Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-Seven Finals Game 4
Talk N Text Tropang Texters defeats B-Meg Llamados, 100-185
Game Highlights:
-Best Import Denzel Bowles with 17 points along with 9 rebounds and 6 assists
-Joe Devance also with 17 points (5/9 from the field and 6/6 from the Free Throw line)
-Josh Urbiztondo scored 15 points (4/6 from three-point range)
-James Yap with 14 points but was only 1/9 from the three-point line
-TNT locals Jared Dillinger and Larry Fonacier led the team with 18 points each
-Referee Art Herrera stepped on Tim Cone’s foot that led to Cone falling down
-Both Joe Devance (Throwing the ball on Raymundo’s face) and Pamboy Raymundo (2 Flagrant Foul 1 in 14 seconds) were ejected in the 4th quarter
-Tim Cone left the playing court and went to the dug-out with still a minute left in the game
-Best-of-seven series now tied at 2-2
Game scores:…
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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-Seven Finals Game 3
B-Meg Llamados defeats Talk N Text Tropang Texters, 91-87
Game Highlights:
-Import Denzel Bowles led B-Meg with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks
-James Yap led the locals with 21 points (4/9 from three-point range)
-Josh Urbiztondo and Peter June Simon both scored 12 points
-B-Meg now leads series 2-1
Game Scores:…
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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-Seven Finals Game 2
Talk N Text Tropang Texters defeats B-Meg Llamados, 104-102
Game Highlights:
-Import Denzel Bowles (33 points/13 rebounds) and James Yap (25 points/8 rebounds) led the Llamados in scoring but both had miscues at the end game
-Game 1 hero Peter June Simon with only 10 points
-B-Meg was 10/19 from three-point range (52.6%)
-B-Meg with 16 turnovers and TNT with only 7 TOs
-Josh Urbiztondo scored 15 points including 3 straight three-point shots in the 2nd quarter
-TNT Import Donnel Harvey led the team with 29 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists
-But the hero of TNT was Jason Castro (23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists) who single-handedly carried TNT in the last 2-minutes
-With the win, Talk N Text ties the best-of-seven series at 1-1
Game Scores:…
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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-Seven Finals Game 1
B-Meg Llamados defeats Talk N Text Tropang Texters, 88-82
Game Highlights:
-Best Player of the Game: Peter June Simon with 18 points (9/11 from the field)
-Import Denzel Bowles led the team in scoring with 25 points along with 11 rebounds
-Joe Devance and Marc Pingris with 11 points each
-James Yap with only 9 points but contributed 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals
-Rafi Reavis led B-Meg in rebounding with 12 rebounds
-B-Meg missed 12 free throws but Talk N Text missed 20 free throws
-The Llamados struggled from the 3-point line, only 1/8 with Joe Devance having the lone 3-pointer
-TNT Import Donnel Harvey led the Tropang Texters with 25 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals
-B-Meg now leads best-of-seven series 1-0
-Game 2 on Wednesday, April 25, 6:45pm at the Smart Araneta Coliseum
Game Scores:…
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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Finals Game 1
Monday, April 23, 2012, 6:45pm
Smart Araneta Coliseum
B-Meg Llamados vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Key Matchups:
Import: Denzel Bowles vs Donnel Harvey
Point Guard: Josh Urbiztondo/Mark Barroca vs Jimmy Alapag
Shooting Guard: James Yap/Peter June Simon vs Jason Castro/Ryan Reyes
Forwards: Joe Devance/Marc Pingris vs Kelly Williams/Ranidel de Ocampo
Forwards: JC Intal vs Jared Dillinger
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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-Five Semifinals Game 4
B-Meg Llamados defeats Barangay Ginebra Kings, 108-84
Game Highlights:
-Import Denzel Bowles led B-Meg with 34 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists
-Joe Devance led the locals with 18 points
-James Yap contributed 16 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists
-Peter June Simon was also in double-digits with 11 points
-Marc Pingris with 7 points and 13 rebounds
-14 total steals for the Llamados
-27 assists for B-Meg
-B-Meg with 46-30 edge in rebounding
-Rookie Dylan Ababou led Ginebra with 17 points
-B-Meg wins series 3-1
-B-Meg now in the PBA Commissioners Cup Finals against winner of Talk N Text vs Barako Bull tomorrow
-Tim Cone’s 24th Finals Appearance and 1st with B-Meg
Game Scores:…
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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-Five Semifinals Game 3
Barangay Ginebra Kings defeats B-Meg Llamados, 88-79
Game Highlights:
-Former Llamados player Nino Canaleta led Ginebra with 23 points (7/15 from the field, 5/6 from FT)
-Former Ginebra JC Intal had his best game in B-Meg uniform with 18 points and 8 rebounds
-Mike Cortez with a rare triple-double (17 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists)
-Import Denzel Bowles was held to only 11 points but still grabbed 10 rebounds
-Peter June Simon and James Yap combined for 29 points but could not help B-Meg finish series
-Marc Pingris ejected in the 2nd quarter with 2 technical fouls (1 technical against Canaleta and 1 technical against Raymundo)
-B-Meg still lead best-of-five series, 2-1
Game scores:…
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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-Five Semifinals Game 2
B-Meg Llamados defeats Barangay Ginebra Kings, 83-77
Game Highlights:
-Import Denzel Bowles led B-Meg with 21 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks
-Great game by James Yap with 16 points (2/3 from 3-point range/4/8 from 2-point-range)
-5 players in double-figure: Peter June Simon (15), Josh Urbiztondo (12) and Marc Pingris (12)
-Former Llamados Nino Canaleta led Ginebra with 19 points
-Another Former B-Meg player Kerby Raymundo was a non-factor with 5 points
-B-Meg now with 2-0 lead in best-of-five semifinals series, 1 win away from finals
Game scores:…
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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-Five Semifinals
B-Meg Llamados defeats Barangay Ginebra Kings, 82-67
Game Highlights:
-Import Denzel Bowles led the Llamados with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
-Peter June Simon as the only local player in double digit with 13 points
-3 players scored 9 points: Joe Devance, James Yap and Yancy de Ocampo
-Mark Caguiao did not play due to an injury
-The Llamados only scored 8 points in the 1st quarter and Ginebra had their biggest lead at 15 in the 2nd quarter
-It was a physical game marked by the scuffle between Marc Pingris/Rico Villanueva and Jackson Vroman/Yancy de Ocampo
-But B-Meg held Ginebra to just 8 points in the 2nd quarter and 13 points in the 3rd quarter
-B-Meg now leads best-of-five series 1-0
Game scores:…
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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-three Quarterfinals
B-Meg Llamados defeats Meralco Bolts, 86-76
Game Highlights:
-Denzel Bowles led the Llamados with 28 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks
-Peter June Simon led the locals with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals
-Joe Devance contributed 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals
-James Yap scored only 9 points but grabbed 10 rebounds
-Marc Pingris had 14 rebounds
-Jonas Villanueva did not score but was a big factor in the 4th quarter with 2 rebounds and 2 assists
-B-Meg held Meralco to only 9 points in the 4th quarter
-B-Meg wins series 2-1, after losing game 1
-B-Meg will face Ginebra in the semifinals
Game scores:…
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April 30, 2012
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