last-minute replacement in the middle of the semifinals. The Beermen lost to the eventual champions Elasto Painters in Game 4. Finishing as the top seed once again, the Beermen faced a familiar foe in TNT KaTropa in the semifinals and beat them in seven games. San Miguel seized their third straight Philippine Cup title as they defeated Barangay Ginebra in five games to capture the second-ever Perpetual Trophy in league history. The organization was able to permanently keep the 2013 version of the Jun Bernandino Trophy in the process. The Beermen hired reinfocement Charles Rhodes for their 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup campaign. With the help of Rhodes who eventually crowned as Best Import of the conference, the Beermen finally won their first Commissioner's Cup title in 17 years after conquering archrival TNT in six games. In their quest for the franchise's second grand slam after winning the first two conferences, San Miguel was eliminated by Barangay Ginebra in the quarterfinals of the 2017 PBA Governors' Cup with a twice-to-win disadvantage after finishing as the sixth seed. During the 2017 draft, San Miguel selected Filipino-German big man Christian Standhardinger as their first overall pick. In the 2017–18 Philippine Cup, they defeated the Magnolia Hotshots in five games en route to their fourth straight Philippine Cup title. However in the Commissioner's Cup, they were dethroned by Barangay Ginebra in six games which marks Coach Leo Austria's first loss in the Finals as San Miguel's head coach. The Beermen then failed to reach the Governors' Cup Finals later that year after losing to the Alaska Aces in the quarterfinals. San Miguel further bolstered its roster by acquiring three-time scoring champion and guard Terrence Romeo in a trade with TNT. The Beermen continued their dominance in the All-Filipino conference as they faced Magnolia once again in a Finals rematch in the 2019 PBA Philippine Cup. The Beermen outlasted the Hotshots and won the series with the slimmest of margins in Game 7, clinching their record-breaking fifth consecutive Philippine Cup title. After finishing as the seventh seed, the Beermen rewrote history books once again as they became the lowest-seeded team to win a championship after defeating the top-seeded TNT KaTropa in the six-game Commissioner's Cup Finals. During the Governors' Cup, the team parted ways with Standhardinger by trading him to GlobalPort for 2015 first overall pick Moala Tautuaa. The Beermen again fell short of securing