The San Miguel Beermen opened their campaign for a “grand slam” with a 130-119 win over the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters last Wednesday in the 2019 PBA Governors’ Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Dezmine Wells tallied 42 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists for the Beermen; while Alex Cabagnot added 23 markers, June Mar Fajardo scored 18 points, and Arwind Santos – 17.
From a tightly-contested opening quarter, San Miguel leaned on consecutive points from Wells to build a 51-38 edge. Phoenix then rallied and narrowed the margin to 53-46 but the Beermen delivered triples through Cabagnot and Santos for a 70-55 halftime edge.
Early in the third, Phoenix trimmed their deficit to 79-75 but the Beermen responded with a run from Santos, Cabagnot, and Wells to pull away anew to 105-83.
San Miguel went for the kill in the final period as consecutive inside points from Fajardo increased their lead to 113-96. Phoenix attempted a late rally but only got as close as 11 points./ASC, WDJ