January 12, 2026

In Photos: San Miguel stays red-hot in PBA Finals Game 1

In Photos: San Miguel stays red-hot in PBA Finals Game 1
Photos (c) Sherwin Vardeleon
There’s no time quite like playoff basketball, more so than the Finals.

 

The PBA Season 48 Commissioner’s Cup pits two Grand Slam franchises in the San Miguel Beermen and the Magnolia Hotshots.

 

And while Friday’s Game 1 didn’t necessarily set the PBA world on fire, some intriguing sub plots have been established. Does San Miguel win out? Can Magnolia’s defense hold?

 

There’s nothing quite like playoff basketball, and if you somehow missed San Miguel vs. Magnolia, here’s Game 1 of the PBA Finals in photos.

In what we can only imagine as an ultimate dream come true, will Kyt Jimenez mark his first PBA Conference with a San Miguel Beermen championship with his idol Terrence Romeo?

June Mar and Calvin will forever be tied together as the top-2 picks of the 2012 Draft. Game 1 of these Commissioner's Cup Finals went the way of Fajardo and the Beermen, but can Abueva and the Hotshots get the last laugh?

Here's four of the Beermen's incredible "Death 15."

If the Hotshots are to pull off this PBA Championship, you gotta imagine they have to be patient and deliberate against the high-powered San Miguel Beermen. But how long can Magnolia's patience last?

2-0 on Sunday?

The Replacements. Did the Hotshots find something with their third group from Game 1? Magnolia will certainly need all the help it can get.

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