2009 PBA Fiesta Conference

2009 PBA Fiesta Conference
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.

  • 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
#TeamWLPCTGBPDPO
1 San Miguel Beermen113.786–-
2 Barangay Ginebra Kings86.5713−7*
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters86.5713+15*
4 Burger King Whoppers86.5713−8
5 Sta. Lucia Realtors77.5004+7
6 Purefoods TJ Giants77.5004+3
7 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters77.5004−10
8 Coca-Cola Tigers68.4295NA*
9 Alaska Aces68.4295NA*
10 Barako Bull Energy Boosters212.1439

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 \ TopALABARBGKBKCokePFROSSMBSLRTNT
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

*Overtime

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

Burger King–Sta. Lucia series

June 14
Burger King Whoppers 120, Sta. Lucia Realtors 72
Burger King wins series 2–1

Semifinals

San Miguel–Burger King series

June 28
San Miguel Beermen 118, Burger King Whoppers 103
San Miguel wins series, 4–2

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

July 17
San Miguel Beermen 90, Barangay Ginebra Kings 79
San Miguel wins series, 4–3

Awards

Players of the Week

WeekPlayer(s)[3]Team(s)
February 28–March 8Jonas VillanuevaSan Miguel Beermen
March 9–15Marlou AquinoSta. Lucia Realtors
March 16–22Arwind SantosBurger King Titans
March 23–29Ronald TubidBarangay Ginebra Kings
April 12–20Eric MenkBarangay Ginebra Kings
April 27–May 3Arwind SantosBurger King Whoppers
May 4–10Jayjay HelterbrandBarangay Ginebra Kings
May 11–17Jimmy AlapagTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
May 18–24Asi Taulava
Ronald Tubid		Coca-Cola Tigers
Barangay Ginebra Kings
May 25–31Gabe Norwood
Nelbert Omolon		Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Sta. Lucia Realtors
June 3 and 14Arwind SantosBurger King Whoppers
June 15–21Gabe NorwoodRain or Shine Elasto Painters
June 22–28Jayjay HelterbrandBarangay Ginebra Kings

Statistical leaders

Locals

CategoryPlayerTeamStatGP
Points per gameArwind SantosBurger King Whoppers19.3614
Rebounds per gameAsi TaulavaCoca-Cola Tigers12.0813
Assists per gameJimmy AlapagTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters6.0714
Steals per gameWarren YbanezBarako Bull Energy Boosters1.4511
Blocks per gameMarlou Aquino*Sta. Lucia Realtors2.4314
Field goal percentageAli Peek*Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters.66714
Free throw percentageJayjay Helterbrand*Barangay Ginebra Kings.87713
Three-point field goal percentageDon Dulay*Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.45714

*refers that the local had a higher statistic than an import

Imports

CategoryPlayerTeamStatGP
Points per gameRashad BellTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters32.502
Rebounds per gameJai LewisRain or Shine Elasto Painters16.8012
Assists per gameDavid NoelBarangay Ginebra Kings6.405
Steals per gameDavid NoelBarangay Ginebra Kings2.205
Blocks per gameShawn DanielsBurger King Whoopers2.4014
Field goal percentageJai LewisRain or Shine Elasto Painters.56312
Free throw percentageRashad BellTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters.85712
Three-point field goal percentageDavid NoelBarangay Ginebra Kings.4385

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.

NameTeamDebutedLast gameRecord
United States Shawn DanielsBurger King TitansFebruary 28July 113–11
United States Anthony JohnsonSta. Lucia RealtorsFebruary 28June 149–9
United States Charles ClarkRain or Shine Elasto PaintersMarch 1March 71–1
United States Scooter McFadgonBarako Bull Energy BoostersMarch 1March 282–5
United States Tiras WadeTalk 'N Text Tropang TextersMarch 1May 15–4
United States Brian HamiltonPurefoods TJ GiantsMarch 1March 152–2
United States Galen YoungAlaska AcesMarch 4March 120–3
United States JJ SullingerCoca-Cola TigersMarch 4March 201–4
United States Rod NealyBarangay Ginebra KingsMarch 4April 32–5
United States Gabe FreemanSan Miguel BeermenMarch 8July 1715–6
United States Jai LewisRain or Shine Elasto Painters (2)March 12July 113–9
United States Rosell EllisAlaska Aces (2)March 14May 276–7
United States Jhamar ThorpePurefoods TJ Giants (2)March 21April 192–2
United States James PennyCoca-Cola Tigers (2)March 26May 295–4
United States Jeff VaremBarako Bull Energy Boosters (2)April 17May 10–3
United States David NoelBarangay Ginebra Kings (2)April 20July 1714–6
United States Marquin ChandlerPurefoods TJ Giants (3)April 29June 145–4
United States Daryan SelvyBarako Bull Energy Boosters (3)May 3May 150–3
Panama Gary ForbesTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters (2)May 3May 61–1
United States Rashad BellTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters (3)May 13May 291–2
United States Chris WilliamsSan Miguel Beermen (2)May 17May 221–1
United States Jamaal WilliamsBarako Bull Energy Boosters (4)May 27May 270–1
All-Filipino line upSan Miguel BeermenMarch 4--1–0
All-Filipino line upBarangay Ginebra KingsApril 17--1–0
All-Filipino line upTalk 'N Text Tropang TextersMay 1--0–1

References

  1. ↑ New PBA Format, Reuel Vidal, Manila Standard Today
  2. ↑ "GINEBRA – ALASKA TIFF IN LEGAZPI HALTED". May 17, 2009. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  3. ↑ Player of the Week, PBA.ph
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