2011 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Basketball championship series December 2022 December 2022 250px 2011 Governors Cup (2) Petron Blaze Ato Agustin 4 (1) Talk 'N Text Chot Reyes 3 August 7–21, 2011 Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze) Solar Sports (Studio 23), BTV See broadcast notes DZRJ-AM A. Herrera, J. Mariano, R. Yante N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, J. Mariano A. Herrera, J. Mariano, R. Yante N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, S. Pineda P. Balao, J. Mariano, R. Yante N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, R. Yante A. Herrera, S. Pineda, R. Yante 2002 2012 2011 Commissioner's 2011–12 Philippine The 2011 PBA Governors Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2011 PBA Governors Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Petron Blaze Boosters defeated the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in seven games to win their 19th Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) championship and prevented Talk 'N Text from winning the Grand Slam. Arwind Santos was named the finals MVP. Background Road to the finals 2011 PBA Governors' Cup Petron BlazeTalk 'N TextFinished 5–3 (0.625)—Tied for 2nd*Elimination round Finished 6–2 (0.750)—1stFinished 8–5 (0.625)—Tied for 2nd**Semifinals Finished 9–4 (0.692)—1st *+10 in overall point differential over Alaska's +5 and Barangay Ginebra's −15 **+13 in overall point differential over Alaska's +6 and Barangay Ginebra's −19 The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters were the first team to clinch a finals berth after defeating the Barangay Ginebra Kings on July 31 with a game to spare.http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/329167/after-gaining-finals-texters-start-focuson-pba-grand-slam After gaining finals, Texters start focus on PBA grand slam Waylon Galvez Manila Bulletin August 1, 2011 August 21, 2011 The Petron Blaze Boosters, which will advance to the finals with a win over Talk 'N Text and a Ginebra win over the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, blew out the Texters on August 5, while Ginebra defeated Rain or Shine on the following game. Petron was tied for second place with Ginebra and the Alaska Aces but advanced due to a superior quotient.http://www.gmanews.tv/story/228586/sports/petron-earns-finals-date-with-talk-n-text Petron earns finals date with Talk 'N Text GMA News Online August 5, 2011 August 21, 2011 However, several fans were dismayed over the quotient system, arguing that playoff games should have been held instead of determining finalists via the quotient system. Petron were seen as the underdog in the finals as they had lost four key players to injuries while Talk 'N Text has a deep lineup.http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/329694/tnt-petron-face-pba-governors-cup-plum TnT, Petron vie for PBA Governors Cup crown Brian Yalung Manila Bulletin August 5, 2011 August 21, 2011 Talk 'N Text, which has won the first two championships of the season, is seeking to win the first Grand Slam since 1996 PBA season when the Alaska won all three conference championships.http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/08/07/11/texters-open-grand-slam-vs-boosters Texters open grand slam vs Boosters Nelson Beltran Philippine Star ABS-CBNnews.com August 7, 2011 August 21, 2011 Series summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7WinsPetron Blaze 89 85 105 105 93 78 85 4Talk 'N Text 88 103 132 83 80 104 73 3VenueAranetaTubodAranetaAranetaAranetaAranetaAraneta Game 1 #eee August 7 7:00 p.m. Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Solar A. Herrera, J. Mariano, R. Yante Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 88 Petron Blaze Boosters |score1=89 boxscores 32–40 19–15 16–19 22–14 Jimmy Alapag 18 Sunday Salvacion 19 Kelly Williams 9 Anthony Grundy 13 Jimmy Alapag 7 Anthony Grundy 12 Petron Blaze leads series, 1–0 Talk 'N Text was leading by a point when they turned the ball over on an inbound pass. Petron's Arwind Santos, who had 12 points in the game, stole the ball and passed it to Danny Ildefonso in a fastbreak attempt. Ildefonso scored on a lay-up to give Petron the lead with 17.4 seconds remaining. On their offensive set, Jimmy Alapag found Ryan Reyes underneath the basket who scored with 10.1 seconds left. Anthony Grundy waited for the final seconds then was doubled; he passed the ball to Ildefonso who scored a 15-foot jump shot to give Petron an upset Game 1 win.http://sports.inquirer.net/10761/ildefonso-lifts-petron-past-talk-n-in-thriller Ildefonso lifts Petron past Talk N in thriller Musong R. Castillo Philippine Daily Inquirer August 8, 2011 August 21, 2011 The highlight of the game was Mark Yee's foul on Anthony Grundy, when he grabbed Grundy's behind twice before the officials called for a foul.http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/329894/ildefonsos-buzzer-beater-lifts-petron-over-texters Ildefonso's buzzer-beater lifts Petron over Texters Brian Yalung Manila Bulletin August 7, 2011 August 21, 2011 Game 2 August 10 7:00 p.m. Mindanao Civic Center Gymnasium, Tubod, Lanao del Norte Solar N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, J. Mariano Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score2=103 Petron Blaze Boosters 85 boxscores 27–19 21–22 17–30 20–32 Castro 24 Santos 29 Williams 9 Santos 15 Reynolds 7 Grundy 8 Series tied, 1–1 In a game held at Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Ali Peek and Mark Yee from Talk 'N Text and Petron's Jojo Duncil were ejected after figuring in a melee at the middle of the second quarter. Petron, which was leading up to that point, relinquished the lead and effectively lost the game in the third quarter when the Texters started a scoring run, thus tying the series at 1–all.http://sports.inquirer.net/11235/talk-n-text-routs-petron-blaze-forges-pba-finals-tie Talk 'N Text routs Petron Blaze, forges PBA Finals tie Musong R. Castillo Philippine Daily Inquirer August 10, 2011 August 21, 2011 Game 3 #eee August 12 7:00 p.m. Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Solar A. Herrera, J. Mariano, R. Yante Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score2=132 Petron Blaze Boosters 105 boxscores 24–24 28–39 18–40 35–29 Castro 23 Grundy 26 Fonacier 7 Salvacion, Santos 7 Castro 10 Grundy 4 Talk 'N Text leads series, 2–1 Prior to the game, Petron's Arwind Santos was named Best Player of the Conference, while Rain or Shine's Arizona Reid was awarded as the Best Import. Santos nosed out Mark Caguioa, Jayson Castro, Sonny Thoss, James Yap and Solomon Mercado, while Reid's closest competitor was Alaska's Jason Forte.http://www.philstar.com/SportsArticle.aspx?articleId=716078&publicationSubCategoryId=200 https://archive.today/20120910140806/http://www.philstar.com/SportsArticle.aspx?articleId=716078&publicationSubCategoryId=200 dead September 10, 2012 Santos wins BPC plum Nelson Beltran Philippine Star August 12, 2011 August 21, 2011 Petron was leading 20–9 when Castro and Larry Fonacier scored majority of their points in the first half to help Talk 'N Text pull away. Castro scored 21 of his 23 points in the first half, while Fonacier scored all of his 16 points in the opening half. The Texters, who had a 67% field goal percentage, even led by 41 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Talk 'N Text coach Chot Reyes revealed in the post-game press conference that Petron coach Ato Agustin challenged him to a fistfight after the game.http://sports.inquirer.net/11537/texters-seize-2-1-cushion-santos-is-govenors-cup%E2%80%99s-best-player Texters seize 2–1 cushion; Santos is Governors' Cup's best player Cedelf P. Tupas Philippine Daily Inquirer August 12, 2011 August 21, 2011 Agustin denied that he challenged Reyes to a fistfight but the Talk 'N Text coach insisted he heard Agustin challenging him.http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/330592/petron-tries-stop-tnt Petron tries to stop TNT Nick Giongco Manila Bulletin August 13, 2011 August 21, 2011 Game 4 August 14 7:30 p.m. Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Solar N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, S. Pineda Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 83 Petron Blaze Boosters |score1=105 boxscores 23–29 30–21 33–12 19–21 Castro 17 Santos 20 Williams 8 Santos 14 Castro 6 Grundy 8 Series tied, 2–2 In the annual awards ceremony held prior to the game, Talk 'N Text's Jimmy Alapag defeated Petron's Arwind Santos in the Most Valuable Player race, while Petron's injured center Rabeh Al-Hussaini was named Rookie of the Year.http://www.gmanews.tv/story/229429/sports/alapag-bags-mvp-honors-al-hussaini-is-rookie-of-the-year Alapag bags MVP honors, Al-Hussaini is Rookie of the Year GMA News Online August 14, 2011 August 21, 2011 While at the first half, both teams never led by a big margin, Petron had a 31–8 run at the beginning of the third quarter to post their largest margin of the series at 84–58. In that run, Grundy scored 11 of his 16 points, meanwhile Alex Cabagnot scored 16 points in the game, while Santos scored 20 points, an improvement over his three-point performance in Game 3.http://sports.inquirer.net/11891/petron-forges-tie-with-game-4-win Petron forges tie with Game 4 win Cedelf P. Tupas Philippine Daily Inquirer August 15, 2011 August 21, 2011 Game 5 #eee August 17 7:00 p.m. Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Solar P. Balao, J. Mariano, R. Yante Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 80 Petron Blaze Boosters |score1=93 boxscores 19–9 28–29 26–20 20–22 Reyes 14 Grundy 26 Peek 10 Santos 14 de Ocampo 6 Grundy 6 Petron Blaze leads series, 3–2 Prior to the game, Jayson Castro was sidelined due to an injury to his medial collateral ligament (MCL). Petron led 47–38 at the first half, then maintaining the 11-point lead at halftime. Ryan Reyes and Jimmy Alapag had poor games, scoring eight points each while Scottie Reynolds only scored three points, while his Petron counterpart Anthony Grundy posted a game-high 26 points. Alapag, who had only two turnovers in the finals, turned the ball over three times in the game.http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/331072/petron-moves-ahead-tnt Petron moves ahead of TNT Nick Giongco Manila Bulletin August 17, 2011 August 21, 2011 Game 6 August 19 7:00 p.m. Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Solar N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, R. Yante Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score2=104 Petron Blaze Boosters 78 boxscores 23–31 20–24 15–23 20–26 de Ocampo 21 Santos 19 Baker 11 Santos 14 Alapag 10 Cabagnot 8 Series tied, 3–3 Prior to the game, Talk 'N Text reactivated their original import Maurice Baker, replacing Scottie Reynolds who had been ineffective against the Boosters.http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/08/18/11/tnt-replaces-import-save-grand-slam-bid TNT replaces import to save grand slam bid abs-cbnNEWS.com August 18, 2011 August 21, 2011 Jayson Castro, who was earlier ruled out in the rest of the series due to an MCL injury, was fielded in by Talk 'N Text in a game-time decision. Castro hit his first six shots, ending the game with 19 points, six rebounds and six assists. Maurice Baker held Grundy to five points and a scoreless first half, while he scored 18 points to help the Texters tie the series for the final time.http://sports.inquirer.net/12583/texters-forge-seventh-game-castro-sparks-3-3-deadlock Texters forge seventh game; Castro sparks 3–3 deadlock Musong R. Castillo Philippine Daily Inquirer August 19, 2011 August 21, 2011 Game 7 #eee August 21 7:00 p.m. Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Solar A. Herrera, S. Pineda, R. Yante 16,928 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 73 Petron Blaze Boosters |score1=85 boxscores 28–17 12–17 24–19 21–20 Grundy 26 Baker 22 Santos 16 Baker 10 Cabagnot 8 Baker, Castro 3 each Petron Blaze wins series, 4–3 Petron had a 27–13 lead at the first period, with Dennis Miranda scoring the game's first seven points, followed by the rest of Petron's starting lineup to score all 28 first quarter points. In the second quarter, Ranidel de Ocampo and Maurice Baker scored nine and eight points respectively, to help cut the deficit to six at halftime. Baker scored on four free-throws: the first two after Jojo Duncil was called for flagrant foul, and another two from Sunday Salvacion's hard foul on the next play; the Texters had a chance to cut the lead even further but Santos denied de Ocampo's dunk at the buzzer. Talk 'N Text would not get close the rest of the way: the game was virtually won by Petron when Santos dunked in the final minute to post an eight-point lead, denying Talk 'N Text of a grand slam.Villar Joey Beltran Nelson August 22, 2011 Petron blazes into history, slams grand slam https://www.philstar.com/sports/2011/08/22/719050/petron-blazes-history-slams-grand-slam August 7, 2023 Philstar.com Santos was named finals MVP, and Agustin is the second coach to win a championship after being an MVP as a player, after Robert Jaworski. A similar feat of this would happen 14 years later when the now San Miguel Beermen defeated the now TNT Tropang 5G in the 2025 Philippine Cup Finals, thus denying TNT a Grand Slam again. Rosters Note: Scottie Reynolds played for Talk 'N Text for Games 1 to 5. Maurice Baker, the team's import until the eliminations replaced him for Games 6 and 7. Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 1 Maurice Baker G 6 1 198 Oklahoma State USA I 2 Scottie Reynolds G 6 2 190 Villanova USA I 3 Jimmy Alapag G 5 9 160 Cal State San Bernardino USA C 4 Harvey Carey F 6 3 210 Sonoma State USA 10 Ryan Reyes G 6 2 190 Cal State Fullerton USA 12 Larry Fonacier GF 6 2 170 Ateneo PHI 17 Jayson Castro G 5 11 167 Philippine Christian University PHI 20 Jared Dillinger F 6 5 220 Hawaii USA 21 Kelly Williams F 6 7 215 Oakland USA 27 Emmerson Oreta G 6 1 180 UST PHI 28 Mark Yee GF 6 2 170 San Sebastian (Cavite) PHI 33 Ranidel De Ocampo FC 6 6 200 St. Francis of Assisi PHI 34 Ali Peek C 6 4 240 Saint Mary's USA 40 Rich Alvarez F 6 4 200 Ateneo JPN 51 Aaron Aban F 6 3 200 Letran PHI 98 Gilbert Lao C 6 6 210 UST PHI PHI Chot Reyes (Ateneo) USA Norman Black (Saint Joseph's) PHI Jamike Jarin (Ateneo) PHI Nash Racela (Ateneo) PHI Bong Ravena (UE) PHI Jaime Macayan (UE) Petron Blaze Boosters 1 Paolo Hubalde G 5 10 170 University of the East PHI 2 Dennis Miranda G 5 11 185 FEU PHI 3 Lordy Tugade GF 6 3 185 National-U PHI yes 5 Alex Cabagnot G 6 0 165 Hawaii-Hilo PHI 6 Rey Guevarra GF 6 4 175 Letran PHI R 7 Nonoy Baclao F 6 6 210 Ateneo PHI R 10 Danny Ildefonso FC 6 5 210 National-U PHI C 11 Rabeh Al-Hussaini C 6 7 210 Ateneo PHI R yes 16 Anthony Grundy G 6 3 185 North Carolina State USA I 18 Joseph Yeo G 6 2 170 De La Salle PHI yes 23 Jay Washington F 6 7 225 Eckerd USA yes 24 Jojo Duncil G 6 1 172 UST PHI 29 Arwind Santos F 6 4 170 FEU PHI 34 Mick Pennisi CF 6 9 235 Eastern Michigan AUS 80 Sunday Salvacion F 6 3 190 Saint Benilde PHI PHI Ato Agustin (Lyceum) PHI Gee Abanilla (De La Salle) PHI Pido Jarencio (UST) PHI Freddie Abuda (Cebu) PHI Biboy Ravanes (Cebu) PHI Olsen Racela (Ateneo) USA Bobby Parks (Memphis) Broadcast notes The finals series were the last PBA games produced by Solar Sports as TV5 Sports was awarded the broadcast rights for the 2011–12 season. Game Play-by-play Analyst(s) Courtside reportersGame 1 Mico Halili Quinito Henson Jinno Rufino and Magoo MarjonGame 2 Chiqui Reyes Jason Webb noneGame 3 Sev Sarmenta Andy Jao Patricia Bermudez-Hizon and Mica AbesamisGame 4 Richard del Rosario Jason Webb Cesca Litton and Dominic UyGame 5 Mico Halili Ronnie Magsanoc Chiqui Reyes and Mica AbesamisGame 6 Sev Sarmenta Alex Compton Magoo Marjon and Jinno RufinoGame 7 Sev Sarmenta Andy Jao and Quinito Henson Dominic Uy and Chiqui Reyes References External links PBA official website Category:2010–11 PBA season 2011 PBA Governors' Cup Finals 2011 Category:San Miguel Beermen games Category:TNT Tropang 5G games PBA Governors' Cup Finals