{"id":139799,"date":"2017-12-17T22:25:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T03:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=139799"},"modified":"2017-12-17T22:25:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T03:25:33","slug":"smb-opens-pba-season-43-with-win-over-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/17\/smb-opens-pba-season-43-with-win-over-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"SMB opens PBA Season 43 with win over Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_139817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139817\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/B4A0597.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-139817\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/B4A0597.jpg\" alt=\" The Beermen broke loose in the dying stages of the game to spoil Louie Alas' debut as Fuel Masters coach. (Photo: pba.ph)\" width=\"1366\" height=\"632\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>The Beermen broke loose in the dying stages of the game to spoil Louie Alas&#8217; debut as Fuel Masters coach. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pba.ph\/news\/san-miguel-opens-ph-cup-campaign-with-win-over-retooled-phoenix\" target=\"_blank\">Photo: pba.ph<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 San Miguel began the 2018 season of the PBA with a 104-96 win over Phoenix at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Beermen broke loose in the dying stages of the game to spoil Louie Alas&#8217; debut as Fuel Masters coach.<\/p>\n<p>Marcio Lassiter caught fire early on with back-to-back triples that helped SMB open an 8-0 lead at the start.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix, however, recovered following an early timeout, and the game became tight for most of the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The Beermen tried to pull away again early into the second half, opening an 83-68 cushion with 10:40 to go in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The Fuel Masters, however, answered with a 12-2 run to cut the lead down to five, 85-80, with 6:28 left in the game.<\/p>\n<p>SMB finally repulsed Phoenix on an 18-4 rally that stretched the lead back to 19, 103-84, with 2:41 remaining, which the latter found hard to recover.<\/p>\n<p>Junemar Fajardo led the Beermen, who are eyeing a fourth straight PBA Philippine Cup title, with 23 points, 16 rebounds, four assists, and four blocks, while Alex Cabagnot added 22 points, two rebounds, four assists, and one steal.<\/p>\n<p>Lassiter finished with 20 markers, five boards, and four dimes, while Chris Ross came close to a triple-double with 16 points, nine assists, and six caroms.<\/p>\n<p>Arwind Santos had his own double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds with two assists, three steals, and one block.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Chan fired 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting off the bench to lead Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>LA Revilla struggled in his first game as a Fuel Master, only making one point, three rebounds, and three assists in 26 minutes of play off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Perkins flirted with a double-double in his PBA debut, tallying 10 markers and nine boards with two assists and one steal in a start.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Box Scores:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>San Miguel 104<\/em> &#8211; Fajardo 23, Cabagnot 22, Lassiter 20, Ross 16, Santos 14, Pessumal 5, Rosser 4, Heruela 0, Mamaril 0, Vigil 0, Agovida 0, Lanete 0, Mabulac 0<\/p>\n<p><em>Phoenix 96<\/em> &#8211; Chan 18, Wright 12, Alolino 11, Chua 11, Wilson 11, Perkins 10, Dehesa 8, Kramer 6, Jazul 4, Intal 2, Eriobu 2, Revilla 1<\/p>\n<p><em>Quarterscores: 23-18, 47-37, 79-68, 104-96<strong> (PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 San Miguel began the 2018 season of the PBA with a 104-96 win over Phoenix at the Smart &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1045,728,30058,20372],"class_list":["post-139799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports","tag-pba","tag-phoenix","tag-san-miguel","tag-smart-araneta-coliseum","mauthors-ivan-stewart-saldajeno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}