2009 PBA Fiesta Conference

2009 PBA Fiesta Conference
Duration	February 28 – July 17, 2009
TV partner(s)	C/S9, Basketball TV (Local); The Filipino Channel (International)
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Barangay Ginebra Kings
Awards
Best Player	Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra)
Best Import	Gabe Freeman (San Miguel)
Finals MVP	Jonas Villanueva (San Miguel)
PBA Fiesta Conference chronology
	< 2008 2010 >
PBA conference chronology
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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 managemend 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.

Group A:

Group B:

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 9–2, 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	Advance to semifinals
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	Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4	One-game playoff 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	Twice-to-win in the wildcard round

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine
Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10
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	SLR	SMB	TNT
Alaska		90–92	82–81	88–106	85–89	94–84	94–96	90–100	89–93	122–124
Barako Bull	90–100		103–111	110–123	103–106	92–96	83–93	91–100	92–99	135–132
Barangay Ginebra	75–76			106–110	110–103	107–105	93–107	76–80	80–95	97–90
Burger King		99–89	94–100		127–109	78–82	112–118	96–84	105–114	105–118
Coca-Cola		120–106	85–122			89–80	94–91*	88–79	91–106	111–133
Purefoods	74–80			86–96	92–85		102–94*	93–91	103–122	131–121
Rain or Shine		103–97	89–94			110–90		100–109	95–102	96–102
Sta. Lucia		98–88	98–101			104–95	90–82		92–98	106–100
San Miguel	91–84			105–107*	89–105		72–82	92–90		98–87
Talk 'N Text	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.

Wildcard phase			Quarterfinals (Best-of-3)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#4 twice to beat)
4	Burger King	96
9	Alaska	90
			4	Burger King	2
	(One-game playoff)		5	Sta. Lucia	1	4	Burger King	2
5	Sta. Lucia	94				1	San Miguel	4
8	Coca-Cola	88
									1	San Miguel	4
	(#3 twice-to-beat)								2	Ginebra	3
3	Rain or Shine	96
10	Barako Bull	88				2	Ginebra	4
			3	Rain or Shine	2	3	Rain or Shine	2
	(One-game playoff)		6	Purefoods	1				Third place playoff
6	Purefoods (2OT)	126							4	Burger King	132
7	Talk 'N Text	123								3	Rain or Shine	118

2009 PBA Fiesta Conference

Format

Classification round

Team standings

Results

Eighth seed playoff

Second seed playoff

Bracket

Wildcard phase

Quarterfinals

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

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

Semifinals

(1) San Miguel vs (4) Burger King

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

Third place playoff

Finals

Awards

Players of the Week

Statistical leaders

Locals

Imports

Imports

References

External links