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Renaldo Balkman and June Mar Fajardo combine for 63 points and 29 rebounds for the Beermen, which are a win away from the semifinals
ON BOTH ENDS. June Mar Fajardo fights against the imposing Joshua Smith, achieving a double-double in San Miguel's victory in the first match. Photo by PBA Images
MANILA, Philippines – Not even a 23-point lead that could prevent TNT from stumbling while San Miguel shot his first game in his three-quarter-final series with a 121-110 win at the PBA 2018 Commissaires' Cup at the Araneta Coliseum on Monday, July 9th.
Renaldo Balkman delivered the goods for the Beermen with a herculean effort of 36 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, two interceptions, and two blocks in a game that saw San Miguel overcome a horrible start.
The KaTropa seemed to be in a cake race after being comfortably in the lead with 23 points, 46-23, in the second quarter. The Beermen, however, slowly chiseled on the deficit.
Dragging through 17 halfway through the 3rd period, 61-78, San Miguel unloaded a 25-10 run, with 10 points coming from June Mar Fajardo, to the head in the Le TNT still took the advantage in the 4th quarter, 106-103, but the Beermen took a notch and scored 16 unanswered points en route to triumph.
Fajardo supported Balkman with 27 points and 13 rebounds, while Marcio Lassiter shot 26 points with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and two interceptions for San Miguel, which is a win back to the semifinals.
The scores:
San Miguel (121): Balkman 36, Fajardo 27, Lassiter 26, Santos 10, Ross 9, Cabagnot 6, Ganuelas-Rosser 4, Nabong 3, Heruela 0, Vigil 0 [19659013] TNT (110): Pogoy 17, Smith 17, Williams 16, Romeo 13, Semerad 11, Castro 10, Trollano 10, Rosario 9, Cruz 5, Taha 2, Golla 0, Garcia 0, Paredes 0, Carey 0, Reyes 0 Tamsi 0
Quarterly results: 21-40, 48-62, 86-88, 121-110
– Rappler.com
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