2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals

2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals
TeamCoachWins
Purefoods Chunkee Giants Ryan Gregorio 4
Red Bull Barako Yeng Guiao 2
DatesJuly 5–21
MVPMarc Pingris
TelevisionABC
Radio networkRadyo PBA
PBA Philippine Cup finals chronology
PBA finals chronology

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

Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 3 Philippines Billones, Egay 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Centro Escolar Las Piñas
G 4 Philippines Artadi, Paul 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE
F/C 5 Philippines Salvador, Jondan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) St. Benilde
F 7 Philippines Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST
G 8 Philippines Simon, Peter June 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mindanao
F/C 9 Philippines Limpot, Jun 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle
F 12 Philippines Camaso, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Metro Manila Colleges
G 13 Philippines Yap, Roger 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) USJ–R
F 15 Philippines Pingris, Marc 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) PSBA
G/F 18 Philippines Yap, James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UE
C 21 Philippines Raymundo, Kerby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Letran
F 28 Philippines Yee, Richard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST
F 33 United States Tejada, Eugene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Chabot
F/C 34 Philippines Gamboa, Arnold 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Far Eastern
G 40 United States Castillo, Noy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) The Citadel
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 1 Philippines Cruz, Celino 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Far Eastern
G 4 Philippines Ybañez, Warren 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) PSBA
PG 5 Philippines Robinson, Topex 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) San Sebastian
F/C 7 Australia Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Eastern Michigan
G/F 8 Philippines Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UST
F 10 Philippines Valenzuela, Junthy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SCSIT
F 11 Philippines Alvarez, Rich 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Ateneo
G 12 Philippines Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo
F/C 14 Philippines Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Ateneo
F 15 Philippines Tugade, Lordy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) National-U
F 20 Philippines Najorda, Leo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Sebastian
F/C 21 Philippines Bugia, Paolo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Ateneo
C 35 Philippines Feihl, Edward Joseph 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson
F United States Hrabak, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Central Arizona
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Series scoring summary

The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.

Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Wins
Purefoods 101 93 79 99 93 90 4
Red Bull 97 82 89 81 98 83 2

† denotes the number of overtimes

Games summary

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.

July 7
Purefoods Chunkee Giants 93, Red Bull Barako 82
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 15–35, 28–14, 26–20
Pts: James Yap 23 Pts: 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.[1]

July 9
Purefoods Chunkee Giants 79, Red Bull Barako 89
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 16–18, 23–32, 27–23
Pts: James Yap 16 Pts: 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.[2]

July 12
Purefoods Chunkee Giants 99, Red Bull Barako 81
Scoring by quarter: 32–11, 34–23, 16–29, 17–18
Pts: James Yap 23 Pts: 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.[3]

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.[4]

July 21
Purefoods Chunkee Giants 90, Red Bull Barako 83
Purefoods wins series, 4–2
2006 Philippine Cup Champions

Purefoods Chunkee Giants
Seventh title

References

  1. ^ "Giants grab 2–0 lead as Pingris, Yee shine". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. ^ "Bulls bounced back". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. ^ "Giants take 3–1 cushion". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  4. ^ "Giants try to close it out again in Game 6 tonight". Philippine Daily Inquirer.