PBA fines San Miguel, Ginebra players for Game 2 spat
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The PBA on Tuesday meted out fines following a heated Game 2 of the 2018 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals between defending champion San Miguel Beer and Barangay Ginebra.
Beermen forwards Renaldo Balkman and Arwind Santos were each slapped P5000 for their flagrant fouls.
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Santos was ejected at the 5:18 mark of the fourth quarter after being initially called for a flagrant foul penalty 2 after elbowing Ginebra guard Scottie Thompson in the midsection.
Upon review, the league downgraded the call on Santos as a flagrant foul penalty 1.
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San Miguel guard Chris Ross was also fined P2600 for his pair of technical fouls during his verbal spat with Ginebra’s Joe Devance, who was also slapped with a P1000 fine for second motion.
Devance’s teammate, Kevin Ferrer also received a P1000 for second motion.
Game 3 is on Wednesday night at Araneta Coliseum.
