San Miguel hampers Alaska's PBA Finals sweep, wins Game 4 in OT

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The Alaska Aces were not able to sweep defending champions San Miguel Beermen on the crucial Game 4 of the 2016 PBA Philippine Cup on Sunday, January 24 at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig 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/AVvXsEjl8wNTsgBa3cUMDKk5VT6k8ocK7q3o9rfA4p1XAAzlMX3jw1odSND6DNgi_bQkO2W52VTl9Lvt38AbE7uGwVBbQKWY3KMXIY0igh8qGQubTg3PS-c2O8CgWbyJQuDIGcFiV0NGLg2LHP1I/s1600/Alaska-vs-san-miguel.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="San Miguel hampers Alaska's PBA Finals sweep" border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8wNTsgBa3cUMDKk5VT6k8ocK7q3o9rfA4p1XAAzlMX3jw1odSND6DNgi_bQkO2W52VTl9Lvt38AbE7uGwVBbQKWY3KMXIY0igh8qGQubTg3PS-c2O8CgWbyJQuDIGcFiV0NGLg2LHP1I/s640/Alaska-vs-san-miguel.jpg" title="San Miguel hampers Alaska's PBA Finals sweep" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Credit: PBA Media Bureau</td></tr></tbody></table>San Miguel Beermen managed to pull off a stunning comeback, 110-104, to extend the series, 3-1 in the best-of-7 and now looking to become the first team in PBA history to come back from a 0-3 series deficit.<br /><br />San Miguel is still playing without the reigning back-to-back PBA MVP June Mar Fajardo, who received the Best Player of the Conference award prior to the game. <br /><br />Chris Ross was hailed as game's best player, scoring a near triple-double of 11 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists. Marcio Lassiter scored 26 points, Gabby Espinas had 21 points and 14 rebounds.<br /><br />Alaska’s Cyrus Baguio forced an extra period after a clutch three-pointer at the buzzer and the Aces again took the upper hand after Vic Manuel opened it with back-to-back baskets, 102-98.<br /><br /><center><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://vine.co/v/iiKXzg03w0q/embed/simple" width="480"></iframe><script src="https://platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js"></script></center><br />Game 5 of PBA Finals series is set on Wednesday, January 27.</div>

San Miguel hampers Alaska's PBA Finals sweep, wins Game 4 in OT

MANILA, Philippines - The Alaska Aces were not able to sweep defending champions San Miguel Beermen on the crucial Game 4 of the 2016 PBA P...

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