page_title: San Miguel Beermen
section_title: Philippine Cup
hierarchical_section_title: San Miguel Beermen / San Miguel Beermen (the June Mar Fajardo era) (2014–present) / 2015–16 season / Philippine Cup
caption_attribution_description: English: &#160;Winning moments of the San Miguel Beermen during the Game 6 of the PBA Finals on January 29, 2016.
context_page_description: The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with the Magnolia Hotshots and Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. It is the most successful franchise in the history of the PBA and the only remaining original franchise in the league. The Beermen currently lead the league with the most titles and the most all-time victories. In addition, it has won the Grand Slam in 1989 and the Perpetual Jun Bernardino Trophy after winning three straight PBA Philippine Cups from 2015 to 2017. It is also the only team to have won at least one PBA title in each of the five numerical decades of the league's existence and was the first professional basketball team in the world ever to come back from a 0–3 deficit to win a best-of-seven playoff series which they did during the 2015–16 Philippine Cup Finals.
context_section_description: On August 25, 2015, the Beermen traded playmaker Jeric Fortuna to the Barako Bull Energy for June Mar Fajardo's pal Brian Heruela. They also nabbed Michael Mabulac at 32nd overall and Andretti Stevens at 41st overall in the 2015 PBA draft.
  On September 24, 2015, the Beermen traded sophomore swingman Ronald Pascual to the Barako Bull Energy for guard Ryan Araña who was also traded from the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters to Barako Bull for a second round pick prior to the Pascual-Araña trade.
  During the elimination round of the 2015-16 Philippine Cup, the Beermen had open their conference with a two-game winning streak, winning against GlobalPort and Meralco respectively. Then they lost to the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 84-99. Afer that, the Beermen has a seven-game winning streak up until their tenth game to maintain top spot during the whole round. On December 16, 2015, which is their eleventh and last game of the eliminations, the game was dominated by June Mar Fajardo, who had a career night of 43 points and 20 rebounds. But they lost to the Alaska Aces, 97–103, to end their winning streak and to conclude the elimination round with a 9–2 record.
  The Beermen ended the conference with a 9-2 record, the first seed, giving them an assured semifinals spot.
  In the semifinals round, the Beermen face the Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters. Rain or Shine was one of the only two losses suffered by the Beermen during the elimination round. In Game 1 of the series, the Beermen won the game, 109-105, behind Fajardo's strong game of 36 points, 18 rebounds and 5 blocks. In Games 2 and 3, Rain or Shine won both games despite Fajardo averaged 39.0 points per game, 18.5 rebounds per game and 2.5 blocks per game for the Beermen in that span. In a must-win for the Beermen in Game 4, Fajardo had another strong output of 33 points, 15 rebounds and 6 blocks as the Beermen won. The next two games, Fajardo's scoring output slightly decline but the Beermen escape the Elasto Painters and advance to the PBA Finals. 
  On February 3, 2016, the Beermen officially became the first professional basketball team in the world ever to come back from a 0-3 deficit to win a best-of-seven playoff series, which they were able to achieve against the Alaska Aces during the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup Finals and Chris Ross was named finals MVP. With the victory, the Beermen have tied the Star Hotshots for the most all-time PBA All-Filipino/Philippine Cup titles with six to date.
caption: Winning victory of the San Miguel Beermen during Game 6 of the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on January 29, 2016.
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