Camille Naredo

Eastern's Chris McLaughlin dunks against San Miguel in their PBA Season 49 Commissioner's Cup game, December 22, 2024 at the PhilSports Arena. PBA Images

Eastern's Chris McLaughlin dunks against San Miguel in their PBA Season 49 Commissioner's Cup game, December 22, 2024 at the PhilSports Arena

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1734876475733PBA Images2.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Eastern&#x27;s Chris McLaughlin dunks against San Miguel in their PBA Season 49 Commissioner&#x27;s Cup game, December 22, 2024 at the PhilSports Arena. PBA Images"/>Eastern&#x27;s Chris McLaughlin dunks against San Miguel in their PBA Season 49 Commissioner&#x27;s Cup game, December 22, 2024 at the PhilSports Arena. PBA Images</div>MANILA (UPDATED) -- Eastern let a double-digit advantage slip but regained their poise in overtime to hand San Miguel Beer a 99-91 defeat on Sunday evening at the PhilSports Arena.It was Eastern&#x27;s second straight win over the Beermen, having beaten them in the East Asia Super League, 71-62, last Wednesday. They also got back in the win column in the PBA Season 49 Commissioner&#x27;s Cup after suffering a loss against NorthPort, 120-113, in their previous assignment. For the Beermen, the result snaps a two-game winning streak and drops them to 3-3 heading into the league&#x27;s holiday break.Glen Yang was the star for Eastern, putting up 26 points -- including the dagger three-pointer in OT -- on top of four assists, four rebounds, and two steals. Christopher McLaughlin finished with an 18-point, 11-rebound double-double along with five steals.As a team, Eastern had 15 steals and scored 25 points off San Miguel&#x27;s turnovers.They led by as much as 12 points, 38-26, in the first half but the hot shooting of Marcio Lassiter brought the Beermen back in the game. Two free throws by June Mar Fajardo forced a 61-all deadlock late in the third period, but Eastern ended the quarter on a strong note with back-to-back triples from Siu Wing Chan and Kobey Lam to enter the final period with a 69-64 advantage.San Miguel went blow-for-blow with Eastern in the fourth, and crucial misses at the line by McLaughlin allowed the Beermen to tie the game at 87 off a CJ Perez three-pointer with 1:24 left. However, both teams blew chances to win the game, with Blankley bricking a triple and the Beermen failing to even get a shot off in the closing seconds.It was all Eastern in the extra period, as they outscored San Miguel 12-7. Yang and Hayden Blankley scored all of Eastern&#x27;s points, with Yang going 3-of-3 from the field including the three-pointer with 44 seconds to go that slammed the door on the Beermen&#x27;s hopes of a comeback.Blankley finished with 15 points for Eastern, which now has a 6-2 win-loss record in the PBA.Jabari Narcis had 28 points and 10 rebounds in his debut for San Miguel, going 11-of-29 from the field. Fajardo continued his recent string of dominant play with a 23-point, 18-rebound double-double, and Perez added 18 points.The Beermen struggled to keep up with Eastern&#x27;s ball movement, however, and their own offense stagnated in the closing seconds when they had a chance to steal the win. <div>The Scores (OT):</div>EASTERN 99 – Yang 26, McLaughlin 18, Blankley 15, Lam 13, Chan 10, Pok 6, Cao 5, Guinchard 3, Zhu 2, Cheung 1, Xu 0SAN MIGUEL 91 – Narcis 28, Fajardo 23, Perez 18, Lassiter 13, Rosales 3, Trollano 2, Tautuaa 2, Cruz 2, Ross 0, Tiongson 0, Brondial 0, Cahilig 0QUARTERS :  22-20, 51-41, 69-64, 98-87, 99-91<div></div>

Eastern let a double-digit advantage slip but regained their poise in overtime to hand San Miguel Beer a 99-91 defeat on Sunday evening at the PhilSports Arena.

Eastern let a double-digit advantage slip but regained their poise in overtime to hand San Miguel Beer a 99-91 defeat on Sunday evening at the PhilSports Arena.

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PBA: Eastern regains winning ways at San Miguel's expense

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published December 22, 2024 09:51 PM PHT

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Updated December 22, 2024 10:08 PM PHT

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