2009 PBA Fiesta Conference
| 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference | |
|---|---|
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| Duration | February 28 - July 17, 2009 |
| TV partner(s) |
C/S9, Basketball TV (Local) The Filipino Channel (International) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | San Miguel Beermen |
| Runners-up | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra) |
| Best Import | Gabe Freeman (San Miguel) |
| Finals MVP | Jonas Villanueva (San Miguel) |
| PBA Fiesta Conference chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
The 2009 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference or known as the 2009 Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, was the last conference of the 2008-09 PBA season. It started on February 28 and finished on July 17. The tournament was shortened to accommodate the training of the national basketball team for the FIBA Asia Championship 2009 qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The last conference had games on Thursdays and Saturdays. The tournament is an import-laden format, which allows an import or a non-Filipino player for each team and with a new height limit of 6-foot-6.
Two teams had new names before the start of the conference: the former Red Bull Barako was now known as the Barako Bull Energy Boosters, and the former Air21 Express were called as the Burger King Titans. However, with the failure of several business deals that would have changed the franchise's upper management, the Titans renamed into the Burger King Whoppers by their seventh game into the conference, retaining their old managemend headed by the Lina family.
Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:[1]
- The teams were divided into 2 groups, based on their performance in the 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup elimination round. Group A are teams that finished the Philippine Cup's elimination round in 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th positions, while Group B are the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th and 10th.
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Group A: |
Group B: |
- Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 14 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams, except for ties for #2, #5 and #8. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.
- Wildcard phase:
- WC1: #3 vs. #10, with #3 having the twice-to-beat advantage
- WC2: #4 vs. #9, with #4 having the twice-to-beat advantage
- WC3: #5 vs. #8 in a knockout game
- WC4: #6 vs. #7 in a knockout game
- Best-of-three quarterfinals:
- QF1: WC2 vs. WC3
- QF2: WC1 vs. WC4
- Best-of-seven semifinals:
- SF1: QF1 vs. #1
- SF2: QF2 vs. #2
- Third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals
- Best-of-seven Finals: winners of the semifinals
- This is basically same format used throughout the 2004-05 PBA season, save for WC3 and WC4 were conducted in a best-of-3 series.
Classification round
The May 17 game between the Barangay Ginebra Kings and the Alaska Aces held at the Albay Astrodome in Legaspi was canceled when the playing court was judged as too slippery, with Ginebra leading 9–2, and 8:04 remaining in the first quarter. The game was stopped twice and the stoppages lasted two hours before the game was canceled. The game was restarted at the Araneta Coliseum on May 22.[2]
Team standings
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-beat advantage | |
| Qualified for wildcards | |
| Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-win disadvantage |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | PD | PO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 11 | 3 | .786 | –- | ||
| 2 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | −7* |  |
| 3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | +15* |  |
| 4 | Burger King Whoppers | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | −8 | |
| 5 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | +7 | |
| 6 | Purefoods TJ Giants | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | +3 | |
| 7 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | −10 | |
| 8 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5 | NA* | |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5 | NA* | |
| 10 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 2 | 12 | .143 | 9 |
NA* = teams tied for 8th and 9th would have to play an extra game regardless of the results of their classification round games.
Results
- The score given first is for the team indicated at the left-most column. Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.
| Win | |
| Win via OT | |
| Loss | |
| Loss via OT |
| Left \ Top | ALA | BAR | BGK | BK | Coke | PF | ROS | SMB | SLR | TNT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 90–92 | 82–81 | 88–106 | 85–89 | 94–84 | 94–96 | 89–93 | 90–100 | 122–124 | |
| Barako Bull | 90–100 | 103–111 | 110–123 | 103–106 | 92–96 | 83–93 |
92–99 | 91–100 | 135–132 | |
| Barangay Ginebra | 75–76 | 106–110 | 110–103 | 107–105 | 93–107 | 80–95 | 76–80 | 97–90 | ||
| Burger King | 99–89 | 94–100 | 127–109 | 78–82 | 112–118 | 105–114 | 96–87 | 114–117 | ||
| Coca-Cola | 120–106 | 85–122 | 89–80 | 94–91* | 91–106 | 88–79 | 111–133 | |||
| Purefoods | 74–80 | 86–96 | 92–85 | 102–94* | 103–122 | 93–91 | 131–121 | |||
| Rain or Shine | 103–97 | 89–94 | 110–90 | 95–102 | 100–109 | 96–102 | ||||
| San Miguel | 91–84 | 105–107* | 89–105 | 72–82 | 98–92 | 98–87 | ||||
| Sta. Lucia | 98–88 | 98–101 | 104–95 | 90–92 | 106–100 | |||||
| Talk 'N Text | 115–122* | 129–135** | 103–100 | 116–118* | 97–91 |
Seeding playoffs
Bracket
| Wildcard phase | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) |
Semifinals (Best-of-7) |
Finals (Best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| (#4 twice to beat) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Burger King | 96 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Alaska | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Burger King | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| (One-game playoff) | 5 | Sta. Lucia | 1 | 4 | Burger King | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Sta. Lucia | 94 | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Coca-Cola | 88 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | 2 | Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 96 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Barako Bull | 88 | 2 | Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| (One-game playoff) | 6 | Purefoods | 1 | Third-place playoff | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Purefoods (2OT) | 126 | 4 | Burger King | 132 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Talk 'N Text | 123 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 118 | ||||||||||||||
Wildcard phase
Note: Rain or Shine and Burger King possessed the twice to beat advantage but it was not used as their opponents failed to win to extend the series into a deciding game.
Quarterfinals
Rain or Shine–Purefoods series
June 14 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 93, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 89 | ||
| Rain or Shine wins series 2–1 |
Burger King–Sta. Lucia series
Semifinals
San Miguel–Burger King series
Barangay Ginebra–Rain or Shine series
June 28 |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings 108, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 100 | ||
| Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2 |
Third-place playoff
Finals
Awards
- Fern-C Finals MVP: Jonas Villanueva
- Best Player of the Conference: Jayjay Helterbrand
- Best Import of the Conference: Gabe Freeman
Players of the Week
| Week | Player(s)[3] | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| February 28–March 8 | Jonas Villanueva | San Miguel Beermen |
| March 9–15 | Marlou Aquino | Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| March 16–22 | Arwind Santos | Burger King Titans |
| March 23–29 | Ronald Tubid | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| April 12–20 | Eric Menk | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| April 27–May 3 | Arwind Santos | Burger King Whoppers |
| May 4–10 | Jayjay Helterbrand | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| May 11–17 | Jimmy Alapag | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
| May 18–24 | Asi Taulava Ronald Tubid | Coca-Cola Tigers Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| May 25–31 | Gabe Norwood Nelbert Omolon | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| June 3 and 14 | Arwind Santos | Burger King Whoppers |
| June 15–21 | Gabe Norwood | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |
| June 22–28 | Jayjay Helterbrand | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
Statistical leaders
Locals
| Category | Player | Team | Stat | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | Arwind Santos | Burger King Whoppers | 19.36 | 14 |
| Rebounds per game | Asi Taulava | Coca-Cola Tigers | 12.08 | 13 |
| Assists per game | Jimmy Alapag | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 6.07 | 14 |
| Steals per game | Warren Ybanez | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 1.45 | 11 |
| Blocks per game | Marlou Aquino* | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 2.43 | 14 |
| Field goal percentage | Ali Peek* | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | .667 | 14 |
| Free throw percentage | Jayjay Helterbrand* | Barangay Ginebra Kings | .877 | 13 |
| Three-point field goal percentage | Don Dulay* | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | .457 | 14 |
*refers that the local had a higher statistic than an import
Imports
| Category | Player | Team | Stat | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | Rashad Bell | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 32.50 | 2 |
| Rebounds per game | Jai Lewis | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 16.80 | 12 |
| Assists per game | David Noel | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 6.40 | 5 |
| Steals per game | David Noel | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 2.20 | 5 |
| Blocks per game | Shawn Daniels | Burger King Whoopers | 2.40 | 14 |
| Field goal percentage | Jai Lewis | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | .563 | 12 |
| Free throw percentage | Rashad Bell | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | .857 | 12 |
| Three-point field goal percentage | David Noel | Barangay Ginebra Kings | .438 | 5 |
Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.
| Name | Team | Debuted | Last game | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shawn Daniels | Burger King Titans | February 28 | July 1 | 13–11 |
| Anthony Johnson | Sta. Lucia Realtors | February 28 | June 14 | 9–9 |
| Charles Clark | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | March 1 | March 7 | 1–1 |
| Scooter McFadgon | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | March 1 | March 28 | 2–5 |
| Tiras Wade | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | March 1 | May 1 | 5–4 |
| Brian Hamilton | Purefoods TJ Giants | March 1 | March 15 | 2–2 |
| Galen Young | Alaska Aces | March 4 | March 12 | 0–3 |
| JJ Sullinger | Coca-Cola Tigers | March 4 | March 20 | 1–4 |
| Rod Nealy | Barangay Ginebra Kings | March 4 | April 3 | 2–5 |
| Gabe Freeman | San Miguel Beermen | March 8 | July 17 | 15–6 |
| Jai Lewis | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2) | March 12 | July 1 | 13–9 |
| Rosell Ellis | Alaska Aces (2) | March 14 | May 27 | 6–7 |
| Jhamar Thorpe | Purefoods TJ Giants (2) | March 21 | April 19 | 2–2 |
| James Penny | Coca-Cola Tigers (2) | March 26 | May 29 | 5–4 |
| Jeff Varem | Barako Bull Energy Boosters (2) | April 17 | May 1 | 0–3 |
| David Noel | Barangay Ginebra Kings (2) | April 20 | July 17 | 14–6 |
| Marquin Chandler | Purefoods TJ Giants (3) | April 29 | June 14 | 5–4 |
| Daryan Selvy | Barako Bull Energy Boosters (3) | May 3 | May 15 | 0–3 |
 Gary Forbes | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (2) | May 3 | May 6 | 1–1 |
| Rashad Bell | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (3) | May 13 | May 29 | 1–2 |
| Chris Williams | San Miguel Beermen (2) | May 17 | May 22 | 1–1 |
| Jamaal Williams | Barako Bull Energy Boosters (4) | May 27 | May 27 | 0–1 |
| All-Filipino line up | San Miguel Beermen | March 4 | -- | 1–0 |
| All-Filipino line up | Barangay Ginebra Kings | April 17 | -- | 1–0 |
| All-Filipino line up | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | May 1 | -- | 0–1 |
References
- ↑ New PBA Format, Reuel Vidal, Manila Standard Today
- ↑ "GINEBRA – ALASKA TIFF IN LEGAZPI HALTED". May 17, 2009. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
- ↑ Player of the Week, PBA.ph
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