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PBA: San Miguel holds off Meralco, steps closer to finals

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<p>(<strong>UPDATED</strong>) San Miguel Beer seized a 3-2 lead in the PBA Philippine Cup semis via an 89-78 win over Meralco in Game 5 on Friday at the Araneta Coliseum.</p><p>CJ Perez had 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists as the Beermen moved closer to their 14th appearance in the all-Filipino tournament.</p><p>Jericho Cruz led the blitz for San Miguel in the pivotal third period, where he scored 9 of his 17 points, to negate the Beermen&#x27;s 7-point deficit.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/05/22/pba-meralco-levels-series-with-smb-in-blacks-return">PBA: Meralco levels series with SMB in Black&#x27;s return</a></li></ul><p>Rodney Brondial provided the finishing kick to close out the Bolts.</p><p>Cruz said he wanted to make up for his anemic showing in Game 4 where San Miguel lost. </p><p>&quot;Di ako pinatulog nung laro ko last time. Para sa akin, pinakapangit na laro ko yun,&quot; said Cruz, who only scored 2 in their defeat. &quot;Going to this game, my mindset was just to be me.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Actually, di ko naman iniisip umiskor. Ang iniisip ko eh to stop (Allein) Maliksi. Pag na-stop ko si Maliksi, mali-limit ang plays nila which yon ang nangyari.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/07/22/pba-fajardo-powers-smb-to-2-1-lead-over-meralco">PBA: Fajardo powers SMB to 2-1 lead over Meralco</a></li></ul><p>Chris Newsome scored 24 points for Meralco, which also got 12 from Maliksi.</p><p>The two squads will meet again in Game 6 on Sunday.</p><p>The Scores:</p><p>SAN MIGUEL 89 – Perez 24, Cruz 17, Fajardo 12, Tautuaa 9, Enciso 8, Manuel 6, Lassiter 5, Brondial 5, Ross 0, Herndon 0</p><p>MERALCO 78 – Newsome 24, Maliksi 12, Hodge 11, Quinto 11, Almazan 8, Black 6, Pascual 2, Banchero 2, Hugnatan 2, Jose 0, Baclao 0</p><p>QUARTERS: 25-22, 41-44, 67-56, 89-78</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uGQ9KLtv5EU?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>PBA Season 47 games can be streamed live and on-demand on iWantTFC with a Premium subscription, available worldwide except PH and US.</strong></div>

San Miguel Beer seized a 3-2 lead in the PBA Philippine Cup semis via an 89-78 win over Meralco in Game 5.