MANILA: San Miguel Beermen dethroned Barangay Ginebra as the PBA Commissioner's Cup champion by sweeping them out of the semifinals through a 94-91 Game 3 win on Sunday night in front of 15,126 fans at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. After a close first half, the Beermen asserted control of the game after erupting for 32 points in the third quarter to go up, 75-69. They even upped the lead to as high as 11, 90-79, with less than five minutes left in the fourth. However, the Gin Kings crawled back through a 10-2 run that cut the lead down to three, 92-89, with 39 seconds left. Bennie Boatwright kept the door open for Ginebra to complete a late comeback as he missed two free throws with 20 seconds left, but Christian Standhardinger had his inside pass intended for Tony Bishop picked and June Mar Fajardo sealed the win with two free throws with eight seconds to go. Boatwright led San Miguel, which will await the winner of the Phoenix-Magnolia series in the best-of-seven finals, with 26 points, 13 r ebounds, one assist, and two blocks. Phoenix Fuel Masters lived to fight another day in its semi-final duel against Magnolia Hotshots after storming back to take them down, 103-85, in the first game. Just when the Hotshots looked poised already to sweep the best-of-five affair midway through the second quarter, the Fuel Masters finished the second quarter strong and even pulled away in the second half. Similar to Game 2 on Friday night, Magnolia opened Game 3 efficiently offensively and dropped 31 points on Phoenix at the end of the first quarter. The Hotshots then pulled away early in the second quarter and opened a 47-26 lead with 5:26 remaining before halftime. The Fuel Masters, though, finished the second period on a 12-4 run to cut the lead down to 13, 51-38, at the half. Phoenix completed the comeback in the second half after outscoring Magnolia, 65-34. Johnathan Williams led the Fuel Masters, who cut the series down to 2-1, with 19 points. Tyler Bey put up 18 points for the Hotshots, who have a nother chance at finishing the Fuel Masters in Game 4 on Wednesday night back at the MOA Arena. Source: Philippines News Agency Krabi, An incident occurred with a concrete bridge beam during an elevated road construction in front of Krabi Airport. It fell on the worker's leg, seriously injuring him. At approximately 7:00 p.m. on January 29, 2024, rescue workers in Krabi Province were notified that there were construction workers on the Plalang Intersection - Nuea Khlong District Section 2 elevated road project in front of Krabi Airport. It fell on a male worker, about 30 years old, and was seriously injured. In the state of lying face down Wear a black t-shirt on both legs from the knee down. It was hit by a large cement bridge beam. Tens of tons of weight crushed the leg until it was crushed, causing breathing to be difficult. Rescuers performed first aid. Before a fellow construction worker brought a crane to lift the concrete beam. and rushed the injured person to the hospital From questioning construction workers who were at the scene of the incident, it was learned that the cause was from a backhoe that was working that had th rown its bucket and hit the beam. Causing the welds that connect the beams to fall apart. The beam fell down. The injured person was in the area and was not careful. Therefore, a beam from an elevated bridge fell on his leg and seriously injured him. Source: Thai News Agency
