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MANILA - San Miguel Beermen forged a showdown with TNT Tropang Giga in the championship round of the PBA Philippine Cup after clobbering Meralco Bolts, 100-89, on Wednesday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Three nights after blowing a huge lead late in Game 6, SMB found itself in another Meralco comeback, but this time, the former held on. The Beermen banked on their solid defense in the first half, holding the Bolts to just 31 points, 12 in the first quarter, and opening a 14-point cushion. They would extend the lead to as high as 23 points, 70-47, late in the third quarter. Meralco, howe...

MANILA-Norman Black's return turned out to be the needed boost for Meralco to get one back at San Miguel as it prevailed, 99-88, in Game 2 of their PBA Philippine Cup semifinal series on Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. Despite a second-quarter storm from the Beermen on a rainy afternoon, the Bolts regained their form just in time to equalize their best-of-seven series at one game apiece. Meralco sizzled in the first quarter, opening a 34-20 lead in the first 12 minutes. However, SMB surged ahead in the second quarter and even took a 54-51 lead early in the third. The B...

MANILA - San Miguel Beermen weathered a mini late rally from Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters to reclaim the solo top spot in the PBA Philippine Cup standings after a 99-93 win on Wednesday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The Beermen showed their class for the most part of the tight contest even as they eventually opened an 11-point lead, 95-84, with 2:20 to play. The Elasto Painters, however, banked on six straight free throws to cut the lead down to five, 95-90, with 1:19 left. They even had a chance to trim it further after Andrei Caracut stole the ball from Simon Enciso, b...

MANILA - Ateneo denied the University of the Philippines (UP) a grand UAAP men's basketball championship party on Wednesday night after taking a 69-66 win in Game 2 of their best-of-three finals affair at the Mall of Asia in Pasay. The outcome means the Blue Eagles, the defending champions, and the Fighting Maroons, seeking their first title since 1986, will meet one last time for all the marbles on Friday night at the same venue. Ateneo survived despite UP pulling off yet another second-half showcase to be just three minutes away from ending a long title drought. Down by as much as 15 poi...

MANILA - Alaska's "Last Dance" got an extension on Wednesday after canceling NLEX's twice-to-beat advantage in the PBA Governors' Cup quarterfinals with a 93-79 win at the start of the knockout stages at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. Just when they were about to be sent off from the league in an awful manner, the Aces turned the tides in the final three quarters and forced another game on Saturday night against the Road Warriors for one of the semifinal spots at stake. NLEX surged ahead at the start of the game, opening a 26-12 lead at the end of the first qu...