WEDNESDAY UPDATE!
Mick Pennisi netted a conference-high 18 points with 15 of them coming behind the three-point area to lead San Miguel to its third straight win. The Beermen are now tied with the Aces with 7-2 card apiece.
Pennisi also grabbed nine rebounds and sank a crucial free throw in the closing seconds to spoil the Tigers' last-minute rally.
"They are not pushovers," said Beermen head coach Siot Tanquingcen, referring to the Coca Cola Tigers.
"We knew we have to earn the win the hard way after coming off another tense match, but it's a tribute to my players' toughness. We need these kinds of wins to be able to be tougher in the long run," he added.
Dondon Hontiveros chipped in 13 while Lordy Tugade and Wesley Gonzales contributed 12 apiece. Marc Pingris also had 11 points and 10 rebounds for SMB.
Alex Cabagnot, meanwhile, led Coke with 14 points and almost put his team back in the game after trailing 76-86 with 1:09 left.
Cabagnot engineered a swift 8-0 run, the last seven points coming from him, to threaten San Miguel at 84-86 with 17.9 seconds remaining.
Anthony Washington padded SMB's lead to 88-84 with two free throws but Cabagnot countered with his own pair of charities to make it 86-88 with 8.3 ticks left.
Asi Taulava sent Pennisi to the 15-foot line and the latter hit the first free throw but muffed the second to give the Tigers another chance to send the game in overtime.
However, Cabagnot's three-point attempt was way off the mark.
Coke absorbed its second straight loss to drop to 3-6. The team is now 2-3 under interim coach Kenneth Duremdes.
Mark Telan had 14 points and11 rebounds for the Tigers, who led by as much as 11 points midway in the third period before Pennisi led the uprising of the Beermen in the final quarter.
TNT downs Ginebra, 103-90
In the second game, Talk 'N Text (TNT) showed resiliency after being down by 20 after the first period to carve out a 103-90 win over Barangay Ginebra. In the process, the Trpoang Texters snapped their three-game losing streak and improved to 4-5.
Talk ‘N Text trailed 16-36 after the first 12 minutes but came out strong in the next three quarters to turn back the Kings.
Mark Cardona led TNT with 32 points on 15-of-24 shooting from the field while Harvey Carey posted 11 points and 15 rebounds.
The Tropang Texters led by more than 20 points in the second half before Junjun Cabatu tried to rally Ginebra back in the fourth period as he unloaded 14 of his 16 points in that stage to cut the lead to 84-93 with 4:20 left.
But Cardona anchored a decisive 7-1 exchange to put the lead back to double digits, 100-85, a little over two minutes left in the game.
Ronald Tubid finished with 17 points for the Kings, who joined first-game loser Coke at the cellar with 3-6 mark.
as of 11/12/2008 10:56 PM
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