Safe to say that San Miguel Beer really has got Alaska’s number.

The first clash between the two powerhouses ever since the Beermen’s epic comeback in the last conference ended in an ugly manner as far as the Aces are concerned as San Miguel blew them off the floor, 116-96, in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup eliminations on Wednesday night at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao.

San Miguel dropped 17 total triples on the dumbfounded Alaska defense and the Beermen were equally effective underneath as they scored their most impressive win of the conference to improve to 4-2 and inch close to the leaders.

The loss was the first in the last six games for the Aces, who were never in it since the second quarter to drop to 5-2, now tied for the lead with idle Meralco.

And the worst thing about this latest setback is that Alaska still has to get over the mental anguish of having dropped the last four games of the Philippine Cup Finals and lose a title many had conceded to them after taking a 3-0 lead in that best-of-seven series.

“I think they wanted to redeem themselves tonight,” San Miguel coach Leo Austria said of the Aces. “But my players simply were relentless tonight. They didn’t want to lose.

“And we shot incredibly well from three-point range, and if we shoot that way it will be very hard (to beat us),” he said.

Tyler Wilkerson scored 32 points and plucked down 14 rebounds and five locals drilled in 10 or more with Alex Cabagnot shooting 16 of his 22 in the fourth quarter where San Miguel opened up leads of as large as 27.

Cabagnot and Arwind Santos hit five triples each, Wilkerson drained four and Lassiter was responsible for the last three and the Aces never got to figure out what hit them and lost lopsidedly for the first time in the conference.

Shane Edwards played his worst game and had just 15 points and 12 rebounds, tasting defeat for the first time in his PBA career.

Another thing that went against the Aces was that, with Edwards out of synch, there was no local who stepped up big.

“We were not expecting to play like this,” Austria went on as he celebrated his birthday in style. “Everyone has been afraid of them (Aces), because of their pressing defense, and because of our fear of them, we prepared very hard for this game.”

Rain or Shine stretched its winning run to three, but not after having to gut it out against Mahindra in the stretch to pound out a 103-98 victory in the first game.

Jeff Chan, after sustaining a bruised left eye in the second quarter, hit 14 of his 18 points in the fourth period, almost singlehandedly lifting the Elasto Painters over the Enforcers for a 4-3 card overall.

Jericho Cruz scored 10 of his 18 in the third period and JR Quinahan finished with 19 as the trio provided all the help that import Mo Charlo needed.

Charlo, who was impressive in his debut against the Beermen last week, felt the effects of jet lag and wound up with just 15 points.

Though he had some crucial points in the fourth, Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao felt that Charlo “over-passed” against the Enforcers.

It was the third straight win for the Elasto Painters in a 4-2 card, as Mahindra lost for the fourth time in seven games.

Guiao was ejected for the first time in the conference after incurring a second technical with 1:33 left in the second quarter.

“I felt there was one bad call after another. I felt that we were losing our momentum with the calls being made,” he said. “We had an 11-point lead and lost it in 2-3 minutes.”