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PBA: San Miguel routs Rain or Shine to cap elimination campaign

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="From the PBA Media Bureau" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/03/17/smb-pba-03172023.jpg"/><figcaption>From the PBA Media Bureau</figcaption></figure></div>San Miguel Beer dropped an import-less Rain or Shine with a 129-116 beating to end their PBA Governors&#x27; Cup eliminations campaign with a win on Friday at the PhilSports Arena.Mo Tautuaa and Vic Manuel each scored 23 points while CJ Perez also dished a double-double as the Beermen racked up their second straight win to finish with a 9-2 record.The Beermen have a twice-to-beat advantage going to the playoffs.San Miguel coach Jorge Gallent now has the luxury of time to fix what isn&#x27;t right with his team.&quot;We just have to play good defense. We can&#x27;t rely on our offense, we can&#x27;t win. Our main goal is to work on our defense and let it trigger our offense. If we play bad defense our offense will suffer,&quot; said Gallent. &quot;We really have to work hard for 48 minutes in order to make it far in the playoffs.&quot;Prompting Gallent&#x27;s observation was Rain or Shine&#x27;s 14-0 run in the second quarter that that rattled San Miguel.In a period spanning the last two quarters, the Elasto Painters also threatened the Beermen with 12 straight points to come within 93-100 before San Miguel recovered behind Manuel and Tautuaa for a 13-0 counter.&quot;It was just the defense,&quot; said Gallent, visibly far from pleased despite his team&#x27;s follow-up to its 120-106 conquest of NLEX last Wednesday that assured it of a top three finish.&quot;We just relaxed again on defense. The usual thing, we were up by 13 and then we relaxed again. They had a lot of open three-point shots that weren&#x27;t contested.&quot;Perez, Cameron Clark and Marcio Lassiter had 20 points each.Gian Mamuyac&#x27;s new career-high 23 points paced the E-Painters who officially wound up at 10th. <div>PBA Season 47 games can be streamed live and on-demand on iWantTFC with a Premium subscription, available worldwide except PH and US.</div>

San Miguel Beer dropped an import-less Rain or Shine with a 129-116 beating to end their PBA Governors' Cup eliminations campaign with a win on Friday at the PhilSports Arena.