Petron Blaze Sets PBA Finals Date With San Mig Coffee

The Petron Blaze Boosters booked the last PBA Governors' Cup Finals slot by defeating the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters on Monday night, Oct. 7, at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum. Petron Blaze denied Rain or Shine of a Finals seat in the Game 4 of their best-of-five semifinal showdown with the score 110-89.

Petron import Elijah Millsap led their team scorers with 34 points together with his 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. Millsap started slow with just 5 points in the first quarters.

However, it was Marcio Lasssiter who blazed with his career high 7 out of 10 three pointers with 27 points in all for the game. Lassiter referred to his performance as, “It was just one of those nights,”, He added, “I just felt it.”

Cabagnot was also a key in their victory against the Elasto Painters with 23 points and made 4 treys. Millsap, Lassiter and Cabagnot combined for 84 points for Petron.

For Rain or Shine, import Arizona Reid led all the game scorers with 41 big points together with 16 rebounds but it was enough to lift his team as no other locals scored double digit except Belga with 10 points. Elasto Painter gunner Chan was scoreless in the game.

With the win, the Petron Blaze Boosters will face sister-team San Mig Coffee Mixers in the PBA Governor's Cup Finals which will start on Friday, October 11 at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Scores:

Quarters: 24-25, 46-40, 80-65, 110-89

Petron 110 – Millsap 34, Lassiter 27, Cabagnot 23, Fajardo 9, Santos 8, Lutz 2, Kramer 2, Miranda 2, Tubid 2, Lanete 1, Isip 0.

Rain or Shine 89 – Reid 41, Belga 10, Arana 9, Quinahan 7, Norwood 6, Tang 5, Ibanes 5, Tiu 3, Matias 3, Uyloan 0, Cruz 0, Chan 0.