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In the end, it had to be Chris Ross.
Aggressive all-night long in playing the passing lanes and giving his team easy points on the break, the fourth-year Fil-Am guard carried the cudgels for San Miguel Beer as the Beermen marched to their third win in four outings with a 112-107 victory over Rain or Shine Wednesday in the 2014 PLDT TVolution PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
With the Beermen playing without spitfire guard Sol Mercado, Ross seuzed the opportunity and tallied a double-double with a career-high 22 points, 10 assists, five rebounds, and five steals in the win.
“We expect that effort from Chris Ross everytime. That’s why he’s the captain of the team,” said San Miguel active consultant Todd Purves. “It’s more about consistent effort from him, from a defensive perspective, its always his priority. So when he has a good shooting night like tonight, it’s just an excellent game.”
Import Kevin Jones delivered on his second time out for San Miguel with 33 markers and 15 rebounds, in a game where he seemingly had an in-game duel with Rain or Shine import Alex McLean.
“Kevin is blending in well so far. He’s really a team guy. He’s very much the type of player that we like, the type of import who plays defense first, and he certainly has some skill in the offensive end as well. But he’s a team player and he exhibits the things that we look forward to – he’s physically tough, mentally tough, and unselfish,” Purves said.
Marcio Lassiter and reigning MVP Arwind Santos had 19 points apiece in the contest, while June Mar Fajardo had 11 markers and seven rebounds in his second game back from an ankle injury.
“He’s still working his way back,” Purves said. “June Mar is a real competitor and he always wants to play and have more minutes, but coming off an injury in his ankle, he’s still in the process of getting back to his old self. We’ll continue to play him, and he’s getting his wind back, but he’s not yet in the same form that he was in the last conference, and we’re looking forward to getting him there and I have no doubt that he will.”
With San Miguel leading 105-104 with a minute to play courtesy of an Arwind Santos three-pointer, Ross delivered a crushing blow to the gut of Rain or Shine with a left handed drive with 44.6 seconds, giving the Beermen some breathing room with a three-point lead.
Santos and Doug Kramer canned four freebies to put San Miguel up, 111-104.
But the Elasto Painters didn’t go down without a fight.
Facing a seven-point deficit in the final 15.3 seconds, Jeff Chan hit a corner three in the ensuing possession. Jones then got a split from the stripe, making it a five-point game, 112-107.
But a couple of misses from McLean and Gabe Norwood in the last 7.8 seconds formally sent Rain or Shine to its second defeat in three outings.
It was a sorry loss for the E-Painters as coach Yeng Guiao and assistant coach Caloy Garcia both celebrated their birthdays.
“They’re so resilient,” Purves said of the E-Painters. “They’re so well coached and they’re so mentally tough that they were able to fight back every single time. So if I didn’t anticipate them continuing to fight late in the game, I’d be fooled. I’ll always expect them to continue fighting and making a run on us.”
McLean led ROS with 33 points and 14 rebounds, while Paul Lee and Beau Belga combined for 25 markers. (RL)
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