San Miguel ends Purefoods TJ Giants 4 game winning streak but not without a fight till the end of the game. With SMB having a 15 point lead with 3 minutes left in the final quarter, Purefoods made a rally on a 11-0 run to cut the lead to 4 with 43 seconds left. But time ran out for the Giants as the Beermen stuck to their defensive game and give Purefoods its 5th loss.

Kerby Raymundo had his best game back from an injury with 14 points backed up by Marc Pingris with 13 points and 6 rebounds.

Scores:

San Miguel Beer 87 – Hontiveros 18, Santos 18, Miranda 15, Cortez 11, Pennisi 8, Villanueva 5, Tugade 5, Seigle 5, Holper 2, Racela 0, Pena 0

Purefoods 80 – Raymundo 14, Pingris 13, Canaleta 12, R. Yap 12, Artadi 9, J. Yap 9, Allado 7, Maeirhofer 2, Reavis 2, Timberlake 0

Quarterscores: 22-15; 42-34; 61-54; 87-80