offset the injuries to our key players," said SMB coach Siot Tanquingcen, referring to Danny Ildefonso and Jay Washington.
The Beermen held the Whopper to 0-of-14 shooting from the field in the fourth, before JR Quinahan broke the silence with a follow-up with only 3:14 left to play.
That crucial stretch allowed the Beermen to turn a tight contest into a rout. After Quinahan connected on the shot, Olsen Racela retaliated with a triple, pushingSan Miguel way ahead at 92-71 with 2:58 remaining.
“I think out defense was key tonight. Defense should always be constant for us while we await the return of Danny I. and Jay Wash," Tanquingcen added.
Santos paced San Miguel with 27 points, 12 rebounds and six block shots, two of them in succession against Ronnie Matias in what turned out to be the play of the game.
Tugade added 20 markers, Denok Miranda 14 while Racela, who became the fifth all-time best in games played with 872, contributed 12.
Burger King, coming off a painful 118-105 defeat to defending champion Talk ‘N Text in a game where it squandered a 30-point lead, suffered its seventh loss in 10 games.
Richard Yee led the Whopper with 14 points and seven rebounds.
At first, the Whopper appeared to have fully recovered from their sorry loss to the Texters, scoring the game’s first eight points.
But they couldn’t sustain the scoring needed to frustrate the Beermen, who managed to take the halftime lead at 45-44 on a triple from Santos.
The scores:
San Miguel 100 —Santos 27, Tugade 20, Miranda 14, Racela 12, Villanueva 11, Pena 7, Hontiveros 5, Pennisi 3, Eman 1, Cortez 0, Calaguio 0.
Burger King 85 – Yee R, 14, Sharma 12, Yee M 11, Matias 10, Belga 8, Lanete 8, Buenafe 8, David 6, Williams 4, Quinahan 4.
Quarterscores: 18-22, 45-44; 72-67; 100-85
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