2006–07 PBA season

The 2006–07 PBA season was the 32nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season started September 28 in Guam and began its formal opening on October 1 at the Araneta Coliseum, and ended on July 20. The league started the season with the All-Filipino Conference, now known as the PBA Philippine Cup while the PBA Fiesta Conference, an import laced tournament, ended the season.

2006–07 PBA season
2006–07 PBA season
DurationSeptember 28, 2006 – July 20, 2007
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Local: ABC
International: The Filipino Channel
Draft
Top draft pickKelly Williams
Picked bySta. Lucia Realtors
Conferences
Philippine Cup championsBarangay Ginebra Kings
  Runners-upSan Miguel Beermen
Fiesta Conference championsAlaska Aces
  Runners-upTalk 'N Text Phone Pals
Awards
Season MVPWillie Miller (Alaska)
Top scorerMark Caguioa (Ginebra)
Seasons

Philippine Basketball League team Welcoat Paintmasters became the tenth member of the league after acquiring the franchise from the defunct Shell Turbo Chargers. The Welcoat franchise has been renamed Welcoat Dragons

Opening ceremonies

The season began on October 1 with the Barangay Ginebra Kings defeating the expansion team Welcoat Dragons, 102-69 in the opener.

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team Muse
Air21 Express Tanya Garcia
Alaska Aces Gelli de Belen
Barangay Ginebra Kings Angelica Panganiban
Coca-Cola Tigers
Purefoods Chunkee Giants 26K girls
Red Bull Barako Milena Krahvicova
San Miguel Beermen Valerie Concepcion
Sta. Lucia Realtors Precious Lara Quigaman
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Pauleen Luna
Welcoat Dragons Bianca King

2006-07 Philippine Cup

Notable events

  • On November 19, Red Bull's Enrico Villanueva and Coca-Cola's Joseph Yeo and Mike Gavino had an altercation at the Araneta Coliseum parking lot after the Tigers' loss to Red Bull. After a meeting at Commissioner Noli Eala's office, Yeo and Villanueva mended their ways. Gavino, Allan Salansang (of Coca-Cola) and Manny Ramos (of Red Bull) gave their testimonies. Villanueva and Yeo previously had an altercation at the Ateneo-La Salle Dream Game, in which Villanueva played for Ateneo while Yeo played for La Salle.[1]
  • On November 30, Red Bull coach Yeng Guiao and Talk 'N Text team manager Frankie Lim featured in a shouting match as Asi Taulava of Talk 'N Text and Carlo Sharma of Red Bull figured in an altercation, in a game held at Tacloban City. Guiao and Lim were later ejected at the playing court.[2] Guiao and Lim were later suspended for two games.
  • The PBA board approved the passing of the "Restricted Trading List (RTL)," a list of one, later two, players that can't be traded for, unless the replacement is also in the RTL. Qualifications for inclusion in the RTL include statistical points, salaries, longevity and marketability of a player. The RTL is designed to prevent one-sided trades, or trades that will favor only one team.[3]
  • San Miguel Corporation (SMC) sold all of its shares of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines to the Coca-Cola Company for US$590 million. The fate of the Coca-Cola Tigers is in doubt but rumors say that SMC will transfer the Tigers into different subsidiary.[4]
  • Air21 Express traded Yancy de Ocampo and Leo Avenido in exchange for Abby Santos, Mark Andaya and two first round picks in 2009 and 2010 to the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals.[5]

Elimination round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra Kings 13 5 .722[lower-alpha 1] Advance to semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 13 5 .722[lower-alpha 1]
3 Red Bull Barako 11 7 .611 2 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 10 8 .556[lower-alpha 2] 3
5 Purefoods Chunkee Giants 10 8 .556[lower-alpha 2] 3
6 Sta. Lucia Realtors 10 8 .556[lower-alpha 2] 3 Advance to wildcard round
7 Alaska Aces 8 10 .444 5
8 Air21 Express 7 11 .389 6
9 Coca-Cola Tigers 5 13 .278 8
10 Welcoat Dragons 3 15 .167 10
Source:
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +1, San Miguel 1
  2. Head-to-head differential: Talk 'N Text +4, Purefoods +3, Sta. Lucia 7; fifth-seed playoff: Purefoods 92–78 Sta. Lucia

Wildcard phase

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Finals
                           
        1 Barangay Ginebra 4  
  4 Talk 'N Text 3     4 Talk 'N Text 2    
  5 Purefoods 1         1 Barangay Ginebra 4
      2 San Miguel 2
        2 San Miguel 4    
  3 Red Bull 3     3 Red Bull 3   Third place
  6 Sta. Lucia 1   4 Talk 'N Text 124
  3 Red Bull 111

Finals results

2007 Fiesta Conference

Notable events

Elimination round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Red Bull Barako 13 5 .722 Advance to semifinals
2 Alaska Aces 12 6 .667[lower-alpha 1] 1
3 Barangay Ginebra Kings 12 6 .667[lower-alpha 1] 1 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 11 7 .611 2
5 Air21 Express 10 8 .556[lower-alpha 2] 3
6 San Miguel Beermen 10 8 .556[lower-alpha 2] 3 Advance to wildcard round
7 Coca-Cola Tigers 7 11 .389 6
8 Purefoods Chunkee Giants 6 12 .333 7
9 Sta. Lucia Realtors 5 13 .278 8
10 Welcoat Dragons 4 14 .222 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Second-seed playoff: Alaska 103–95 Barangay Ginebra
  2. Fifth-seed playoff: Air21 103–99 San Miguel

Playoffs

Wildcard phase
Knockout games
Quarter finals
Best of 3 series
Semi finals
Best of 7 series
Finals
Best of 7 series
                                             
    3  Brgy. Ginebra 1  
    6  San Miguel 2  
6  San Miguel 102       6  San Miguel 2  
9  Sta. Lucia 85       2  Alaska 4  
  6  San Miguel 102       2  Alaska 4
  7  Coca-Cola 101       4  Talk 'N Text 3
7  Coca-Cola 100     1  Red Bull 2
8  Purefoods 97       4  Talk 'N Text 4      Third place playoff
  4  Talk 'N Text 2     6  San Miguel 96
  5  Air21 1     1  Red Bull 103

Finals results

2007 All-Star Weekend

The 2007 PBA All-Star Weekend was held at San Fernando City, La Union and Baguio. The winners were:

April 26
Rookies 122, Sophomores 107
Pacoy Ortega Gym, San Fernando City
Arwind Santos named the game's most valuable player.
  • All-Star Game:
April 29
South All-Stars 142, North All-Stars 145
Jayjay Helterbrand and Willie Miller named the game's co-most valuable players.

Manila Invitational

As part of the warmups for the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship 2007, the PBA invited four national teams taking part in the Asian Championships for the first PBA-Smart Manila Invitational Championships.

Preliminary round

Pos Team W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Lebanon 2 1 255 219 +36 Advance to Final
2  Philippines 2 1 254 239 +15
3  China 2 1 246 245 +1 Proceed to third-place playoff
4  Syria 0 3 233 285 52
Source: PBA.ph
ABC Development Corporation
July 12
Prelims
China  9894  Syria
ABC Development Corporation
July 12
Prelims
Philippines  8883  Lebanon
ABC Development Corporation
July 13
Prelims
Syria  6095  Lebanon
ABC Development Corporation
July 13
Prelims
Philippines  7477  China
ABC Development Corporation
July 14
Prelims
China  7177  Lebanon
ABC Development Corporation
July 14
Prelims
Philippines  9279  Syria

Final

ABC Development Corporation
July 15
3rd place
Syria  9085  China
ABC Development Corporation
July 15
Final
Lebanon  8187  Philippines

Awards

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Willie Miller (Alaska)
  • Rookie of the Year: Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia)
  • First Mythical Team:
    • Gary David (Air21)
    • Willie Miller (Alaska)
    • Jay Washington (Talk 'N Text)
    • Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia)
    • Dorian Peña (San Miguel)
  • Second Mythical Team:
  • All-Defensive Team:
    • Nelbert Omolon (Sta. Lucia)
    • Arwind Santos (Air21)
    • Harvey Carey (Talk 'N Text)
    • Wynne Arboleda (Air21)
    • Gary David (Air21)
  • Most Improved Player: Gary David (Air21)
  • Sportsmanship Award: Gary David (Air21)
  • Mr. Energy: Ronald Tubid (Brgy. Ginebra)

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

Cumulative standings

Overall standings

Champion
Second place
Third place
Semifinalist
Quarterfinalist
Wildcard qualifier
Elimination round
TeamGPWLPCTBest finish
Barangay Ginebra Kings5234180.654Champion
Red Bull Barako5533220.600Third place
Alaska Aces5330230.566Champion
San Miguel Beermen6235270.565Runner-up
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals6535300.538Runner-up
Air21 Express4422220.500Quarterfinalist
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants4118230.439Quarterfinalist
Sta. Lucia Realtors4417270.386Quarterfinalist
Coca-Cola Tigers4114270.341Wildcard qualifier
Welcoat Dragons367290.194Elimination round

Elimination rounds

TeamWLPCT
Barangay Ginebra Kings25110.694
Red Bull Barako24120.667
San Miguel Beermen23130.639
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals21150.583
Alaska Aces20160.556
Air21 Express17190.472
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants16200.444
Sta. Lucia Realtors15210.417
Coca-Cola Tigers12240.333
Welcoat Dragons7290.194

Playoffs

Includes one-game playoffs.

TeamWLPCT
Air21 Express530.625
Alaska Aces1070.588
Barangay Ginebra Kings970.563
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals14150.483
Red Bull Barako9100.474
San Miguel Beermen12140.461
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants230.400
Coca-Cola Tigers230.400
Sta. Lucia Realtors230.400
Welcoat Dragons000.000

Eala's resignation

League commissioner Noli Eala resigned on August 8, 2007 after being disbarred by the Supreme Court on charges infidelity.

References

  1. Villanueva, Yeo talk things over, settle feud. Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star. Published Wednesday, Nov 22, 2006, accessed Dec 2, 2006.
  2. Bulls trip Pals; refs eject Yeng, TnT manager. Published Friday, Dec 01, 2006, accessed Dec 2, 2006.
  3. PBA shuts door on one-sided trade deals Archived 2007-01-03 at the Wayback Machine by Musong Castillo. The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Published Dec 24, 2006, accessed January 3, 2007.
  4. SMC sells share in Coke; disbandment looms by Nelson Beltran. The Philippine Star. Published Dec 31, 2006, accessed January 3, 2007.
  5. Yancy returns to Talk n Text in trade deal by Nelson Beltran. The Philippine Star. Published Dec 28, 2006, accessed January 3, 2007.
  6. PBA IN MOURNING: “KUME” JUN B, 59: Longest-serving commissioner in fatal heart attack. PBA.ph
  7. "Realtors ship Duremdes, Cabagnot to Tigers". Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  8. VILLANUEVA—ADDUCUL SWAP SEALED PBA.ph
  9. WITH ELLIS BACK, ACES EYE OUTRIGHT SEMIS PLAYOFF; DO-OR-DIE FOR WELCOAT; Adducul goes to Purefoods which seeks outright wildcard slot along with SLR PBA.ph
  10. Competitive balance? by Ronnie Nathanielsz at the Manila Standard Today
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