2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals

July 2019July 2019 Philippine Cup 2006 Red Bull Barako Yeng Guiao 2 Purefoods Chunkee Giants Ryan Gregorio 4 July 5–21 Marc Pingris ABC Radyo PBA 2004–05 2006–07 2005–06 Fiesta 2006–07 The 2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals were the championship series of the 2005-06 PBA season's 2006 PBA Philippine Cup of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The series was a best-of-seven affair and was the 91st championship disputed in the league. The teams competing are the first-seeded Purefoods Chunkee Giants and the third-seeded Red Bull Barako in a rematch of the finals of the previous conference. Qualification Purefoods Chunkee Giants The top seed qualified for the best-of-seven semifinals outright. Came back from a 1–3 series deficit against the Alaska Aces and won the semifinal series, four games to three. Red Bull Barako Finished third after the elimination round. Defeated Barangay Ginebra Kings in the quarterfinal series, 3–2 Won semifinals against San Miguel Beermen, 4-3 Rosters Purefoods Chunkee Giants 3 Egay Billones G 5 9 Las Piñas PHI 4 Paul Artadi G 5 9 UE PHI 5 Jondan Salvador FC 6 4 St. Benilde PHI 7 Rey Evangelista F 6 3 UST PHI 8 Peter June Simon G 6 1 Mindanao PHI 9 Jun Limpot FC 6 5 De La Salle PHI 12 Don Camaso F 6 6 Metro Manila Colleges PHI 13 Roger Yap G 6 1 USJ-R PHI 15 Marc Pingris F 6 4 PSBA PHI 18 James Yap GF 6 3 UE PHI 21 Kerby Raymundo C 6 6 Letran PHI 28 Richard Yee F 6 4 UST PHI 33 Eugene Tejada F 6 5 Chabot College USA 34 Arnold Gamboa FC 6 6 FEU PHI 40 Noy Castillo G 6 0 The Citadel USA PHI Ryan Gregorio PHI Ronnie Magsanoc Red Bull Barako 1 Celino Cruz G 5 9 FEU PHI 4 Warren Ybañez G 5 8 PSBA PHI 5 Topex Robinson PG 5 8 San Sebastian PHI 7 Mick Pennisi FC 6 9 Eastern Michigan AUS 8 Cyrus Baguio GF 6 2 UST PHI 10 Junthy Valenzuela F 6 2 SCSIT PHI 11 Rich Alvarez F 6 4 Ateneo PHI 12 Larry Fonacier G 6 2 Ateneo PHI 14 Enrico Villanueva FC 6 5 Ateneo PHI 15 Lordy Tugade F 6 3 National-U PHI 20 Leo Najorda F 6 3 San Sebastian PHI 21 Paolo Bugia FC 6 6 Ateneo PHI 35 Edward Joseph Feihl C 7 1 Adamson PHI Mike Hrabak F 6 6 Central Arizona USA PHI Yeng Guiao PHI Roehl Nadurata PHI Gee Abanilla PHI Andy Jao Series scoring summary The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers. TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6Wins Purefoods 101 93 79 99 93 90 4Red Bull 97 82 89 81 98 83 2 † denotes the number of overtimes Games summary #eee July 5 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Chunkee Giants |score1=101 Red Bull Barako 97 Kerby Raymundo 30 James Yap 26 Lordy Tugade 30 Enrico Villanueva 25 Kerby Raymundo scored a career-high 30 points, while Yee added 12 points, including five crucial free throws, in the last two minutes. Purefoods pummeled Red Bull with a 60.9 percent field-goal shooting in the second quarter, and the Giants, nursing a 23–22 edge at the end of the opening period, zoomed to a 53–34 spread at halftime. The Bulls had a fiery chase in the third quarter. They were ahead 97–94 but went scoreless in the last 1:55 of play. Yee canned in two charities off a foul by Villanueva to tie the count at 97-all, and then Raymundo scored on a 15-foot jumper as the Giants surged ahead, 99-97, with time down to 30.9 seconds. #eee July 7 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Purefoods Chunkee Giants |score1=93 Red Bull Barako 82 24–13 15–35 28–14 26–20 James Yap 23 Lordy Tugade 18 The Giants were off to a great start in the first quarter by taking a 12-point lead. Red Bull bounced back behind Lordy Tugade and the rest of the team to take a 48-39 halftime lead. Richard Yee put in another sterling performance by banging all of his 17 points in the second half, while Marc Pingris pumped in a career-high 21 points, most of them in the shaded area, to help the Giants pull away.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yhozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2409%2C3178611 Giants grab 2–0 lead as Pingris, Yee shine Philippine Daily Inquirer #eee July 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Chunkee Giants 79 Red Bull Barako |score2=89 13–16 16–18 23–32 27–23 James Yap 16 Lordy Tugade 22 Celino Cruz and Lordy Tugade fired all of Red Bull's seven three-pointers, most of them done in a fashion that riled the Giants while putting up a tough and gritty defense. Enrico Villanueva, Junthy Valenzuela, and Cyrus Baguio also had their sparkling moments that helped the Bulls pull away in the third period.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zBozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2185%2C4120050 Bulls bounced back Philippine Daily Inquirer #eee July 12 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Chunkee Giants |score1=99 Red Bull Barako 81 32–11 34–23 16–29 17–18 James Yap 23 Enrico Villanueva 25 Purefoods started hot from the get-go, with key games from newly crowned MVP James Yap and Most Improved Player Marc Pingris. The Giants led by as many as 34 points, and the Bulls never looked back.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zxozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2342%2C5185374 Giants take 3–1 cushion Philippine Daily Inquirer #eee July 19 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Chunkee Giants 93 Red Bull Barako |score2=98 The Bulls came back from 15 points down. After Celino Cruz tied the count at 90-all with a triple and Enrico Villanueva and Larry Fonacier went to work, the Giants suddenly got cold feet. Season MVP James Yap muffed his last seven attempts from three-point range, while Kerby Raymundo missed a couple of point-blank attempts.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GlU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=eSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1492%2C2379901 Giants try to close it out again in Game 6 tonight Philippine Daily Inquirer #eee July 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Chunkee Giants |score1=90 Red Bull Barako 83 Purefoods wins series, 4–2 2006 Philippine Cup Champions Purefoods Chunkee Giants Seventh title References External links Philippine Basketball Association official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 2006 Category:2005–06 PBA season Category:Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots games Category:Barako Bull Energy Boosters games PBA Philippine Cup Finals