Ginebra vs San Miguel 12/20/08 Part6

CAREER GAME FROM HELTERBRAND AS KINGS NIP BEERMEN Barangay Ginebra keeps slim outright semis hopes alive with road game win BATANGAS CITY. Jayjay Helterbrand was back in his elements Saturday keying a decisive Barangay Ginebra victory that kept the team in the hunt for an outright semifinal berth. The Best Player of the Conference n the 2008 Fiesta early this year, Helterbrand checked a personal slump, pouring in a career-high 35 points as the Kings topped the San Miguel Beermen, 87-82, in a crucial road game in the KFC PBA Philippine Cup at the Batangas City Sports Center here. Barangay Ginebra and San Miguel swapped places in the team standings as the Kings avenged a rout at the hands of the Beermen in their previous tiff. The Kings caught up with the Sta. Lucia Realtors at fourth place at 9-8. They gain a tie at second place at the end of the double-round elimination phase should they beat the Rain or Shine and Talk N Text loses to Air21 Express in the elims final playdate on Christmas Day. The Beermen closed out their elims stint at 9-9. Sliding to sixth place on a third straight defeat, the Beermen are now even in danger of missing an automatic passage in the quarterfinals. Helterbrand dashed the Beermens hopes for a Top Two finish on an A-1 performance built around an 8-of-18 three-point shooting. I felt down in our last two games coming off a battle with injury. But this is an important game, I had to step up, said Helterbrand, limited to an average of 8.5 points ...