2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals

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2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals
TeamCoachWins
Purefoods Chunkee Giants Ryan Gregorio 4
Red Bull Barako Yeng Guiao 2
DatesJuly 5–21
MVP Marc Pingris
Television ABC
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.

Contents

Qualification

Rosters

Purefoods Chunkee Giants roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 3 Flag of the Philippines.svg Billones, Egay 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Centro Escolar Las Piñas
G 4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Artadi, Paul 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE
F/C 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Salvador, Jondan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) St. Benilde
F 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST
G 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Simon, Peter June 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mindanao
F/C 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Limpot, Jun 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle
F 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Camaso, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)Metro Manila Colleges
G 13 Flag of the Philippines.svg Yap, Roger 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) USJ–R
F 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pingris, Marc 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) PSBA
G/F 18 Flag of the Philippines.svg Yap, James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UE
C 21 Flag of the Philippines.svg Raymundo, Kerby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Letran
F 28 Flag of the Philippines.svg Yee, Richard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST
F 33 Flag of the United States.svg Tejada, Eugene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Chabot
F/C 34 Flag of the Philippines.svg Gamboa, Arnold 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Far Eastern
G 40 Flag of the United States.svg Castillo, Noy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) The Citadel
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Red Bull Barako roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Cruz, Celino 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Far Eastern
G 4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ybañez, Warren 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) PSBA
PG 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Robinson, Topex 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) San Sebastian
F/C 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Eastern Michigan
G/F 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UST
F 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Valenzuela, Junthy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SCSIT
F 11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Alvarez, Rich 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Ateneo
G 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo
F/C 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Ateneo
F 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Tugade, Lordy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) National-U
F 20 Flag of the Philippines.svg Najorda, Leo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Sebastian
F/C 21 Flag of the Philippines.svg Bugia, Paolo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Ateneo
C 35 Flag of the Philippines.svg Feihl, Edward Joseph 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson
F Flag of the United States.svg Hrabak, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Central Arizona
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg 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.

TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Wins
Purefoods10193799993904
Red Bull9782898198832

† denotes the number of overtimes

Games summary

ABC
July 5
Purefoods Chunkee Giants 101, Red Bull Barako 97
Pts: Kerby Raymundo 30 James Yap 26Pts: 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.

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

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

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

ABC
July 19
Purefoods Chunkee Giants 93, Red Bull Barako 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. [4]

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

Purefoods Chunkee Giants
Seventh title

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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.
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