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With the semifinals series on the line, the San Miguel Beermen put on a determined stand to finish off a gutsy BMEG Derby Ace Llamados, 91-83 behind the dominating performance of import Gabe Freeman.

Freeman dished off a monster of a ballgame unleasing 26 points, 22 rebounds, and 12/14 field goals.

The win gave the San Miguel Beermen an entry to the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals and a chance to win a back-to-back Fiesta Conference Championship, the last one won by Red Bull Barako.

With San Miguel leading by 9 at half-time, 51-42, Arwind Santos throws out a booming three point shot and then followed it up with an open drive to the basket enabling the Beermen to build a big 16 point lead.

However, things started to turn around in favor of Derby Ace as their defense tightened up that saw the Beermen stucked at 79 points half-way in the fourth quarter.

They were slowly closing in at 4 points after Joseph Yeo committed a flagrant foul penalty 1 on Marc Pingris. Unfortunately for the Llamados, James Yap missed both technical free throws and missed another crucial three point shot.

In the succeeding play, Jay Washington left out Rafi Reavis in a dribbling exhibition play that saw Washington driving straight to the hoop after Reavis falls down on defense. Gabe Freeman, Arwind Santos, and Dondon Hontiveros worked their way to finish the Llamados with their drives and free throws.

For full game coverage, you can check out news stories from other websites later.

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Finally, after having no updates for several months already, I’m back writing for this blog – probably at the right and sweetest time – the San Miguel Beermen entering the finals. As much as I can, I will write game results ahead of the other news sources.

Its good that we were able to finish the series ahead of the other one, the one between Alaska Aces and Talk N Text Tropang Texters for our players to get some rest. This will give us a little edge from the opposing team come finals. It will also give our coaching staff enough time to scout the opposition and prepare our plays.

So that’s it! It’s finals once again so keep supporting the San Miguel Beermen and keep checking this blog for updates.