2006-07 PBA Philippine Cup
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The 2006-07 Philippine Basketball Association
(PBA) Philippine Cup
or known as the 2006-07 Talk 'N Text PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2006-07 PBA season
. It started on September 28, 2006 in Guam
and ended on February 7, 2007. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, therefore, there are no import (pure-foreign) players on any team.
Talk 'N Text
, a cellular phone service of Pilipino Telephone, is the main sponsor for the tournament.
Final standings after ties were broken:
Legend: GB = games behind; PCT = Winning percentage; Diff = Points difference; Clas = Classification game
defeated the Sta. Lucia Realtors
, 92-78, at the Cuneta Astrodome
. Purefoods advances to the quarterfinals, while Sta. Lucia has to go through the wildcard phase.
*Sta. Lucia won the elimination game over Air21, 121-118 via overtime.
Legend: S = seed; GB = games behind
The Realtors were tired, head coach Alfrancis Chua
said, of losing, at the post-game press conference after their victory at the Araneta Coliseum. On Game 2, Sta. Lucia failed to capitalize on their last-second possessions as the Bulls upended them in overtime. With the series tied, and perhaps the long list of games they've played catching up on them, the Realtors were blown out by Red Bull on the third game at the Yñares Center at Antipolo, where they're beaten only once.
On the fourth game, Sta. Lucia kept up with the Barakos but were outlasted at the fourth quarter to drop out of contention; Red Bull now has four straight semifinals appearances.
On the first game of the series, Marc Pingris of Purefoods top-score1d with 19 points to draw first blood. However, Pingris himself suffered a broken nose as the Giants were routed. At the dying moments of the game, Purefoods' Paul Artadi
and Jimmy Alapag
of the Phone Pals had an altercation, and both were ejected from the game; Alapag himself was suspended for Game 3 for punching Artadi in the face. On the third game however, with Pingris wearing a face mask, he was again injured in the second quarter, this time in the left ankle. He did not return, and the Giants were routed by the Phone Pals to lead 2-1.
The Phone Pals dethrone the Giants as Purefoods ran out of gas in Game 4. Talk 'N Text would face first-seed Barangay Ginebra, a team they've beaten twice in two meetings at the semifinals.
and Air21
. Ginebra finished with a 13-5 record, tied for the first seed, taking a bye up to the semifinals. Talk 'N Text, on the other hand, actually beat the Kings in their elimination round meetings.
Ginebra, despite having a month's rest, was dealt with a blow when team captain Eric Menk was injured in a bar brawl. Menk would not be able to play in the semifinals.
Game 1 saw Ginebra blow out the Phone Pals as the league's scoring leader Mark Caguioa pumped in 34 points. The Phone Pals bounced back in Game 2 as Mark Cardona
converted a three-point shot at the buzzer. With momentum on their side, Cardona and former De La Salle
teammate Ren-Ren Ritualo
combined for 47 points to pull Talk 'N Text to the lead 2-1. Ginebra then leveled the series 2-2 when Caguioa score1d 26 of his 35 points on the second half to keep distance with Talk 'N Text.
Ginebra and Talk 'N Text then engaged in a hard-fought Game 5. with the Kings leading 20 by the end of the second quarter. Talk 'N Text crept back and led for the final two minutes, until Ginebra cut the lead to one point. With Phone Pals having the possession, Asi Taulava
failed to convert an undergoal stab which led to the Ginebra fastbreak with Mark Caguioa
having an easy lay-up. The Kings never looked back as they sealed a 3-2 lead.
With their backs against the wall, the Phone Pals made a blistering start but the Kings were able to catch up and remain within striking distance. Ginebra's Ronald Tubid was called for a flagrant foul
-type 1 after harassing TNT's Felix Belano. Cardona led the charge for the Phone Pals, scoring 12 points until he was ejected after kicking Tubid on the gut, incurring his own flagrant foul-type 2; Belano returned the favor as he incurred another flagrant foul-type 1 on Tubid on the fourth quarter. At the middle of the fourth quarter, Jay Washington converted a three-point shot to put TNT ahead 83-79. The Phone Pals would miss their next five attempts with the Kings converting 11 points to allow Ginebra to win the game. Caguioa sat out the last few minutes due to cramp
s as Johnny Abarrientos
of Ginebra overtook Ramon Fernandez
in the all-time Steal
s list with 1,302 career steals.
Cardona would be suspended for the third place playoff and was assessed with a P
20,000 fine for his improper behavior.
Red Bull lead much of the first game, but the Beermen led by Dondon Hontiveros
and Danny Ildefonso mounted a 19-2 run to draw first blood. Red Bull then made sure to lead from start to finish as they walloped San Miguel to force a 1-1 tie. On Game 3, San Miguel continued their alternating wins against Red Bull in the playoffs as they pull ahead 2-1; Ildefonso was ejected at the fourth quarter after receiving two technical foul
s after a skirmish against Enrico Villanueva
and Mick Pennisi.
The pivotal fourth game was nailbiter as both teams exchanged baskets for most of the game until Pennisi, who had a 20% shooting night, converted a three-pointer at the buzzer to tie the series again, at 2-2. San Miguel withheld Red Bull at the fifth game, as they outscore1d the Bulls from the second half to hold a twice-to-beat advantage going into the sixth game.
Facing elimination, Red Bull engaged San Miguel in a shooting contest until Yeng Guiao
was caught throwing an elbow to Dondon Hontiveros
; San Miguel assistant coach Biboy Ravanes yelled to the referees while another assistant coach, Pido Jarencio, charged towards the Red Bull bench coming almost in contact with Guiao. When the dust settled, Guiao was assessed with two technical fouls and was ejected; Ravanes and Jarencio each received a technical. San Miguel pulled away but Red Bull chipped the lead to appear at striking distance at the fourth quarter. Celino Cruz converted clutch baskets to give Red Bull the lead 102-100; Seigle missed the potential game-tying jumper as Cruz was fouled on the rebound. Cruz converted his two freethrows to put the lead out of reach for the Beermen to force a Game 7.
After the fracas, Guiao was meted with a one-game suspension which would take place the game after Game 7 and a P
30,000 fine; Jarencio was meted a P
50,000 fine for improper contact with the referee; his suspension is also deferred the game after Game 7.
In the deciding game 7, San Miguel built a comfortable lead to avoid any Red Bull incursion, the last happened on the 6-minute mark but Hontiveros doused cold water a pair of back to back three-pointers.
sitting on the bench being replaced by L.A. Tenorio. Chot Reyes
' gamble paid off as Tenorio's defense led to several botched plays by Jayjay Helterbrand
. Helterbrand's backcourt partner, Mark Caguioa
didn't have support from his teammates as San Miguel's Lordy Tugade
shot the lights out at the Araneta Coliseum
. The Kings tried to make incursions but Dorian Peña
and Danny Seigle
had answers for the Kings' comeback bid. as the Beermen drew first blood in the series.
On the second game, the Kings managed to keep the score1s close up to halftime. By the third quarter, SMB unleashed a run to lead by 14 by the end of the third quarter. The Kings, crept up to trail 101-99 with 24 seconds remaining. Rafi Reavis, who was previously coached by Beermen head coach Chot Reyes
on the Coca-Cola Tigers
, was fouled in the ensuing sideline inbound. Reavis flubbed both freethrows as the Beermen escaped to take a 2-0 lead.
Ginebra then answered with three consecutive 2-digit wins against San Miguel -- first, a 30-point Game 3 win, then a 35-point Game 4 win, and finally 12-point Game 5 win to lead the series at 3-2. On Game 6, Ginebra leaned on the exploits of Helterbrand and Sunday Salvacion and their zone defense to escape with a 96-94 victory, sweeping the last four games. Helterbrand was named as the Finals MVP.
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
(PBA) Philippine Cup
PBA Philippine Cup
The Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup is the award given at PBA's all-Filipino conference. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports. Prior to 2004-05 season, the tournament was then known as the PBA All-Filipino Cup...
or known as the 2006-07 Talk 'N Text PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2006-07 PBA season
2006-07 PBA season
The 2006–07 PBA season is the 32nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association . The season started September 28 in Guam and began its formal opening on October 1 at the Araneta Coliseum, and ended on July 20...
. It started on September 28, 2006 in Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
and ended on February 7, 2007. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, therefore, there are no import (pure-foreign) players on any team.
Talk 'N Text
Talk 'N Text
Talk 'N Text is a cellular service, based in The Philippines, which belongs to Smart Communications. This is formerly known as Mobiline and Phone Pal. By April 2000, Piltel launched its GSM brand, Talk 'N Text. Piltel also reported 16,590,737 subscribers to its GSM brand, Talk 'N Text, before its...
, a cellular phone service of Pilipino Telephone, is the main sponsor for the tournament.
Format
- Double-round robin eliminations; 18 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. Ties are broken among points differences of the tied teams.
- Teams seeded #6, #7, #8 and #9 play in a single-round robin wildcard playoffs for the final berth in the quarterfinals.
- Records from the elimination round are carried over; the team that emerges at the top of the standings advances to the quarterfinals.
- If a team wins all of its games but still does not emerge at the top of the group, a one-game playoff will be held between the unbeaten team and the top team.
- #3, #4 and #5 teams automatically advance to the best of five quarterfinals:
- #3 team vs. winner of wildcard playoffs
- #4 vs. #5 teams
- #1 and #2 teams automatically advance to the best of seven semifinals:
- Winner of first quarterfinal vs. #1
- Winner of second quarterfinal vs. #2
- The winners in the semifinals advance to the best of seven Finals. The losers dispute the third-place trophy in a one-game playoff.
Team standings
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for quarterfinals | |
| Qualified for wildcards | |
| Eliminated |
Final standings after ties were broken:
| # | |Team | |W | |L | |GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division... | |PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | |Ties | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diff | Clas | ||||||
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra Kings Barangay Ginebra Kings The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation... |
13 | 5 | ||||
| .722 | +1 | ||||||
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Beermen The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food... |
13 | 5 | ||||
| .722 | -1 | ||||||
| 3 | Red Bull Barako Red Bull Barako The Barako Bull Energy Boosters was a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association that is owned by the Photokina Marketing Corporation... |
11 | 7 | 2 | .611 | ||
| 4 | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | 10 | 8 | 3 | .556 | +4 | |
| 5 | Purefoods Chunkee Giants Purefoods Chunkee Giants The B-Meg Llamados is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association owned by the San Miguel-Purefoods Company, Inc., a company of the San Miguel Corporation... |
10 | 8 | 3 | .556 | +3 | 92-78 |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realtors The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta... |
10 | 8 | 3 | .556 | -7 | 78-92 |
| 7 | Alaska Aces Alaska Aces (PBA) The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest... |
8 | 10 | 5 | .444 | ||
| 8 | Air21 Express Air21 Express The Barako Bull Energy is a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002.Barako Bull is owned by Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the defunct Laguna Lakers of the Metropolitan Basketball Association... |
7 | 11 | 6 | .389 | ||
| 9 | Coca-Cola Tigers Coca-Cola Tigers The Powerade Tigers is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2002 when the then-San Miguel Corporation-owned Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines bought the RFM-owned Cosmos Bottling Corporation. In 2006, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company under the Coca-Cola... |
5 | 13 | 8 | .278 | ||
| 10 | Welcoat Dragons Welcoat Dragons The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association owned by the Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. that debuted in the league in the 2006-07 PBA season. From 1996-2006, it was a member of the semi-professional Philippine Basketball League,... |
3 | 15 | 10 | .167 |
Fifth-seed playoff
On January 3rd, the Purefoods Chunkee GiantsPurefoods Chunkee Giants
The B-Meg Llamados is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association owned by the San Miguel-Purefoods Company, Inc., a company of the San Miguel Corporation...
defeated the Sta. Lucia Realtors
Sta. Lucia Realtors
The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta...
, 92-78, at the Cuneta Astrodome
Cuneta Astrodome
Cuneta Astrodome is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasay, Philippines. It is better known as the home of the Philippine Basketball Association from 1993, when it left the PhilSports Arena, then known as the ULTRA, until 1998...
. Purefoods advances to the quarterfinals, while Sta. Lucia has to go through the wildcard phase.
Bracket
Wildcard phase
| S | |Team | |Cumulative | |Wildcard | | Tie | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | |L | |GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division... | |W | |L | |||
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realtors The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta... |
11 | 10 | -- | 1 | 2 | 121-118 |
| 8 | Air21 Express Air21 Express The Barako Bull Energy is a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002.Barako Bull is owned by Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the defunct Laguna Lakers of the Metropolitan Basketball Association... |
10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 118-121 |
| 7 | Alaska Aces Alaska Aces (PBA) The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest... |
9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Coca-Cola Tigers Coca-Cola Tigers The Powerade Tigers is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2002 when the then-San Miguel Corporation-owned Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines bought the RFM-owned Cosmos Bottling Corporation. In 2006, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company under the Coca-Cola... |
6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Knockout game
With Air21 sweeping the wildcard phase, and Sta. Lucia emerging on top of the wildcard standings, an elimination game was played to determine which team will advance to the quarterfinals.Red Bull-Sta. Lucia series
Playing all of the available game dates, the Realtors were seen to be tired going into Game One, while the Barakos had their last game a month earlier, receiving a bye up to the quarterfinal round.The Realtors were tired, head coach Alfrancis Chua
Alfrancis Chua
Alfrancis Chua is a Filipino professional basketball coach formerly for the Sta. Lucia Realtors in the Philippine Basketball Association. He first coached the Tanduay Rhum Masters in both the Philippine Basketball League and the PBA during the 1990s...
said, of losing, at the post-game press conference after their victory at the Araneta Coliseum. On Game 2, Sta. Lucia failed to capitalize on their last-second possessions as the Bulls upended them in overtime. With the series tied, and perhaps the long list of games they've played catching up on them, the Realtors were blown out by Red Bull on the third game at the Yñares Center at Antipolo, where they're beaten only once.
On the fourth game, Sta. Lucia kept up with the Barakos but were outlasted at the fourth quarter to drop out of contention; Red Bull now has four straight semifinals appearances.
Talk 'N Text-Purefoods series
Defeating the Realtors on the fifth-seed game, the Giants availed themselves of a week's rest to prepare for the Phone Pals. With the elimination round series split at 1-1, with the last game needing three overtimes to finish, the series was seen as opposites with Purefoods having a deliberate-type of offense whuile Talk 'N Text going for the uptempo style of play.On the first game of the series, Marc Pingris of Purefoods top-score1d with 19 points to draw first blood. However, Pingris himself suffered a broken nose as the Giants were routed. At the dying moments of the game, Purefoods' Paul Artadi
Paul Artadi
Paul Anthony Dy Artadi is a professional Filipino basketball player for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association....
and Jimmy Alapag
Jimmy Alapag
Jim Olmedo Alapag , better known as Jimmy Alapag, is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
of the Phone Pals had an altercation, and both were ejected from the game; Alapag himself was suspended for Game 3 for punching Artadi in the face. On the third game however, with Pingris wearing a face mask, he was again injured in the second quarter, this time in the left ankle. He did not return, and the Giants were routed by the Phone Pals to lead 2-1.
The Phone Pals dethrone the Giants as Purefoods ran out of gas in Game 4. Talk 'N Text would face first-seed Barangay Ginebra, a team they've beaten twice in two meetings at the semifinals.
Ginebra-Talk 'N Text series
Ginebra was seen as one of the preseason bets to win the championship as they've revamped their lineup, taking in trades from Coca-ColaCoca-Cola Tigers
The Powerade Tigers is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2002 when the then-San Miguel Corporation-owned Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines bought the RFM-owned Cosmos Bottling Corporation. In 2006, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company under the Coca-Cola...
and Air21
Air21 Express
The Barako Bull Energy is a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002.Barako Bull is owned by Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the defunct Laguna Lakers of the Metropolitan Basketball Association...
. Ginebra finished with a 13-5 record, tied for the first seed, taking a bye up to the semifinals. Talk 'N Text, on the other hand, actually beat the Kings in their elimination round meetings.
Ginebra, despite having a month's rest, was dealt with a blow when team captain Eric Menk was injured in a bar brawl. Menk would not be able to play in the semifinals.
Game 1 saw Ginebra blow out the Phone Pals as the league's scoring leader Mark Caguioa pumped in 34 points. The Phone Pals bounced back in Game 2 as Mark Cardona
Mark Cardona
Mark "Macmac" Cardona is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association...
converted a three-point shot at the buzzer. With momentum on their side, Cardona and former De La Salle
De La Salle Green Archers
The De La Salle Green Archers are the men's varsity teams representing De La Salle University. The women's varsity teams are referred to as the De La Salle Lady Archers. The school's athletic program participates in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, among others...
teammate Ren-Ren Ritualo
Ren-Ren Ritualo
Florendo Ritualo, Jr. better known as Renren Ritualo is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Shopinas.com Clickers...
combined for 47 points to pull Talk 'N Text to the lead 2-1. Ginebra then leveled the series 2-2 when Caguioa score1d 26 of his 35 points on the second half to keep distance with Talk 'N Text.
Ginebra and Talk 'N Text then engaged in a hard-fought Game 5. with the Kings leading 20 by the end of the second quarter. Talk 'N Text crept back and led for the final two minutes, until Ginebra cut the lead to one point. With Phone Pals having the possession, Asi Taulava
Asi Taulava
Pauliasi M. Taulava also known as Asi Taulava is a American-born Filipino-Tongan professional basketball player playing in the Philippines for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association....
failed to convert an undergoal stab which led to the Ginebra fastbreak with Mark Caguioa
Mark Caguioa
Mark Anthony Abaño Caguioa is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who plays for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...
having an easy lay-up. The Kings never looked back as they sealed a 3-2 lead.
With their backs against the wall, the Phone Pals made a blistering start but the Kings were able to catch up and remain within striking distance. Ginebra's Ronald Tubid was called for a flagrant foul
Flagrant foul
A flagrant foul is a serious contact foul involving unnecessary, excessive, or intentional contact in sport. There is a specific National Basketball Association foul termed a flagrant foul.-NBA flagrant fouls:...
-type 1 after harassing TNT's Felix Belano. Cardona led the charge for the Phone Pals, scoring 12 points until he was ejected after kicking Tubid on the gut, incurring his own flagrant foul-type 2; Belano returned the favor as he incurred another flagrant foul-type 1 on Tubid on the fourth quarter. At the middle of the fourth quarter, Jay Washington converted a three-point shot to put TNT ahead 83-79. The Phone Pals would miss their next five attempts with the Kings converting 11 points to allow Ginebra to win the game. Caguioa sat out the last few minutes due to cramp
Cramp
Cramps are unpleasant, often painful sensations caused by muscle contraction or over shortening. Common causes of skeletal muscle cramps include muscle fatigue, low sodium, and low potassium...
s as Johnny Abarrientos
Johnny Abarrientos
Johnny Abarrientos is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a many-time member of the Philippine National team, and was the 1996 PBA MVP, becoming the shortest player to win the league's highest individual award.He is known by many...
of Ginebra overtook Ramon Fernandez
Ramón Fernández
Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...
in the all-time Steal
Steal (basketball)
In basketball, a steal occurs when a defensive player legally causes a turnover by his positive, aggressive action. This can be done by deflecting and controlling, catching, or batting to a teammate a pass or dribble of an offensive player...
s list with 1,302 career steals.
Cardona would be suspended for the third place playoff and was assessed with a P
Philippine peso
The peso is the currency of the Philippines. It is subdivided into 100 centavos . Before 1967, the language used on the banknotes and coins was English and so "peso" was the name used...
20,000 fine for his improper behavior.
San Miguel-Red Bull series
San Miguel and Red Bull split their elimination round games as the Beermen eked out the Bulls on the last berth for the semifinals bye; prior to that, the Barakos and the Beermen figured in their own best of seven semifinal at the 2006 PBA Philippine Cup in which the Bulls emerged victorious, via seven games.Red Bull lead much of the first game, but the Beermen led by Dondon Hontiveros
Dondon Hontiveros
Donaldo "Dondon" Hontiveros is a Filipino professional basketball player actively playing for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He has a son named Isaiah with singer and fellow Cebu native Gail Blanco.A devout Christian, Hontiveros studied and honed his basketball...
and Danny Ildefonso mounted a 19-2 run to draw first blood. Red Bull then made sure to lead from start to finish as they walloped San Miguel to force a 1-1 tie. On Game 3, San Miguel continued their alternating wins against Red Bull in the playoffs as they pull ahead 2-1; Ildefonso was ejected at the fourth quarter after receiving two technical foul
Technical foul
In basketball, a technical foul is any infraction of the rules penalized as a foul which does not involve physical contact during the course of play between players on the court, or is a foul by a non-player. The most common technical foul is for unsportsmanlike conduct...
s after a skirmish against Enrico Villanueva
Enrico Villanueva
Jose Enrico P. Villanueva , better known simply as Enrico Villanueva, and by the nicknames Raging Bull and E-Vill, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association...
and Mick Pennisi.
The pivotal fourth game was nailbiter as both teams exchanged baskets for most of the game until Pennisi, who had a 20% shooting night, converted a three-pointer at the buzzer to tie the series again, at 2-2. San Miguel withheld Red Bull at the fifth game, as they outscore1d the Bulls from the second half to hold a twice-to-beat advantage going into the sixth game.
Facing elimination, Red Bull engaged San Miguel in a shooting contest until Yeng Guiao
Yeng Guiao
Joseller "Yeng" Guiao is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association, and was also the head coach of the Philippine National Basketball Team. Guiao won four PBA titles since starting his head coaching job for Swift in...
was caught throwing an elbow to Dondon Hontiveros
Dondon Hontiveros
Donaldo "Dondon" Hontiveros is a Filipino professional basketball player actively playing for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He has a son named Isaiah with singer and fellow Cebu native Gail Blanco.A devout Christian, Hontiveros studied and honed his basketball...
; San Miguel assistant coach Biboy Ravanes yelled to the referees while another assistant coach, Pido Jarencio, charged towards the Red Bull bench coming almost in contact with Guiao. When the dust settled, Guiao was assessed with two technical fouls and was ejected; Ravanes and Jarencio each received a technical. San Miguel pulled away but Red Bull chipped the lead to appear at striking distance at the fourth quarter. Celino Cruz converted clutch baskets to give Red Bull the lead 102-100; Seigle missed the potential game-tying jumper as Cruz was fouled on the rebound. Cruz converted his two freethrows to put the lead out of reach for the Beermen to force a Game 7.
After the fracas, Guiao was meted with a one-game suspension which would take place the game after Game 7 and a P
Philippine peso
The peso is the currency of the Philippines. It is subdivided into 100 centavos . Before 1967, the language used on the banknotes and coins was English and so "peso" was the name used...
30,000 fine; Jarencio was meted a P
Philippine peso
The peso is the currency of the Philippines. It is subdivided into 100 centavos . Before 1967, the language used on the banknotes and coins was English and so "peso" was the name used...
50,000 fine for improper contact with the referee; his suspension is also deferred the game after Game 7.
In the deciding game 7, San Miguel built a comfortable lead to avoid any Red Bull incursion, the last happened on the 6-minute mark but Hontiveros doused cold water a pair of back to back three-pointers.
Third place playoff
Finals
The Beermen started Game 1 with an unconventional starting lineup, with Olsen RacelaOlsen Racela
, better known as , is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is also a part time analyst, assistant coach of the Petron Blaze Boosters, and the current head coach of the Philippines under-16 basketball team. He is considered the best point...
sitting on the bench being replaced by L.A. Tenorio. Chot Reyes
Chot Reyes
Vincent P. Reyes , better known as Chot Reyes, is a Filipino basketball head coach of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
' gamble paid off as Tenorio's defense led to several botched plays by Jayjay Helterbrand
Jayjay Helterbrand
Anthony Jason James Helterbrand , better known as Jayjay Helterbrand, is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...
. Helterbrand's backcourt partner, Mark Caguioa
Mark Caguioa
Mark Anthony Abaño Caguioa is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who plays for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...
didn't have support from his teammates as San Miguel's Lordy Tugade
Lordy Tugade
Lordy Tugade is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays and recently signed by the Petron Blaze Boosters....
shot the lights out at the Araneta Coliseum
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
. The Kings tried to make incursions but Dorian Peña
Dorian Peña
Dorian Alan Peña is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association. Nicknamed the "Junkyard Dawg" for his consistent plays of putbacks and offensive rebounds...
and Danny Seigle
Danny Seigle
Daniel Charles Seigle is a Filipino American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barako Bull Energy. A 6'6", 205-lb. swingman, he is fondly called Dynamite Danny and Danny S. by many...
had answers for the Kings' comeback bid. as the Beermen drew first blood in the series.
On the second game, the Kings managed to keep the score1s close up to halftime. By the third quarter, SMB unleashed a run to lead by 14 by the end of the third quarter. The Kings, crept up to trail 101-99 with 24 seconds remaining. Rafi Reavis, who was previously coached by Beermen head coach Chot Reyes
Chot Reyes
Vincent P. Reyes , better known as Chot Reyes, is a Filipino basketball head coach of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
on the Coca-Cola Tigers
Coca-Cola Tigers
The Powerade Tigers is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2002 when the then-San Miguel Corporation-owned Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines bought the RFM-owned Cosmos Bottling Corporation. In 2006, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company under the Coca-Cola...
, was fouled in the ensuing sideline inbound. Reavis flubbed both freethrows as the Beermen escaped to take a 2-0 lead.
Ginebra then answered with three consecutive 2-digit wins against San Miguel -- first, a 30-point Game 3 win, then a 35-point Game 4 win, and finally 12-point Game 5 win to lead the series at 3-2. On Game 6, Ginebra leaned on the exploits of Helterbrand and Sunday Salvacion and their zone defense to escape with a 96-94 victory, sweeping the last four games. Helterbrand was named as the Finals MVP.
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Barangay Ginebra Kings Barangay Ginebra Kings The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation... Seventh title |
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- Best Player of the Conference: Mark CaguioaMark CaguioaMark Anthony Abaño Caguioa is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who plays for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...
(Barangay Ginebra) - Finals Most Valuable Player: Jayjay HelterbrandJayjay HelterbrandAnthony Jason James Helterbrand , better known as Jayjay Helterbrand, is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...
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