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2012 Philippine Basketball Association Rookie Draft
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Robinsons Place Manila

1. Petron Blaze Boosters (from Air 21)
2. Alaska Aces
3. Petron Blaze Boosters (from Barako Bull Energy)
4. Meralco Bolts
5. Barako Bull Energy (from Petron Blaze Boosters)
6. Barangay Ginebra Kings (from Powerade Tigers)
7. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
8. Barangay Ginebra Kings
9. B-Meg Llamados
10. GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Talk N Text Tropang Texters)

Note: Draft order may still change due to trades and also due to the pending approval of Powerade Tigers sale to Mikee Romero.

Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Governors Cup Semifinals
B-Meg Llamados defeats Barangay Ginebra Kings, 74-72

Game Highlights:
-Peter June Simon scored the game winning basket on a putback with 2.5 seconds left in the game
-Import Marcus Blakely with 22 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks
-James Yap contributed 16 points to lead the locals in scoring
-Cedric Bozeman led Ginebra with 27 points
-Mark Caguioa scored 14 points
-Game 1 of the Finals between B-meg and Rain or Shine this Sunday

Game Scores:…

2012 PBA Governors Cup
Battle for Finals Slot
B-Meg Llamados vs Barangay Ginebra Kings
Friday, July 20, 2012, 6:45pm
Smart Araneta Coliseum

In their 2 meetings this season, B-Meg won both games:
-B-Meg defeats Ginebra led by PJ Simon
-B-Meg defeats Ginebra led by Pingris

Both games were led by locals, Peter June Simon in their 1st meeting with 21 points and Marc Pingris with 24 points and 13 rebounds in their 2nd meeting.

Who do you think will win?

Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Governors Cup Semifinals
B-Meg Llamados defeats Barangay Ginebra Kings, 104-93

Game Highlights:
-Marc Pingris played like an import with 24 points along with 13 rebounds and 4 assists
-Import Marcus Blakely had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds
-James Yap and Rafi Reavis both contributed 11 points
-Mark Caguioa was held to only 3 points mostly covered by Peter June Simon
-Cedric Bozeman led Ginebra with 22 points
-B-Meg is assured of a tie for 2nd place with 1 more game to go

Game scores:…

Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Governors Cup Elimination Round
B-Meg Llamados defeats Barangay Ginebra Kings, 96-88

Game Highlights:
-Peter June Simon led the Llamados with 21 points (9/10 from the field and 3/3 from FT line)
-James Yap contributed with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
-Yancy de Ocampo had another great game with 16 points and 8 rebounds
-Import Marcus Blakely scored only 13 points but with 17 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks
-Another B-Meg player in double figures is JC Intal with 10 points
-Marc Pingris and Joe Devance did not play due injuries
-Ginebra import Cedric Bozeman led the team with 30 points
-Former B-Meg Kerby Raymundo led the locals of Ginebra with 20 points
-B-Meg is now 1-1 in the PBA Governors Cup

Game scores:…

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 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:…

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:…

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 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:…