Purefoods Basketball

Philippine Basketball Association
2010 Fiesta Conference Battle for 3rd Place
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Friday, August 6, 2010, 5pm, Araneta Coliseum

Alaska Aces defeats Talk N Text Tropang Texters, 90-81 to setup a showdown in the PBA finals vs San Miguel Beermen, while B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados will now face Talk N Text Tropang Texters for 3rd place in 1 game playoff this Friday at 5pm. Derby Ace hopes to finish the PBA 35th season on a high note.

Derby Ace players Rico Maierhofer and James Yap also has a chance to win Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards, respectively which will be awarded before Game 3.

Please support our team in their last game this 35th Season.

2010 PBA Fiesta Conference Semifinals Game 7 Alaska Aces vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 7pm – Araneta Coliseum Expect a great match today as Alaska and Talk N Text battle it out in Game 7 for the right to face San Miguel Beermen in the Fiesta Conference Finals. The loser [...]

2010 PBA Fiesta Conference Semifinals Game 5
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs San Miguel Beermen

Best Player of the Game: Marc Pingris – 17pts, 10rebs, 4asts

Gabe Freeman vs Don Allado

Tony Washam with 28pts, 8rebs and 3asts

Alex Cabagnot between defenders

Yap-Artadi combination

More pictures at the Derby Ace vs San Miguel Semifinals Gallery

After winning the Best Player of the Conference and Finals MVP in the Philippine Cup, James Yap has a big chance to gain his second Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award this year despite the Derby Ace Llamados (Purefoods TJ Giants) losing in the semifinals vs San Miguel.

While Kerby Raymundo was nursing with an injury, James Yap led almost all the games of the Llamados as their leading scorer among all the locals. Even though there were a lot of distractions physically and emotionally for James, he almost carried the team to another finals appearance. Yap averaged 23PPG against Rain or Shine in the Quarterfinals and 16.33PPG against the tight defense of San Miguel in the Semifinals.

Philippine Basketball Association 2010 Fiesta Conference Semifinals Game 6 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs San Miguel Beermen San Miguel wins 9-83 San Miguel Beermen is back in the finals after beating B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados, 91-83 and ending their best of seven semifinals series 4-2. San Miguel got back at Derby Ace (Known as Purefoods [...]

2010 PBA Fiesta Conference Semifinals Game 6 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs San Miguel Beermen Sunday, August 1, 2010, 6:30pm, Araneta Coliseum August 1 will always be remembered as the day former President Cory Aquino passed away. As everyone knows, Cory Aquino was James Yaps biggest fan, and to commemorate the death of her mother-in-law, [...]

Philippine Basketball Association 2010 Fiesta Conference Semifinals Game 5 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs San Miguel Beermen Derby Ace wins 88-82 Derby Ace Llamados extends the series by beating San Miguel Beermen, 88-82 led by Derby Ace Import Tony Washam with 28pts, 8rebs and 3asts (12/13 from the free throw line) and more importantly, Washam [...]

2010 PBA Fiesta Conference Semifinals Game 5 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs San Miguel Beermen July 30, 2010, 5pm – Araneta Coliseum Purefoods has comeback from a 0-2 and 3-1 series deficit in the past and is only 1 of 2 teams to win 3 straight wins after being down 3-1 (against Alaska in 2006). [...]

Video of the i-Witness Documentary by Howie Severino titled “Bilog and Bola” featuring James Yap, shown on GMA 7

Philippine Basketball Association 2010 Fiesta Conference Semifinals Game 4 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs San Miguel Beermen San Miguel wins 83-75 San Miguel outrebounded Derby Ace 61-45 as they take a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven semifinals series and try to close out on Game 5 this Friday, 5pm at the Araneta Coliseum. James Yap [...]