MANILA, Philippines — Even sans two elite outside gunners and one hard-working role player, San Miguel Beer still had more than enough ammo to get it done against Blackwater.
With the 10 guys left in active duty sharing the extra burden in the absence of Juami Tiongson, Marcio Lassiter and Jeron Teng due to sore eyes, the Beermen waylaid the Bossing, 115-78, to make it three straight in the PBA Philippine Cup at the PhilSports Arena last night.
CJ Perez (20 points) and June Mar Fajardo (17 markers, 13 rebounds) delivered their usual numbers as Don Trollano (15) and Chris Ross (11) stepped up in starter roles and Jericho Cruz and JM Calma turned in 13 and 16, respectively, off the bench in powering SMB to 6-2 overall.
SMB’s emphatic victory enabled it to regain solo third ahead of idle Ginebra (5-2) and move closer to an outright quarterfinal entry.
On the other hand, this lopsided result sent the Bossing to their fifth consecutive defeat for 1-7 overall, their playoffs aspirations in serious jeopardy.
Later, holder Meralco halted NLEX’ six-game win streak, 108-92, to go back-to-back and jack up to 5-5. The Road Warriors fell to 6-2.