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Courtside Reporter Erika Padilla got really wet during the locker room celebration of B-Meg Llamados after winning the 2012 PBA Commissioners Cup Championship. Erika Padilla interviews JC Intal, Marc Pingris, Josh Urbiztondo, Peter June Simon, Joe Devance and the bouncing Mark Barroca.

Congratulation to Denzel Bowles for winning the Best Import of the Conference Award!

Happy Birthday 23rd Birthday also! (Born May 1, 1989)

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:…

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:…

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

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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-three Quarterfinals
B-Meg Llamados defeats Meralco Bolts, 96-94

Game Highlights:
-Marc Pingris led the Llamados with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks
-Import Denzel Bowles scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds
-3 other players scored in double-figures; Peter June Simon (15), Josh Urbiztondo (13), Joe Devance (10)
-James Yap only scored 8 points but also contributed 3 rebounds and 6 assists
-Mac Cardona was ejected in the opening quarter with 2 technical fouls
-With the ejection of Mac Cardona, B-Meg had a big 1st quarter lead, 32-13
-Do-or-die game 3 on Sunday, 6:30pm at the Smart Araneta Coliseum

Game scores:…

Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-three Quarterfinals Series
Meralco Bolts defeats B-Meg Llamados, 103-81

Game Highlights:
-James Yap led B-Meg with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists
-Coach Tim Cone was thrown-out in the 4th quarter because of 2 technical fouls
-Import Denzel Bowles only had 18 points and 7 rebounds and was outplayed by Meralco import Earl Barron
-Meralco led by as much as 23 points in the 1st half but the Llamados cut down the lead to 3 in the 4th quarter
-But after cutting lead to 3, 77-80, Meralco had an 18-0 blast led by Mac Cardona with 22 points
-Peter June Simon was the only Llamados (besides Bowles and Yap) in double-digits with 12 points
-Guard Jonas Villanueva is back from an injury and played 7 minutes (1 rebound and 2 assists)
-Meralco lead series 1-0 and 1 win away from semifinals

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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Elimination Round
B-Meg Llamados defeats Barangay Ginebra Kings, 93-84

Game Highlights:
-James Yap led B-Meg with 18 points and 6 rebounds but only 1/6 from 3-point range
-Llamados import Denzel Bowles scored only 12 points and grabbed only 9 rebounds, way below his average
-Former B-Meg Nino “KG” Canaleta led Ginebra with 25 points
-With the loss, B-Meg will now face Meralco in a best of three quarterfinals series
-B-Meg led for 3 quarters before Ginebra pulled away in the 4th quarter with a 19-2 run

Game scores:…

Philippine Basketball Association
2012 Commissioners Cup
Friday, March 30, 2012
Cuneta Astrodome

B-Meg Llamados vs Barangay Ginebra Kings
Battle for Outright Semifinals slot at 7:30pm

Winner will be 2nd place and will automatically be in the semifinals along with No. 1 team Talk N Text. Loser will still be in the quarterfinals and will play the winner of Meralco vs Powerade in a best-of-three series.

Meralco Bolts vs Powerade Tigers
Battle for Last Quarterfinals slot – 5:15pm…

Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Elimination Round
B-Meg Llamados defeats Powerade Tigers, 96-94

Game Highlights:
-Import Denzel Bowles led B-Meg with 29 points, 18 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks
-James Yap and Josh Urbiztondo contributed 15 points each
-Marc Pingris also in double-digits with 12 points and 5 rebounds including a game-saving rebounds at the end game
-The Llamados just shot 6/24 from 3-point range (Intal was 0/6) but was 16/18 from the free throw line
-Gary David led Powerade with 25 points
-B-Meg finished the elimination round with a 6-3 record and can either be 1st or 2nd place depending on TNT and Ginebra

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