3 March 2010 2 Comments

Philippine Cup Champions: Purefoods TJ Giants

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup game 4
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants vs Alaska Aces
Purefoods wins series 4-0
Purefoods TJ Giants made a rare sweep of the PBA Finals against Alaska Aces 86-76, winning the Philippine Cup Finals and once again All-Filipino champions for the fifth time for Purefoods and Second for Coach Ryan Gregorio. Purefoods winning 7 [...]

28 February 2010 4 Comments

Another come from behind win by Purefoods, now 3-0

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Finals Game 3
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants vs Alaska Aces
February 28, 2010
Purefoods wins 79-78
Purefoods TJ Giants bench helped came back from a big deficit the whole game to win its third straight game vs Alaska Aces 79-78. Nino Canaleta led the comeback with a 3 pointer and a Big Dunk scoring [...]

27 February 2010 8 Comments

Alaska will not protest Game 2

Purefoods TJ Giants vs Alaska Aces PBA Finals Game 2
Alaska Aces will not protest the controversial call at the end game last night. With 5.6 sec remaining in the game a foul was called on Joe Devance, which from all angles and at a crucial point in the game should have been a let go [...]

26 February 2010 1 Comment

PBA Finals: Purefoods wins Game 2

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Finals Game 2
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants vs Alaska Aces
Purefoods wins 86-85
James Yap leads Purefoods TJ Giants with a come from behind win over Alaska Aces 86-85 with 32 points to give Purefoods a 2-0 lead in the PBA Philippine Cup Finals. Yap was 4 out of 6 from 3-point range [...]

26 February 2010 0 Comments

Finals Game 2: Purefoods vs Alaska

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Finals Game 2
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants vs Alaska Aces
February 26, 2010, 7:00 pm, Araneta Coliseum
Key Matchup:
James Yap vs Willie Miller
Game 1:
James Yap – 24 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asts, 1 blk, 6 to, 3 fouls, 7/13 2FG, 1/2 3FG, 7/8 FT
Willie Miller – 23 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts, [...]

24 February 2010 0 Comments

Ryan Gregorio vs Tim Cone

Purefoods TJ Giants vs Alaska Aces
Coach Ryan Gregorio vs Coach Tim Cone

Coach Ryan Gregorio

Purefoods Franchise

  • 4 All-Filipino Crowns
  • 13th All-Filipino Finals stint
  • Last All-Filipino Title: 2006

Coach Ryan Gregorio (37yrs old)

  • 2002 (Interim), 2003-present
  • 2 PBA Titles (2002 Governors Cup, 2006 Philippine Cup)
  • 4 Finals appearances
  • 2-time PBA coach of the year (2002,2006)
  • 2-time All-Star Coach (2005,2008)

Alaska Franchise

  • 2 All-Filipino crowns
  • 12 PBA Titles
  • Last All-Filipino Title: 2000

Coach Tim Cone (52 yrs old)

  • 1989-present
  • 21 Finals appearances
  • PBA Grand Slam in 1996
  • 1998 Centennial Team Coach (Bronze Medal)
22 February 2010 0 Comments

Finals Game1: Purefoods vs Alaska

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Finals Game 1
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants vs Alaska Aces
February 24, 2010, 7:30 pm, Araneta Coliseum
Matchups
LA Tenorio vs Roger Yap – PG
Willie Miller vs James Yap – SG
Tony Dela Cruz vs Marc Pingris – SF
Joe Devance vs Kerby Raymundo – PF
Sonny Thoss vs Rafi Reavis – C
Tim Cone vs Ryan Gregorio [...]

18 February 2010 1 Comment

Alaska sweep Ginebra, Purefoods or San Miguel next

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup
Alaska Aces vs Barangay Ginebra Game 4
Alaska wins 102-95, wins series 4-0
Alaska sweeps Ginebra in their best of 7 semifinals series.
Game 1 Alaska beats Ginebra 104-79
Game 2 Alaska beats Ginebra 90-82
Game 3 Alaska beats Ginebra 91-88
Game 4 Alaska beats Ginebra 102-95
With Alaska already in the finals, either San Miguel Beermen or [...]

18 January 2010 0 Comments

Purefoods beats Alaska

Purefoods TJ Giants vs Alaska Aces
Purefoods wins 94-77
January 15, 2010
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup
Purefoods TJ Giants stops the Alaska Aces from earning an outright semifinals slot with a big win 94-77. Controversial star James Yap and Rookie of the Year candidate Rico Maierhofer led Purefoods balanced attack both contributing 15 points, while Nino Canaleta, Roger Yap, Paul [...]

26 November 2009 0 Comments

Still no win streak for Purefoods

Purefoods TJ Giants vs Alaska Aces
Alaska wins 101-87
November 22, 2009
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup
League-leading Alaska Aces made sure the Purefoods TJ Giants does not have a winning streak in the current Philippine Cup, by beating Purefoods 101-87. Since winning its first game, Purefoods has been on a win-lose-win-lose carousel and now has 4 wins and 4 losses.
Team [...]