San Miguel creates history, clinches back-to-back PBA PH Cup championships

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The San Miguel Beermen made a history after becoming the first PBA team to escape 3-0 deficit and won the championship, 96-89 over Alaska Aces in the Game 7 of the 2016 PBA Philippine Cup Finals held on Wednesday night at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_t2iphrd223igacp2tvNsazsxeoYMgwRCLMHZ2C-N0QsI-U9IiVCj9uq4Zv9Ujjda2WtBwtTYmvY1uquuTpFi6mjLlgFiAlxDp5kYRqOjI6BdBtdLbhlwdTnt3_QyHF7iTg4tKpCtT5SR/s1600/smb-beeracle.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San Miguel wins 2016 PBA Philippine Cup title." border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_t2iphrd223igacp2tvNsazsxeoYMgwRCLMHZ2C-N0QsI-U9IiVCj9uq4Zv9Ujjda2WtBwtTYmvY1uquuTpFi6mjLlgFiAlxDp5kYRqOjI6BdBtdLbhlwdTnt3_QyHF7iTg4tKpCtT5SR/s640/smb-beeracle.jpg" title="San Miguel wins 2016 PBA Philippine Cup title." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">San Miguel wins 2016 PBA Philippine Cup title. Photo Credit: @<span class="u-linkComplex-target" style="text-decoration: underline !important;">chinoluipio</span></td></tr></tbody></table>San Miguel also clinched their back-to-back Philippine Cup championships and their 22nd overall.<br /><br />SMB's guard Chris Ross was hailed Finals MVP finishing with a conference-high 21 points along with five rebounds and five assists. Ross averaged 8.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, four assists, 1.7 steals in the series.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Congrats to <a href="https://twitter.com/cmross6" rel="nofollow">@cmross6</a> for winning Finals MVP! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PBAFinals?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#PBAFinals</a> <a href="https://t.co/YpE8rQsxdk" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/YpE8rQsxdk</a></div>— Chino Lui Pio (@chinoluipio) <a href="https://twitter.com/chinoluipio/status/694885359457406976" rel="nofollow">February 3, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />June Mar Fajardo, who missed the first four games of the series topped with 21 points and 15 rebounds.<br /><br />Marcio Lassiter had 15 points while Arwind Santos added a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Chris Banchero led the Aces with 21 points while Calvin Abueva finished with 16 points and nine rebounds.<br /><br /><b>The scores:</b><br /><b>San Miguel (96) </b>– Fajardo 21, Ross 21, Lassiter 15, Santos 13, Cabagnot 8, Tubid 7, De Ocampo 7, Lutz 2, Espinas 2, Heruela 0.<br /><br /><b>Alaska (89) </b>– Banchero 21, Abueva 16, Baguio 10, Exciminiano 8, Casio 8, Hontiveros 6, Thoss 4, Baclao 4, Jazul 4, Dela Rosa 3, Manuel 3, Dela Cruz 2, Eman 0, Menk 0.<br /><br />Quarterscores: 22-16, 43-38, 68-51, 96-89.</div>

San Miguel creates history, clinches back-to-back PBA PH Cup championships

MANILA, Philippines - The San Miguel Beermen made a history after becoming the first PBA team to escape 3-0 deficit and won the championshi...

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