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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...

VIDEO: Alaska forward Vic Manuel chokes SMB's David Semerad in PBA Finals Game 2

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Alaska Aces forward player Vic Manuel has received flagrant foul penalty one for choking San Miguel Beer rookie David Semerad in the fourth quarter of PBA Philippine Cup 2015 Finals Game 2 on Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.<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/AVvXsEg1OkN-TVxtvPn-Ll-d_S_Fl_lHR6fT5PBcLUrokPVjyreiGbdDGC05z3Rl1ALo6Oog20aHcOi2y69u3sjgo8NaXrKo0Gfn1NKD0iCYXj2FrFRSELwdo4Ou8T5hOALc5eA1zgbFxnbKjLZ9/s1600/Manuel-chokes-semerad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OkN-TVxtvPn-Ll-d_S_Fl_lHR6fT5PBcLUrokPVjyreiGbdDGC05z3Rl1ALo6Oog20aHcOi2y69u3sjgo8NaXrKo0Gfn1NKD0iCYXj2FrFRSELwdo4Ou8T5hOALc5eA1zgbFxnbKjLZ9/s1600/Manuel-chokes-semerad.jpg" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manuel tries to strangle Semerad during Game 2 fourth quarter | Credit: Paul Mata on Twitter</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Manuel admitted that the highly physical game made the Aces out of focus and lost to San Miguel, 100-86, that tied the PBA Finals.<br /><br />“Focus lang kami sa game, yun sinasabi ni coach. Kaso nawawala talaga kami sa game. Na-out of focus kami kanina at naging physical na, first quarter pa lang,” said Manuel, who shot an atrocious 1-of-8 from the field to finish with a season-low two points and five rebounds.<br /><br />On the other hand, Semerad said his fiery plays was his way of helping San Miguel bounced back following the team’s 82-88 overtime loss to Alaska in Game One.<br /><br /><b>WATCH: </b><b>Vic Manuel strangles </b><b>David Semerad on SMB vs Aces Finals 2015 (video courtesy of PBA/ TV5)</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jtIGdGzSQJc" width="600"></iframe></center><br />Arwind Santos led the Beermen with a team-high 22 points on 9-for-16 shooting despite getting busted open in the third quarter after a collision with Alaska star Calvin Abueva.<br /><b><br /></b><b>The Scores:</b><br /><br /><b>San Miguel (100)</b>: Santos 22, Lutz 20, Fajardo 15, Ross 12, Semerad 10, Lassiter 8, Cabagnot 7, Omolon 2, Pascual 2, Tubid 2, Kramer 0, Fortuna 0<br /><br /><b>Alaska (86)</b>: Thoss 16, Casio 14, Baguio 13, Hontiveros 8, Banchero 7, Jazul 5, Menk 4, Dela Cruz 4, Eman 2, Manuel 2, Dela Rosa 0, Exciminiano 0<br /><br />Quarter Scoring: 32-28, 51-48, 72-70, 100-86</div>

VIDEO: Alaska forward Vic Manuel chokes SMB's David Semerad in PBA Finals Game 2

MANILA, Philippines - Alaska Aces forward player Vic Manuel has received flagrant foul penalty one for choking San Miguel Beer rookie David ...