San Miguel fires his first blood against Alaska while Standhardinger returns

San Miguel still seems to have the number of Alaska in the playoffs with a 92-79 win in the first game of the semifinals of the best five of the PBA's Trimmers Cup on Saturday in the Mall of Asia Arena

. are 3-0 in the final against the aces for the last three years and are two wins away from the finals.

Rookie Christian Standhardinger also recovered from his leg injury and had an immediate impact up to nine points in the first

San Miguel first tried to escape the second quarter , performing a 9-0 run Standhardinger crowned by a jumper for a lead of 34-24 at 9:48

All Beermen needed to hold Aces for the rest of the game.

" It's the most important game, the first game, because we want to win it as much as possible to dictate some of the tempo, "says Beermen head coach Leo Austria.

"But I know that Alaska will do more because I'm thin It's not their game so we expect more from them."

San Miguel pushed the # 39, wrapping further at the beginning of the third quarter with Marcio Lassiter giving the Beermen a 61-42 advantage to finish a 9-1 run.

June Mar Fajardo led the Beermen with 17 points and nine rebounds while five of his teammates scored at least 10 points.

Alex Cabagnot earned 15 points while Renaldo Balkman finished with a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Marcio Lassiter and Arwind Santos had 12 points each for San Miguel while the great substitute Kelly Nabong was 11.

Diamon Simpson carried Alaska with 31 points and 24 rebounds while Vic Manuel finished with 16 points, the first after 11 games, he failed to score at least 20.
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