A determined Bay Area side squeezed their way past San Miguel Beer to erect a 1-0 series lead in their best-of-5 PBA Commissioner's Cup semifinals on Wednesday at Philsports Arena.

The Dragons fought back from 16-points down to bag a tight 103-102 win in Game 1.

Andrew Nicholson scored 30 points to go with his 15 rebounds, while
Zhu Songwei had 19 points and 7-of-14 field goal shooting to go with his 7 assists in leading Bay Area's fight back.

But it was Kobey Lam who cashed in on a driving layup 7.1 seconds remaining in the clock to deliver the Dragons to victory. He finished with 12 points.

This ruined CJ Perez' 24-point performance for San Miguel, which failed to avenge its 26-point blow out loss to Bay Area in the eliminations.

Terrence Romeo added 21 points, 14 of them coming in the last two quarters.

The Beermen's Import Devon Scott, who missed a desperate attempt to steal the win for San Miguel, was held to just 9 points by the Dragons.

The two teams will meet again on Friday.

Box scores:

Bay Area 103 – Nicholson 30, Zhu 19, Blankley 15, Ju 13, Lam 12, Yang 9, Liu 5, Song 0, Reid 0.

San Miguel 102 – Perez 24, Romeo 21, Lassiter 16, Fajardo 11, Scott 9, Enciso 8, Ross 2, Brondial 0.

Quarters: 23-31; 51-59; 78-89; 103-102.

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