San Miguel Beer secured the top seed and twice-to-beat advantage in the PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals after an 126-91 victory over NorthPort, finishing the elimination round with an 8-3 record.
They will face No. 8 seed Meralco in a quarterfinals rematch of last year's Philippine Cup Finals.
Perez stated, "Yung dati, past na yun, pero we need to redeem ourselves also. Natalo kami nung Finals, pero sa effort naman namin, makakabawi kami."
San Miguel is seeking redemption after losing to Meralco in six games in last year's finals, where the Bolts secured their first PBA championship.
Their dominant win against NorthPort was the third time this tournament that San Miguel won by at least 35 points.
Perez acknowledged that while last year's finals loss is in the past, the team aims to redeem themselves and bounce back.
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