2009 PBA Fiesta Conference
DurationFebruary 28 – July 17, 2009
TV partner(s)C/S9, Basketball TV (Local)
The Filipino Channel (International)
Finals
ChampionsSan Miguel Beermen
Runners-upBarangay Ginebra Kings
Awards
Best PlayerJayjay Helterbrand
(Barangay Ginebra Kings)
Best ImportGabe Freeman
(San Miguel Beermen)
Finals MVPJonas Villanueva
(San Miguel Beermen)
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 management 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 92, 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

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 11 3 .786 Advance to semifinals
2 Barangay Ginebra Kings 8 6 .571[lower-alpha 1] 3
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 6 .571[lower-alpha 1] 3 Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
4 Burger King Whoppers 8 6 .571[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 Sta. Lucia Realtors 7 7 .500[lower-alpha 2] 4 Single-elimination in the wildcard round
6 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 7 7 .500[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 7 .500[lower-alpha 2] 4
8 Coca-Cola Tigers 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 3] 5
9 Alaska Aces 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 3] 5 Twice-to-win in the wildcard round
10 Barako Bull Energy Boosters 2 12 .143 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra 7, Burger King 8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine
  2. 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text 10
  3. 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska

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.
Team ALA BBE BGK BKW COKE PF ROS SMB SLR TNT
Alaska Aces 90–92 82–81 88–106 85–89 94–84 94–96 89–93 90–100 122–124
Barako Bull Energy Boosters 90–100 103–111 110–123 103–106 92–96 83–93 92–99 91–100 135–132
Barangay Ginebra Kings 75–76 106–110 110–103 107–105 93–107 80–95 76–80 97–90
Burger King Whoppers 99–89 94–100 127–109 78–82 112–118 105–114 96–84 105–118
Coca-Cola Tigers 120–106 85–122 89–80 94–91* 91–106 88–79 111–133
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 74–80 86–96 92–85 102–94* 103–122 93–91 131–121
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103–97 89–94 110–90 95–102 100–109 96–102
San Miguel Beermen 91–84 105–107* 89–105 72–82 92–90 98–87
Sta. Lucia Realtors 98–88 98–101 104–95 90–82 92–98 106–100
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 115–122* 129–135** 103–00 116–118* 97–91
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Eighth seed playoff

Second seed playoff

Bracket

Wildcard phaseQuarterfinals
(Best-of-3)
Semifinals
(Best-of-7)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#4 twice to beat)
4Burger King96
1San Miguel4
9Alaska90
4Burger King24Burger King2
(Best-of-3)
5Sta. Lucia1
5Sta. Lucia94
1San Miguel4
8Coca-Cola88
2Ginebra3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine96
2Ginebra4Third place playoff
10Barako Bull88
3Rain or Shine23Rain or Shine2
(Best-of-3)
6Purefoods14Burger King132
6Purefoods (2OT)126
3Rain or Shine118
7Talk 'N Text123

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

(3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Purefoods

(4) Burger King vs. (5) Sta. Lucia

June 14
Burger King Whoppers 120, Sta. Lucia Realtors 72
Burger King wins series 21

Semifinals

(1) San Miguel vs (4) Burger King

June 28
San Miguel Beermen 118, Burger King Whoppers 103
San Miguel wins series, 42

(2) Barangay Ginebra vs (3) Rain or Shine

June 28
Barangay Ginebra Kings 108, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 100
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 42

Third place playoff

Finals

July 17
San Miguel Beermen 90, Barangay Ginebra Kings 79
San Miguel wins series, 43

Awards

Players of the Week

WeekPlayer(s)[3]Team(s)
February 28March 8Jonas VillanuevaSan Miguel Beermen
March 915Marlou AquinoSta. Lucia Realtors
March 1622Arwind SantosBurger King Titans
March 2329Ronald TubidBarangay Ginebra Kings
April 1220Eric MenkBarangay Ginebra Kings
April 27May 3Arwind SantosBurger King Whoppers
May 410Jayjay HelterbrandBarangay Ginebra Kings
May 1117Jimmy AlapagTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
May 1824Asi Taulava
Ronald Tubid
Coca-Cola Tigers
Barangay Ginebra Kings
May 2531Gabe Norwood
Nelbert Omolon
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Sta. Lucia Realtors
June 3 and 14Arwind SantosBurger King Whoppers
June 1521Gabe NorwoodRain or Shine Elasto Painters
June 2228Jayjay 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 11311
United States Anthony JohnsonSta. Lucia RealtorsFebruary 28June 1499
United States Charles ClarkRain or Shine Elasto PaintersMarch 1March 711
United States Scooter McFadgonBarako Bull Energy BoostersMarch 1March 2825
United States Tiras WadeTalk 'N Text Tropang TextersMarch 1May 154
United States Brian HamiltonPurefoods TJ GiantsMarch 1March 1522
United States Galen YoungAlaska AcesMarch 4March 1203
United States JJ SullingerCoca-Cola TigersMarch 4March 2014
United States Rod NealyBarangay Ginebra KingsMarch 4April 325
United States Gabe FreemanSan Miguel BeermenMarch 8July 17156
United States Jai LewisRain or Shine Elasto Painters (2)March 12July 1139
United States Rosell EllisAlaska Aces (2)March 14May 2767
United States Jhamar ThorpePurefoods TJ Giants (2)March 21April 1922
United States James PennyCoca-Cola Tigers (2)March 26May 2954
United States Jeff Varembarako Bull Energy Boosters (2)April 17May 103
United States David NoelBarangay Ginebra Kings (2)April 20July 17146
United States Marquin ChandlerPurefoods TJ Giants (3)April 29June 1454
United States Daryan SelvyBarako Bull Energy Boosters (3)May 3May 1503
Panama Gary ForbesTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters (2)May 3May 611
United States Rashad BellTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters (3)May 13May 2912
United States Chris WilliamsSan Miguel Beermen (2)May 17May 2211
United States Jamaal WilliamsBarako Bull Energy Boosters (4)May 27May 2701
All-Filipino line upSan Miguel BeermenMarch 4--10
All-Filipino line upBarangay Ginebra KingsApril 17--10
All-Filipino line upTalk 'N Text Tropang TextersMay 1--01

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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