HOTSHOTS EYE EQUALIZER

By going back to its roots as top-notch shot-stopper, Magnolia has made it a more manageable 2-1 affair against San Miguel Beer.

- OLMIN LEYBA

Game today (Smart Araneta Coliseum) 7:30 p.m. – Awarding of Best Import and Best Player of the Conference 7:35 p.m. – Magnolia vs San Miguel Beer * SMB leads best-of-seven series, 2-1

Now the challenge for the Hotshots is to keep their defensive machine continuously humming to make it back-to-back tonight and transform the initially one-way PBA Commissioner’s Cup finals into a “50-50” series from hereon.

If they don’t, the Beermen will emerge from the 7:35 p.m. Game 4 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum standing on the hill in the race-tofour-dispute on second attempt.