2011–12 PBA season

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2011–12 PBA season
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2011–12 PBA season
DurationOctober 2, 2011 – August 5, 2012
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Sports5 (AKTV on IBC)
AksyonTV International (International)
Draft
Top draft pickJVee Casio
Picked byPowerade Tigers
Conferences
Philippine Cup championsTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
  Runners-upPowerade Tigers
Commissioner's Cup championsB-Meg Llamados
  Runners-upTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Governors' Cup championsRain or Shine Elasto Painters
  Runners-upB-Meg Llamados
Awards
Season MVPMark Caguioa
(Barangay Ginebra Kings)
Top scorerGary David
(Powerade Tigers)
Seasons

The 2011–12 PBA season was the 37th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season was formally opened on October 2, 2011[1] at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, and finished on August 5, 2012. The season used three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference. The mid season Commissioner's Cup featured unlimited height limit for imports. The Governors' Cup became the third and final conference for this season.

The first activity of the season was the 2011 PBA Draft held on August 28, 2011 at the Robinsons Place Manila in Ermita, Manila.[2]

Board of governors[]

Executive committee[]

  • Chito Salud (Commissioner)
  • Mamerto Mondragon (Chairman, representing Rain or Shine Elasto Painters)
  • Jose Bayani Baylon (Vice-Chairman, representing Powerade Tigers)
  • Robert Non (Treasurer, representing Barangay Ginebra Kings)

Teams[]

Team Company Governor Alternate Governor
Air21 Express Airfrieght 2100, Inc. Lucia Jane Lina Alfredo Pilladolid
Alaska Aces Alaska Milk Corporation Joaquin Trillo
B-Meg Llamados San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. Rene Pardo
Barako Bull Energy Energy Food and Drinks Inc. Manuel Alvarez
Barangay Ginebra Kings Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. Bernie Marquez Robert Non
Meralco Bolts Manila Electric Company Ramon Segismundo Betty Siy-Yap
Petron Blaze Boosters Petron Corporation Roberto Huang
Powerade Tigers Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. Jose Bayani Baylon Kenneth Duremdes
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. Mamerto Mondragon Andrew Jao
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Smart Communications Manuel V. Pangilinan Patrick Gregorio / Victorino Vargas

Pre-season events[]

For trades done on draft day, see 2011 PBA Draft.

Player movement[]

Key transactions:
Trades:

Notable occurrences[]

  • The PBA board approved the sale of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters team franchise from Photokina Marketing to the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the Air21 Express. The team will now be known as the Shopinas.com Clickers.[5]
  • The Air21 Express will be renamed as Barako Bull Energy starting this season. The name change occurred after the Lina Group bought 49 percent stake of Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of Photokina Marketing and the exclusive distributor of Red Bull Energy Drink products in the Philippines. The "Energy Boosters" moniker will be dropped and instead the team will be known as "Energy", since there will be a conflict in using the "Boosters" moniker with the Petron Blaze Boosters.[6]
  • The PBA board approved the 20% salary cap increase and the standardization of game bonuses on September 8. The player salary cap was increased from P350,000 to P420,000.[7] The proposals were approved at the heels of an outburst by Alaska Aces owner Fred Uytengsu during the press conference announcing Tim Cone's resignation as head coach of Alaska. Uytengsu commented that the league is not a level playing field, with some teams paying their players more than the monthly amount set by the PBA.[8]

Coaching changes[]

  • Barako Bull Energy (formerly Air21 Express) hired Junel Baculi as head coach, who also was the head coach of the Barako Bull franchise that disbanded in 2010. Baculi will be replacing Bong Ramos, who will slide down as assistant coach.
  • On August 26, the Barangay Ginebra Kings appointed assistant coach Siot Tanquincen as co-head coach of the team, together with Jong Uichico.[9]
  • On September 1, Alaska Aces coach Tim Cone requested to be released from his contract, which is set to expire in 2013. Assistant Joel Banal will take over as head coach.[10][11]
  • Two weeks after resigning as head coach of the Alaska Aces, Tim Cone was appointed as the new head coach of the B-Meg Llamados.[12] , who was appointed as acting head coach in August [13] was demoted to assistant coach along with former B-meg head coach Jorge Gallent. Gallent later was reassigned as assistant coach of Petron Blaze.

Opening ceremonies[]

The season began on October 2 with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters defeating the Barangay Ginebra Kings, 94-93.

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:[14]

Team Muse
Alaska Aces Bubbles Paraiso
B-Meg Llamados Rhian Ramos
Barako Bull Energy Helga Krapf
Barangay Ginebra Kings Solenn Heussaff
Meralco Bolts and Isabella Manjon
Petron Blaze Boosters , and
Powerade Tigers Maricar Reyes
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Michelle Gavagan
Shopinas.com Clickers Iya Villania
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Venus Raj and Nora Aunor

2011–12 Philippine Cup[]

Main article: 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup

Notable events[]

Elimination round[]

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 B-Meg Llamados 10 4 .714[a] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 10 4 .714[a] —
3 Petron Blaze Boosters 9 5 .643[b] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 9 5 .643[b] 1
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 5 .643[b] 1
6 Meralco Bolts 8 6 .571 2
7 Barako Bull Energy Cola 6 8 .429[c] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Powerade Tigers 6 8 .429[c] 4
9 Alaska Aces 3 11 .214 7
10 Shopinas.com Clickers 0 14 .000 10
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: B-Meg 1–1 Talk 'N Text; B-Meg +8, Alaska −8
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Head-to-head differential: Petron +8, Barangay Ginebra +1, Rain or Shine −9
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–1 Powerade; Barako Bull +35, Alaska −35

Playoffs[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-7) 		    Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 B-Meg 88 123  
  8 Powerade 97 131*  
            8 Powerade 4    
    (Best-of-3)       5 Rain or Shine 3  
  4 Barangay Ginebra 0  
  5 Rain or Shine 2    
    8 Powerade 1
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     2 Talk 'N Text 4
  2 Talk 'N Text 81    
  7 Barako Bull 79    
            2 Talk 'N Text 4
    (Best-of-3)     3 Petron Blaze 3    
  3 Petron Blaze 2  
  6 Meralco 0    

*Game went into overtime

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Finals[]

Main article: 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 4–1 Powerade Tigers 116–100 102–96 133–126 (OT) 97–100 110–101 — —

2012 Blue vs. Green Dream Game[]

See also: Ateneo-La Salle rivalry
AKTV
February 5, 2012
Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 104–117 La Salle school colors Green Archers

Rosters[]

2012 Commissioner's Cup[]

Main article: 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup

After the PBA Philippine Cup Finals, the PBA is slated to return in the PBA Commissioner's Cup. This conference features imports for each team, with an unlimited height ceiling.

Notable events[]

  • After a dismal finish in the Philippine Cup, the Lina Group of Companies announced that the Shopinas.com Clickers will be renamed as the Air21 Express starting in the Commissioner's Cup.
  • On February 2, Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines was rumored to sell its PBA team, the Powerade Tigers, to San Miguel Corporation, therefore allowing SMC to own and unprecedented 4 teams in the league. The rumors arose when it was revealed that certain factions in the Coca-Cola management have decided to sell the team. The next day, however, the trade rumors were debunked by Powerade manager JB Baylon.
  • Due to being the Philippine national basketball team's naturalized player, Marcus Douthit's rights to be signed as an import (despite having naturalized Filipino status) were bidded on by the different PBA teams. The Air21 Express won the rights to sign Douthit after all the other teams passed. Douthit then agreed to play for Air21, with the rule that if he leaves Air21, he cannot play for any other team.

Player movement[]

Key transactions:
Trades:

  • On January 27, 2012, sister teams Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings, B-Meg Llamados and third team Barako Bull Energy completed a five - player blockbuster deal. In the deal, B-MEG received Gin Kings forward J.C. Intal and a 2012 2nd round pick from Barako Bull that originally belonged to Air 21, formerly Shopinas.com. Ginebra got Llamados forward Kerby Raymundo and Energy rookie Dylan Ababou. Barako Bull ended up with Gin Kings veteran swingman Ronald Tubid and rookie Reil Cervantes, as well as a second round draft pick in 2014 from Ginebra. This marks the second time that Barako Bull has traded its top draft picks.
  • On the same day, Air21 completed a four-man trade with the Meralco Bolts. Air21 acquired Nelbert Omolon and Mark Isip from Meralco in exchange for Mark Canlas, Dennis Daa, and a 2012 first-round draft pick that belonged to Meralco originally.

Coaching changes[]

  • On January 11, after the Barangay Ginebra Kings lost their quarterfinal series against Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, coach Jong Uichico was revealed to have left Ginebra to join the Smart Gilas national basketball team coaches pool. Co-head coach Siot Tanquincen has become the sole head coach. On January 17, Uichico joined the Meralco Bolts as a team consultant.

Elimination round[]

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 2 .778 — Advance to semifinals
2 Barangay Ginebra Kings 6 3 .667[a] 1
3 B-Meg Llamados 6 3 .667[a] 1 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Alaska Aces 5 4 .556 2
5 Barako Bull Energy Cola 4 5 .444[b] 3
6 Meralco Bolts 4 5 .444[b] 3
7 Powerade Tigers 4 5 .444[b] 3
8 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 3 6 .333[c] 4
9 Petron Blaze Boosters 3 6 .333[c] 4
10 Air21 Express 3 6 .333[c] 4
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 93–84 B-Meg
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.04, Meralco 1.01, Powerade 0.95; sixth seed playoff: Meralco 102–98 Powerade
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.12, Petron 1.11, Air21 0.80

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals
(Best-of-3) 		Semifinals
(Best-of-5) 		Finals
(Best-of-7)
1 Talk 'N Text 3
4 Alaska 1 5 Barako Bull 2
5 Barako Bull 2 1 Talk 'N Text 3
3 B-Meg 4
2 Barangay Ginebra 1
3 B-Meg 2 3 B-Meg 3
6 Meralco 1
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Finals[]

Main article: 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 3–4 B-Meg Llamados 82–88 104–102 87–91 100–85 66–82 92–82 84–90 (OT)
  • Finals MVP: James Yap (B-Meg)
  • Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra)
  • Best Import of the Conference: Denzel Bowles (B-Meg)

2012 Governors' Cup[]

Main article: 2012 PBA Governors' Cup

Notable events[]

Robert Jaworski's retired jersey banner at the rafters of the Smart Araneta Coliseum during the retirement ceremonies.
  • The Barangay Ginebra Kings announced the retirement of Robert Jaworski's #7 jersey. The ceremony was held on July 8 before the start of the semifinals game between Barangay Ginebra and Petron Blaze.[15]
  • In commemoration of the jersey retirement of Robert Jaworski, the Barangay Ginebra Kings wore their throwback 1985 Ginebra San Miguel white jerseys (with slight modifications, specifically the replacement of the La Tondeña "G" logo with the current GSM yellow logo), on their semifinal game against Petron Blaze.
  • PBA referee Peter Balao was suspended until the end of the season after a miss call of a three-second violation during the knockout game between the Barako Bull Energy and the Powerade Tigers.[16]
  • Following the loss of Barako Bull Energy against the Powerade Tigers in their knockout game, Don Allado of Barako Bull posted on his Twitter account his frustrations and mentioned that the PBA games are fixed.[16] The Twitter posts were later deleted by Allado within a day and issued an apology to the league and the PBA officials.[17] PBA Commissioner Chito Salud called Allado to his office to explain his accusations. Allado was later fined Php 500,000; Php 300,000 will go the PBA players educational trust fund and Php 200,000 to a charitable institution of his choice. Allado is also banned for one conference from all PBA related activities.[18][19] The fine became the largest penalty for a player since Wynne Arboleda's fine after a violent altercation with a fan during their game against Smart Gilas in 2009.[20]

Player movement[]

Key transactions:
Trades:

Coaching changes[]

  • On April 16, 2012 coach Joel Banal of the Alaska Aces who was signed to a three-year deal, resigned from the team after losing the quarterfinal series against the Barako Bull Energy. Luigi Trillo, the son of Alaska team manager , assistant coach of Alaska and former head coach of the PBA D-League Cebuana Lhuillier Gems, was appointed to replace Banal. Trillo also stated that he will reinstate the triangle offense in Alaska.

Elimination round[]

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 1 .889 — Advance to semifinal round
2 B-Meg Llamados 6 3 .667 2
3 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 5 4 .556[a] 3
4 Barangay Ginebra Kings 5 4 .556[a] 3
5 Petron Blaze Boosters 5 4 .556[a] 3
6 Meralco Bolts 4 5 .444[b] 4
7 Powerade Tigers 4 5 .444[b] 4
8 Barako Bull Energy Cola 4 5 .444[b] 4
9 Alaska Aces 2 7 .222[c] 6
10 Air21 Express 2 7 .222[c] 6
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Head-to-head differential: Talk 'N Text +18, Barangay Ginebra 0, Petron −18
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Head-to-head differential: Meralco +11, Barako Bull +8, Powerade −18; sixth seed playoffs: Powerade 99–95 Barako Bull, Meralco 94–86 Powerade
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 110–80 Air21

Semifinal round[]

Finals[]

Main article: 2012 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 4–3 B-Meg Llamados 91–80 80–85 93–84 94–89 81–91 81–97 83–76

Individual awards[]

Leo Awards[]

Main article: The PBA Leo Awards

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps[]

Cumulative standings[]

Champion
Second place
Semifinalist
Quarterfinalist
Elimination round
Team GP W L PCT Best finish
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 62 40 22 .645 Champions
B-Meg Llamados 62 38 24 .612 Champions
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 53 31 22 .585 Champions
Barangay Ginebra Kings 45 26 19 .577 Semifinalist
Petron Blaze Boosters 46 23 23 .500 Semifinalist
Meralco Bolts 44 21 23 .477 Semifinalist
Powerade Tigers 49 22 27 .449 Runner-up
Barako Bull Energy 42 18 24 .429 Semifinalist
Alaska Aces 35 11 24 .314 Quarterfinalist
Air21 Express/Shopinas.com Clickers 32 5 27 .156 Elimination round

Elimination rounds[]

Team GP W L PCT
B-Meg Llamados 32 22 10 .688
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 32 22 10 .688
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 32 20 12 .625
Barangay Ginebra Kings 32 20 12 .625
Petron Blaze Boosters 32 17 15 .531
Meralco Bolts 32 16 16 .500
Powerade Tigers 32 14 18 .438
Barako Bull Energy 32 14 18 .438
Alaska Aces 32 10 22 .313
Air21 Express/Shopinas.com Clickers 32 5 27 .156

Playoffs[]

Team GP W L PCT
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 30 18 12 .600
B-Meg Llamados 30 16 14 .533
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 21 11 10 .524
Powerade Tigers 17 8 9 .471
Barangay Ginebra Kings 13 6 7 .461
Petron Blaze Boosters 14 6 8 .429
Meralco Bolts 12 5 7 .417
Barako Bull Energy 10 4 6 .400
Alaska Aces 3 1 2 .333
Air21 Express/Shopinas.com Clickers 0 0 0 N/A

References[]

  1. ^ GIN-ROS TIFF, HALL OF FAME INDUCTION USHER 37TH SEASON, PBA.ph, October 1, 2011
  2. ^ PBA now accepting draft applicants ABS-CBNnews.com
  3. ^ Powerade acquires Kramer, Vanlandingham Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, Reynaldo Belen, interaksyon.com, August 26, 2011
  4. ^ B-MEG SNARES BARROCA IN 3-WAY DEAL, PBA.ph, September 6, 2011
  5. ^ Lina firm to be PBA’s first dot-com company Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, Reynaldo Belen, interaksyon.com, July 20, 2011
  6. ^ Air 21 franchise renamed to Barako for next PBA season Archived 2011-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, Reynaldo Belen, interaksyon.com, August 23, 2011
  7. ^ PBA approves salary cap increase, sets standard bonus scheme Archived 2012-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, September 8, 2011
  8. ^ Uneven playing field: The PBA is a league of haves and have-nots Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Reynaldo Belen and Jaemark Tordecilla, InterAKTV, September 5, 2011
  9. ^ Tanquingcen, Uichico to co-coach Ginebra next season Archived 2011-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, by: Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, August 26, 2011
  10. ^ It's official: Tim Cone leaves Alaska, By: Dino Maragay, The Philippine Star, September 1, 2011
  11. ^ Cone ends 22-year partnership with Alaska, Banal is new coach, GMA News Online, September 1, 2011
  12. ^ Tim Cone is B-MEG's new head coach, GMA News Online, September 14, 2011
  13. ^ Del Rosario chosen as new B-Meg coach; Gallent slides down as assistant Archived 2011-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, by: Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, August 30, 2011
  14. ^ Star-filled PBA Opening Ceremonies at Smart Araneta Coliseum Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Kaye Estoista-Koo, Philippine Entertainment Portal, October 3, 2011
  15. ^ Ginebra retires Robert Jaworksi's No. 7 jersey, Erwin Santiago, Philippine Entertainment Portal, June 29, 2012
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b PBA suspends referee, as Allado rips league after Barako's exit, GMA News Online, July 4, 2012
  17. ^ PBA: Game-fixing accusations come from sore losers - Salud, GMA News Online, July 4, 2012
  18. ^ ALLADO FINED P.5M, SACKED FOR 1 CONFERENCE, PBA.ph, July 5, 2012
  19. ^ After tweeting game-fixing charges, PBA player slapped with record-setting fine, Mark Zambrano, GMA News Online, July 5, 2012
  20. ^ PBA: How does Allado's P500k fine stack up against the biggest PBA penalties?, Adrian Dy, GMA News Online, July 5, 2012

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