Quarters: Bolts 93, Ginebra 82

For the Meralco Bolts, the Barangay Ginebra Kings is a mountain to climb. But a tough adversity the Gin Kings may have been in their past playoff battles, the Bolts are not to turn their back on their opportunity to play them.

"If we want to be a champion, we have to compete with the best; we have to beat the best. We love the opportunity," said Meralco skipper Chris Newsome.

Bolts 105, Terrafirma 89

The Meralco Bolts has cemented its position in the best-of-three pairings in the PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals after dealing Terrafirma its 11th loss of the tournament, 105-89, last 21 July at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The Bolts drew double-digit production from five players led by Chris Newsome to take care of business in their final game of the elims and assure themselves of fourth or fifth spot in the Last-8.

Bolts 88, SMB 83

The Meralco Bolts proved steadier in the clutch to eke out an 89-86 victory over San Miguel Beer and secure an automatic quarterfinals slot last 17 July in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Allein Maliksi scored a team high 18 points, Chris Newsome added 16 points and Aaron Black set aside his lamentations over the death of his paternal grandmother in the US for the moment for 15 points which he capped with a triple that made it 88-83, only 50 seconds left in the 4th.

Bolts 97, NorthPort 87

Meralco turned on full power to score a bounce back 97-87 victory over skidding NorthPort and grab a share of second in the PBA Philippine Cup on 23 June at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.

Shut down in a 78-71 loss to TNT last Saturday, the Bolts cranked it up and buried the skidding Batang Pier to a 19-point hole in the first 24 minutes to set the tone for their third win in four games.