Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)

The Meralco Bolts ended their Philippine Cup Elimnation round campaign with a resounding 82-73 win over Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.

The win improved Meralco's win-loss record to 6-5, enough to guarantee a playoff spot. They now wait for the rest of the teams to complete their schedule to see what seed they'll be.

Ginebra's loss dropped them to 5-3 in athree-team tie for 4th place with idle teams TNT and Rain or Shine.

Meralco, playing their penultimate game in the eliminations, snapped NLEX's 6-game winning streak 108-92. Chris Newsome scored 21 and CJ Cansino added 20 points to lead the charge for the Bolts, who now have an even 5-5 win-loss record. 

Robert Bolick scored 22 to topscore for the Road Warriors, who is now joined by San Miguel, who won earlier in the evening, in 2nd place with a 6-2 record.

June Mar Fajardo of San Miguel had 17 points and 13 rebounds and 6 others scored at least 11 in SMB's 115-78 thumping of listless Blackwater Bossing.

The Beermen (6-2) have won their last 3 games, all in dominant fashion (31.67 winning average) to remain within striking distance of the leaders. Blackwater has lost 5 straight (1-7 overall)

Japeth Aguilar hit a 2-point jumper with just one second remaining to lift Barangay Ginebra to a tough 101-99 win over Blackwater Bossing. Aguilar finished with 22 points and 6 rebounds to lead Ginebra. Scottie Thompson added 18 points and 10 assists. Troy Rosario also finished with 18.

Sedrick Barefield scored 32 points and RK Ilagan 24 to lead Blackwater.

The San Miguel Beermen showed no mercy, beating Terrafirma Dyip by 39 points. Seven players, led by CJ Perez and Moala Tautuaa with 17 points each, scored in double figures for SMB. Rodney Brondial also had a monster game for SMB, scoring 16 points and grabbing 22 rebounds. Terrafirma's big-time struggles continue as they've lost six straight games, all by at least 20 points.