PBA: Bay Area Dragons rout June Mar Fajardo-less San Miguel Beer
MANILA, Philippines — The Bay Area away team played against San Miguel Beer playing excluding Mar Fajardo in June and recovered from the first setback with a convincing 113-87 win at the PBA Com Member’s Cup on Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Andrew Nicholson proved his worth in a second consecutive appearance, scoring 25 of his 39 points in the first half to help the Dragons win their fifth of six games against the Philippine Cup champions. this season.
The Bay Area is back with its victories after bow before Barangay Ginebra, 111-93, last October 9 at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City. It was the first loss of the Dragons since arriving in the land of fog, including 9 draws.
Dragons coach Brian Goorjian said: “We’ve learned from the great loss and we’ve gotten better against a quality team.
Nicholson, who sat out the first four games of the conference with guard Myles Powell acting as an import, put on the same first-half form he showed against Ginebra, only this time allowing Bay Area races to the commanding lead. blow for San Miguel.
Hayden Blankley, Zhu Songwei, Kobey Lam, 7-foot-5 Liu Chuanxing and Duncan Reid thwarted Nicholson in a contest that saw the Dragons lead by 30.
San Miguel lost 1-2 after playing minus Fajardo who was last Thursday underwent throat surgery after receiving an accidental elbow kick from Steve Taylor Jr.’s imported Rain or Shine player. in last week’s 113-105 win.
Enter Diamond Stone, of those tasked with filling Fajardo’s shoes, with only 11 points despite taking 14 rebounds for the Beermen.
The point:
ROUND 113 – Nicholson 39, Blankley 17, Zhu 16, Lam 16, Liu 12, Reid 6, Song 3, Ju 2, Ewing 2, Zheng 0, Yang 0, Si 0, Liang 0.
SAN MIGUEL 87 – Perez 19, Manuel 15, Kick 11, Enciso 9, Tautuaa 9, Cruz 8, Lassiter 7, Brondial 4, Zamar 3, Ross 2, Herndon 0, Canete 0.
Regions: 28-17, 58-40, 86-58, 113-87.
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