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GAMES TOMORROW (Araneta Coliseum)
4 p.m.—Coca-Cola vs Sta. Lucia
6:30 p.m.—Air21 vs Rain or Shine
MANILA, Philippines — San Miguel Beer won an old-fashioned shootout against Derby Ace and James Yap in the stretch last night and pulled out an 88-83 victory that sent the Beermen outright into the semifinal round of the PBA Fiesta Conference at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
Dondon Hontiveros knocked in a critical trey heading into the dying seconds, which was just what the Beermen needed to put the game away and join elimination round topnotcher Talk ‘N Text in the Final Four.
“I thank God that we got here (semifinals),” San Miguel coach Siot Tanquingcen, back calling the shots for the second straight game, said. “But we are going to be judged by what happens at the end of the conference.
“It’s really the call of management,” he added, when asked if he thinks that he will be able to finish the tournament as the one truly calling the shots.
Hontiveros finished with 21 points, Gabriel Freeman also fired 21 with 19 rebounds and Jay Washington added 19 for the Beermen.
Yap, even with marital troubles, sizzled with six triples to finish with 28 points, 20 of them in the final two periods as the Llamados came back from several 15-point deficits to tie it all up at 52 early in the third and make a game out of it.
But what did the Llamados in was the paltry nine-point, 10-rebound performance by import Cliff Brown as it created a vacuum that sucked Derby Ace down into a quarterfinal pairing with the winner of the wild-card phase.
Meanwhile, Barangay Ginebra played its best in what was by far its most important game, posting its most lopsided win in the tournament—a 115-88 whipping of Rain or Shine that won for them the last quarterfinal seat.
Chris Daniels, the Kings’ new import, scattered 19 points, cleared 17 boards and had six feeds that went with three steals and two blocks to lead Ginebra into a best-of-five series against old nemesis Alaska starting Friday.
Though he came up with impressive-enough all-around numbers, Daniels is still isn’t a lock as Ginebra’s import and coach Jong Uichico said he will use the semifinal series against the Aces as some sort of a yardstick.
“It’s hard to find the perfect import especially after changing (imports) so many times,” Uichico told reporters inside the Willie Caballes Hall. “He did the little things that needed to be done to win the game for us.
The scores:
First Game
BRGY. GINEBRA 115—Daniels 19, Helterbrand 17, Tubid 14, Miller 13, Caguioa 13, Intal 12, Menk 8, Hatfield 6, De Ocampo 6, Cortez 5, Ferriols 2, Wilson 0, Villanueva 0.
RAIN OR SHINE 88—Mercado 24, Nealy 17, Chan 14, Ibanes 7, Norwood 5, Reyes 5, Laure 5, Cruz 4, Telan 4, Arana 3, Arellano 0, Tang 0, Hrabak 0.
Quarters: 31-27, 62-47, 91-67, 115-88
Second Game
SAN MIGUEL BEER 88—Hontiveros 21, Freeman 20, Washington 19, Cabagnot 14, Santos 6, Seigle 5, Yeo 3, Villanueva 0, Miranda 0, Racela 0, Ildefonso 0, Pena 0.
B-MEG DERBY ACE 83—Yap J. 28, Canaleta 16, Reavis 10, Brown 9, Maierhofer 6, Yap R. 6, Pingris 4, Simon 2, Allado 2, Artadi 0.
Quarters: 23-13, 42-31, 61-58, 88-83
GAMES TOMORROW (Araneta Coliseum)
4 p.m.—Coca-Cola vs Sta. Lucia
6:30 p.m.—Air21 vs Rain or Shine
MANILA, Philippines — San Miguel Beer won an old-fashioned shootout against Derby Ace and James Yap in the stretch last night and pulled out an 88-83 victory that sent the Beermen outright into the semifinal round of the PBA Fiesta Conference at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
Dondon Hontiveros knocked in a critical trey heading into the dying seconds, which was just what the Beermen needed to put the game away and join elimination round topnotcher Talk ‘N Text in the Final Four.
“I thank God that we got here (semifinals),” San Miguel coach Siot Tanquingcen, back calling the shots for the second straight game, said. “But we are going to be judged by what happens at the end of the conference.
“It’s really the call of management,” he added, when asked if he thinks that he will be able to finish the tournament as the one truly calling the shots.
Hontiveros finished with 21 points, Gabriel Freeman also fired 21 with 19 rebounds and Jay Washington added 19 for the Beermen.
Yap, even with marital troubles, sizzled with six triples to finish with 28 points, 20 of them in the final two periods as the Llamados came back from several 15-point deficits to tie it all up at 52 early in the third and make a game out of it.
But what did the Llamados in was the paltry nine-point, 10-rebound performance by import Cliff Brown as it created a vacuum that sucked Derby Ace down into a quarterfinal pairing with the winner of the wild-card phase.
Meanwhile, Barangay Ginebra played its best in what was by far its most important game, posting its most lopsided win in the tournament—a 115-88 whipping of Rain or Shine that won for them the last quarterfinal seat.
Chris Daniels, the Kings’ new import, scattered 19 points, cleared 17 boards and had six feeds that went with three steals and two blocks to lead Ginebra into a best-of-five series against old nemesis Alaska starting Friday.
Though he came up with impressive-enough all-around numbers, Daniels is still isn’t a lock as Ginebra’s import and coach Jong Uichico said he will use the semifinal series against the Aces as some sort of a yardstick.
“It’s hard to find the perfect import especially after changing (imports) so many times,” Uichico told reporters inside the Willie Caballes Hall. “He did the little things that needed to be done to win the game for us.
The scores:
First Game
BRGY. GINEBRA 115—Daniels 19, Helterbrand 17, Tubid 14, Miller 13, Caguioa 13, Intal 12, Menk 8, Hatfield 6, De Ocampo 6, Cortez 5, Ferriols 2, Wilson 0, Villanueva 0.
RAIN OR SHINE 88—Mercado 24, Nealy 17, Chan 14, Ibanes 7, Norwood 5, Reyes 5, Laure 5, Cruz 4, Telan 4, Arana 3, Arellano 0, Tang 0, Hrabak 0.
Quarters: 31-27, 62-47, 91-67, 115-88
Second Game
SAN MIGUEL BEER 88—Hontiveros 21, Freeman 20, Washington 19, Cabagnot 14, Santos 6, Seigle 5, Yeo 3, Villanueva 0, Miranda 0, Racela 0, Ildefonso 0, Pena 0.
B-MEG DERBY ACE 83—Yap J. 28, Canaleta 16, Reavis 10, Brown 9, Maierhofer 6, Yap R. 6, Pingris 4, Simon 2, Allado 2, Artadi 0.
Quarters: 23-13, 42-31, 61-58, 88-83
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