ANTIPOLO — San Miguel took advantage of another haunting endgame blunder by Converge and escaped with the 103-99 decision for its first win of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup Wednesday night at the Ynares Center here.
The Beermen caught themselves in a 99-all deadlock when Alec Stockton nailed a four-pointer from the top with 39.6 seconds to go but the pesky guard would also be the reason that their foes would go back ahead, never to let up.
Bringing flashbacks of their overtime collapse versus Ginebra in the last Philippine Cup quarterfinals, Stockton got called for a foul on Don Trollano, who then perfected his bonuses for the 101-99 lead with 27.2 seconds to spare.
The FiberXers would never be able to buy another basket, with June Mar Fajardo hammering the nail in the coffin with a layup with 3.5 ticks left.
The nine-time MVP led SMB with 27 points and 17 rebounds.
