The San Miguel Beermen eye win no. 3 in the PBA Season 49 Philippine Cup when they take on sister team Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.
The San Miguel Beermen aim to get back on track as they face Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in a marquee showdown in the PBA Season 49 Philippine Cup on Friday, April 25.
The match starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
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After a stinging 95-98 overtime loss to Magnolia before the Holy Week break, the Beermen are eager to return to winning ways.
Despite a monster outing from June Mar Fajardo, who finished with 17 points and 17 rebounds, San Miguel couldn’t overcome the late-game heroics of Jerom Lastimosa and Mark Barroca as their perfect start to the conference slipped away.
Now at 2-1, San Miguel enters another high-stakes battle, this time against a Ginebra side riding high off a dominant 101-80 win over Terrafirma just two nights ago.
With momentum on the Gin Kings’ side, the Beermen know they’ll need to tighten up on both ends to fend off a team hungry to prove itself after falling short in the Commissioner’s Cup Finals.
Expect also CJ Perez and Juami Tiongson to provide the supplementary firepower around Fajardo as the Beermen look to reassert their dominance and hand Ginebra its first loss of the conference in what promises to be an epic clash.
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(With reports from Jan Ballesteros)
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