2009 PBA Fiesta Conference

Philippine basketball tournament 2009 Fiesta Conference Pba fiestaconf 2009.png 200px February 28 – July 17, 2009 C/S9, Basketball TV (Local)The Filipino Channel (International) Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Gabe Freeman (San Miguel Beermen) Jonas Villanueva (San Miguel Beermen) San Miguel Beermen Barangay Ginebra Kings 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference 2008 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference 2010 2008–09 Philippine 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup 2009–10 Philippine 2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup 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 management headed by the Lina family. Format The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:New PBA Format, Reuel Vidal, Manila Standard Today 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. Group A: Alaska Aces Burger King Whoppers Coca-Cola Tigers Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Sta. Lucia Realtors Group B: Barako Bull Energy Boosters Barangay Ginebra Kings Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 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.http://www.pba.ph/content/view/2633/2/ GINEBRA – ALASKA TIFF IN LEGAZPI HALTED May 17, 2009 May 26, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090607134953/http://www.pba.ph/content/view/2633/2/ June 7, 2009 dead Team standings Results Results above and to the left of the gray boxes are first round games; those below and to the right are second round games. main BSR grey Team y ALA BBE BGK BKW COKE PF ROS SMB SLR TNT Alaska 90–92 82–81 88–106 85–89 94–84 94–96 90–100 89–93 122–124 Barako Bull 90–100 103–111 110–123 103–106 92–96 83–93 91–100 92–99 135–132 Barangay Ginebra 75–76 106–110 110–103 107–105 93–107 76–80 80–95 97–90 Burger King 99–89 94–100 127–109 78–82 112–118 96–84 105–114 105–118 Coca-Cola 120–106 85–122 89–80 94–91* OT 88–79 91–106 111–133 Purefoods 74–80 86–96 92–85 102–94* OT 93–91 103–122 131–121 Rain or Shine 103–97 89–94 110–90 100–109 95–102 96–102 Sta. Lucia 98–88 98–101 104–95 90–82 92–98 106–100 San Miguel 91–84 105–107* OT 89–105 72–82 92–90 98–87 Talk 'N Text 115–122* OT 129–135** OT 103–00 116–118* OT 97–91 complete Eighth seed playoff #eee May 24 Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal C/S9 8th seed Coca-Cola Tigers 81 Alaska Aces 74 Second seed playoff May 24 Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal C/S9 2nd seed Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 71 Barangay Ginebra Kings 114 #eee Bracket Wildcard phase (3) Rain or Shine vs. (10) Barako Bull Rain or Shine has the twice-to-beat advantage. #eee May 27 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 96 Barako Bull Energy Boosters 88 Rain or Shine wins series in one game (4) Burger King vs. (9) Alaska Burger King has the twice-to-beat advantage. #eee May 27 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Burger King Whoppers 96 Alaska Aces 90 Burger King wins series in one game (5) Sta. Lucia vs. (8) Coca-Cola This is a single-elimination game. #eee May 29 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Sta. Lucia Realtors 94 Coca-Cola Tigers 88 (6) Purefoods vs. (7) Talk 'N Text This is a single-elimination game. May 29 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 126 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 123 2OT eee Quarterfinals (3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Purefoods #eee May 31 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 96 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 87 June 3 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 82 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 84 #eee June 14 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 93 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 89 Rain or Shine wins series 2–1 (4) Burger King vs. (5) Sta. Lucia #eee May 31 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Burger King Whoppers 84 Sta. Lucia Realtors 93 June 3 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Burger King Whoppers 94 Sta. Lucia Realtors 81 #eee June 14 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Burger King Whoppers 120 Sta. Lucia Realtors 72 Burger King wins series 2–1 Semifinals (1) San Miguel vs (4) Burger King #eee June 17 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap San Miguel Beermen 102 Burger King Whoppers 87 June 19 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay C/S9 Recap San Miguel Beermen 113 Burger King Whoppers 116 #eee June 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap San Miguel Beermen 100 Burger King Whoppers 88 June 24 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap San Miguel Beermen 120 Burger King Whoppers 119 2OT #eee June 26 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap San Miguel Beermen 90 Burger King Whoppers 103 June 28 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 San Miguel Beermen 118 Burger King Whoppers 103 San Miguel wins series, 4–2 (2) Barangay Ginebra vs (3) Rain or Shine #eee June 17 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Barangay Ginebra Kings 95 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 101 June 19 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay C/S9 Recap Barangay Ginebra Kings 103 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 98 #eee June 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Barangay Ginebra Kings 88 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 94 June 24 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Barangay Ginebra Kings 86 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 70 #eee June 26 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Barangay Ginebra Kings 96 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 85 June 28 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Barangay Ginebra Kings 108 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 100 Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2 Third place playoff #eee July 1 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Recap Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 118 Burger King Whoppers 132 Finals 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals #eee July 1 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 San Miguel Beermen 96 Barangay Ginebra Kings 102 Recap July 3 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 San Miguel Beermen 95 Barangay Ginebra Kings 78 Recap #eee July 5 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 San Miguel Beermen 103 Barangay Ginebra Kings 116 Recap July 8 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 San Miguel Beermen 106 Barangay Ginebra Kings 104 Recap #eee July 13 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 San Miguel Beermen 98 Barangay Ginebra Kings 106 Recap July 15 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 San Miguel Beermen 98 Barangay Ginebra Kings 84 Recap #eee July 17 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 San Miguel Beermen 90 Barangay Ginebra Kings 79 San Miguel wins series, 4–3 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)Player of the Week, PBA.ph Team(s)February 28–March 8 Jonas Villanueva San Miguel BeermenMarch 9–15 Marlou Aquino Sta. Lucia RealtorsMarch 16–22 Arwind Santos Burger King TitansMarch 23–29 Ronald Tubid Barangay Ginebra KingsApril 12–20 Eric Menk Barangay Ginebra KingsApril 27–May 3 Arwind Santos Burger King WhoppersMay 4–10 Jayjay Helterbrand Barangay Ginebra KingsMay 11–17 Jimmy Alapag Talk 'N Text Tropang TextersMay 18–24 Asi TaulavaRonald Tubid Coca-Cola TigersBarangay Ginebra KingsMay 25–31 Gabe NorwoodNelbert Omolon Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersSta. Lucia RealtorsJune 3 and 14 Arwind Santos Burger King WhoppersJune 15–21 Gabe Norwood Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersJune 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 11Blocks 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 5Blocks 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 USA Shawn Daniels Burger King Titans February 28 July 1 13–11 USA Anthony Johnson Sta. Lucia Realtors February 28 June 14 9–9 USA Charles Clark Rain or Shine Elasto Painters March 1 March 7 1–1 USA Scooter McFadgon Barako Bull Energy Boosters March 1 March 28 2–5 USA Tiras Wade Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters March 1 May 1 5–4 USA Brian Hamilton Purefoods TJ Giants March 1 March 15 2–2 USA Galen Young Alaska Aces March 4 March 12 0–3 USA JJ Sullinger Coca-Cola Tigers March 4 March 20 1–4 USA Rod Nealy Barangay Ginebra Kings March 4 April 3 2–5 USA Gabe Freeman San Miguel Beermen March 8 July 17 15–6 USA Jai Lewis Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2) March 12 July 1 13–9 USA Rosell Ellis Alaska Aces (2) March 14 May 27 6–7 USA Jhamar Thorpe Purefoods TJ Giants (2) March 21 April 19 2–2 USA James Penny Coca-Cola Tigers (2) March 26 May 29 5–4 USA Jeff Varem barako Bull Energy Boosters (2) April 17 May 1 0–3 USA David Noel Barangay Ginebra Kings (2) April 20 July 17 14–6 USA Marquin Chandler Purefoods TJ Giants (3) April 29 June 14 5–4 USA Daryan Selvy Barako Bull Energy Boosters (3) May 3 May 15 0–3 PAN Gary Forbes Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (2) May 3 May 6 1–1 USA Rashad Bell Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (3) May 13 May 29 1–2 USA Chris Williams San Miguel Beermen (2) May 17 May 22 1–1 USA 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 External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:PBA Fiesta Conference Fiesta Conference