San Mig Coffee Mixers Basketball

There will be no battle for third place starting this PBA Philippine Cup. B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados is 4th place in the standings while Barangay Ginebra Kings takes 3rd place.

PBA Philippine Cup Finals
San Miguel Beermen vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Game 1 January 22, 2011, 5:30 pm, Victorias City…

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2010-2011 Philippine Cup Semifinals Game 6
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Talk N Text defeats Derby Ace 89-72

B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados will not be defending their All-Filipino title in the current PBA Philippine Cup as they lose to Talk N Text Tropang Texters in 6 games of their best-of-seven semifinals series. Talk N Text is back in the finals and is waiting for the winner of the San Miguel vs Ginebra matchup, with San Miguel still leading the series, 3-2…

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2010-2011 Philippine Cup Semifinals Game 5
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Derby Ace defeats Talk N Text 97-83

A big fourth quarter by Talk N Text led by Jason Castro moved the Tropang Texters closer to the finals with a 3-2 edge over Derby Ace and now the Llamados must win Game 6 and 7 to defend their All-Filipino crown. James Yap led B-Meg with 24 points but the current MVP could not give the team a crucial game 5 win in their best-of-seven semifinals.

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2010-2011 Philippine Cup Semifinals Game 4
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Derby Ace defeats Talk N Text 98-93

MVP James Yap led B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados to a win versus the Talk N Text Tropang Texters with 26 points, but it was Rico Maierhofer and Marc Pingris who set the tone for the game and grabbed crucial rebounds in the 4th quarter to tie this best-of-seven semifinals series at 2-2…

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2010-2011 Philippine Cup Semifinals Game 3
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Talk N Text defeats Derby Ace 92-78

The defense of Talk N Text clamped down on Peter June Simon and James Yap as the Tropang Texters takes Game 3, 92-78 and now lead the best-of-seven series, 2-1. The high scoring duo of Derby Ace scored only 9 points and 8 points respectively as B-Meg lost their momentum in their big win in Game 2…

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2010-2011 Philippine Cup Semifinals Game 2
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Derby Ace wins 88-87

James Yap made a name for himself by making big plays offensively during crucial end game situations and Yap made another big play but not in scoring but in defending and preserving the 1-point lead of the Llamados to tie their best-of-seven series with Talk N Text in the current PBA Philippine Cup semifinals. James Yap playing sick in this game scored only 13 points.

James Yap missed 1 of 2 free throws to give B-Meg a 3-point lead, 88-85 with 37.8 seconds remaining in the game, TNT courtesy of an alley-oop dunk from Kelly Williams gave Derby Ace just a 1-point lead with still 37.4 seconds remaining. Peter June Simon who scored 28 points and grabbed 8 rebounds missed a shot and was rebounded by Talk N Text but the TNT players forgot to call a timeout and a defensive play by James Yap led to a steal with time running out.

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2010-2011 Philippine Cup Semifinals Game 1
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Talk N Text wins 98-91

Derby Ace Llamados James Yap scored a conference-high 36 points but Talk N Text Tropang Texters takes game 1 of their best-of-seven semifinals series in the current PBA Philippine Cup. TNT led by 19 in the third quarter before B-Meg came back in the final quarter cutting the lead to 3, 90-87, but Jimmy Alapag made a 4-point play off a foul from the three-point range to extend the lead of Talk N Text to 7 with 2 minutes left in the game…

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2010-2011 Philippine Cup Quarterfinals Game 2
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Meralco Bolts
Derby Ace wins 92-88

The B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados led by 21 points early in the game but the Meralco Bolts never backed down and cut down the lead to three points in the 4th quarter but fell short as Derby Ace setup a semifinals matchup against Talk N Text Tropang Texters…

PBA Philippine Cup Quarterfinals Best-of-three series
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Meralco Bolts
December 22, 2010, 7:30pm, Araneta Coliseum
Derby Ace leads series 1-0

The B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados will try to end their best-of-three series tonight against the Meralco Bolts and force a semifinals matchup against Talk N Text Tropang Texters. Derby Ace defeated Meralco in game 1, 106-97 in a thrilling double overtime game. Game time will be at 7:30pm at the Big Dome…

Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup Quarterfinals

Top two teams with twice to beat advantage – December 19, 2010
Talk N Text Tropang Texters (107) defeats Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (92) – TNT advances to semifinals
San Miguel Beermen (97) defeats Air 21 Express (75) – SMB advances to semifinals

Best-of-three series Game 1 – December 17, 2010
Derby Ace Llamados (106) defeats Meralco Bolts (97)
Alaska Aces (104) defeats Barangay Ginebra Kings (101)…