2001 PBA Governors' Cup finals

2001 edition of the PBA Governors' Cup finals 2001 Governors Cup Sta. Lucia Realtors Norman Black 4 San Miguel Beermen Jong Uichico 2 December 5–16, 2001 Gerald Francisco Viva TV (IBC) DZRV 2000 2002 2002 Commissioner's 2002 Governors The 2001 PBA Governor's Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2001 PBA Governor's Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Sta. Lucia Realtors and San Miguel Beermen played for the 80th championship contested by the league.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8302AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=655%2C2445435 San Miguel, SLR start best-of-7 Philippine Daily Inquirerhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_n02AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2089%2C8799168 Sta.Lucia seeks 1st title in 10 years Philippine Daily Inquirer Sta. Lucia Realtors captured their first-ever PBA title after 8 years of participation in the league, winning over defending champions San Miguel Beermen in six games. Gerald Francisco won his first finals MVP in Governors Cup finals. Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6Wins Sta.Lucia 86 78 83 73 85 75 4San Miguel 80 86 74 106 71 72 2 Games summary Game 1 #eee December 5 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV recap Sta. Lucia Realtors |score1=86 San Miguel Beermen 80 22–18 17–20 29–19 18–23 Damien Owens 18 Lamont Strothers 25 Sta.Lucia leads series, 1–0 Damien Owens watched his teammates handled the offensive chores in the third quarter where Marlou Aquino, Dennis Espino and Paolo Mendoza shown, when San Miguel's hardworking import Lamont Strothers' shooting suddenly fell silent, the Realtors dealt the finishing blows as Owens drained a shot-clock beating jumper and Gerard Francisco canned a triple in the last three minutes. Game 2 #eee December 7 Philsports Arena, Pasig Viva TV recap Sta. Lucia Realtors 78 San Miguel Beermen |score2=86 22–20 12–24 20–13 24–29 Damien Owens 22 Lamont Strothers 29 series tied at 1–1 Danny Seigle connected mostly from the shaded area in the final quarter and Lamont Strothers knocked in two key straight baskets as the Beermen pulled even in the series. Game 3 #eee December 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV recap Sta. Lucia Realtors |score1=83 San Miguel Beermen 74 19–16 29–19 12–20 23–19 Damien Owens 32 Lamont Strothers 25 Sta.Lucia leads series, 2–1 Damien Owens knocked in a game-high 32 points, 14 of which came in the second half. The Realtors had a big run late in the second period, Gerard Francisco hit a buzzer-beating triple to give Sta.Lucia a 48–35 margin at halftime. Game 4 #eee December 12 Philsports Arena, Pasig Viva TV recap Sta. Lucia Realtors 73 San Miguel Beermen |score2=106 Damien Owens 20 Lamont Strothers 38 series tied at 2–2 Lamont Strothers poured 18 of his game-high 38 points in the second quarter and went 4-of-4 from the three-point range as the Beermen built an insurmountable 58–35 lead at the half. The winning margin was the third most lopsided win in PBA finals history. Game 5 #eee December 14 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV Sta. Lucia Realtors |score1=85 San Miguel Beermen 71 Damien Owens 37 Sta.Lucia leads series, 3–2 Struggling and groping for form in the first half, the Realtors recovered at the start of the third quarter. Damien Owens bounced back from a poor performance in Game four, firing 13 points in the endgame to finish with 37 points. Game 6 #eee December 16 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Viva TV Sta. Lucia Realtors |score1=75 San Miguel Beermen 72 25–18 17–15 16–17 17–22 Dennis Espino 17 Lamont Strothers 25 Danny Seigle 25 Sta.Lucia wins series, 4–2 With the score tied at 72-all, only 3.3 seconds remaining, Chris Tan, who went 0-of-8 from the three-point area in the entire best-of-seven series, made the shot of his life, unleashed a triple that swished the net as the Realtors ended a nine-year title-drought and win their first championship. Gerald Francisco won on his first Finals MVP and Sta. Lucia captures win on his 1st championship title.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_302AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1579%2C9517364 Sta.Lucia champ at last Philippine Daily Inquirer 2001 PBA Governors Cup Champions Sta. Lucia Realtors 1st title Rosters Sta. Lucia Realtors 1 Chris Tan G 6 1 199 De La Salle PHI 4 Gerardo Santiago G 5 10 175 Mapua PHI 7 Richard del Rosario C 6 5 215 De La Salle PHI 8 Paolo Mendoza G 5 11 165 UP PHI 9 Francis Adriano G 6 0 170 FEU PHI 11 Gerard Francisco GF 6 3 210 UST PHI 13 Marlou Aquino C 6 9 215 Adamson PHI 15 Noynoy Falcasantos F 6 4 180 Cebu PHI 16 Dennis Espino FC 6 6 215 UST PHI 17 Michael Orquillas F 6 2 170 Cebu PHI 18 Marvin Ortiguerra C 6 5 210 UST PHI 24 Damian Owens G 6 4 215 West Virginia USA I 42 Donbel Belano G 5 8 178 Visayas PHI PHI Norman Black PHI Alfrancis Chua PHI Adonis Tierra PHI Franz Pumaren (I) Import San Miguel Beermen 1 Boybits Victoria G 5 10 San Beda PHI 3 Nic Belasco C 6 6 Notre Dame College USA 6 Dorian Peña C 6 6 Coppin State USA 10 Danny Ildefonso FC 6 6 National-U PHI 15 Dwight Lago F 6 3 De La Salle PHI 17 Olsen Racela G 5 10 Ateneo PHI 21 Joey Mente G 5 11 Lyceum PHI 22 Arnold Gamboa FC 6 6 FEU PHI Henry Fernandez basketball F 6 1 Visayas PHI 25 Freddie Abuda F 6 4 Visayas PHI 32 Rob Duat F 6 4 Menlo USA 33 Lamont Strothers G 6 2 Christopher Newport USA I 42 Danny Seigle F 6 6 Wagner USA PHI Jong Uichico PHI Siot Tanquingcen PHI Arturo Dela Cruz (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside Reporters & Halftime HostsGame 1 Noli Eala Quinito Henson Game 2 Ed Picson Andy Jao Game 3 Ed Picson Tommy Manotoc Chiqui Roa-Puno and Ronnie NathanielszGame 4 Game 5 Game 6 Noli Eala Quinito Henson Chiqui Roa-Puno and Ronnie Nathanielsz References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:2001 PBA season 2001 Category:San Miguel Beermen games Category:Sta. Lucia Realtors games PBA Governors' Cup Finals