San Juan Knights defeated Negros Asyenderos 120-96 in the MPBL on August 4th, 2026. The visitors were never in doubt as they moved closer to securing their position second in the table. By then, the home side had already accepted another heavy defeat on their patch.
The standings tell you everything you need to know about this fixture. San Juan sit in second place with fifteen wins from sixteen games and only one loss. Negros occupy fourteenth spot with two wins and fifteen defeats from seventeen matches. The gap between them is not just in the table but in everything else.
Recent form makes the result predictable. Negros have lost five consecutive games, with margins of seven, thirty-three, thirty-two, thirty-three and one point. San Juan's last outing was a close seventy-one to seventy-eight defeat to Quezon Huskers, but before that they had won four straight including a one hundred and twenty-four to one hundred and twelve victory.
And here's the thing about a twenty-four-point margin. It is not a fluke when one side has been this comfortable against the other. The Knights cut them open at will, and Negros had nothing to do all evening. To be fair, the visitors have been running hot for months.
This result extends San Juan's winning streak and deepens Negros's troubles. The home side are running out of games in this season without turning things around. The Knights, meanwhile, are closing in on a playoff berth that looks inevitable.