B-Meg Llamados Basketball

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

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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

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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

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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

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2012 PBA Commissioners Cup
B-Meg Llamados vs Meralco Bolts
February 10, 2012

This game opened the 2012 PBA Commissioners Cup for both teams, B-Meg won this game, 96-93 led by Denzel Bowles with 27 points and 11 rebounds. But there were a lot of differences in this game from the Game 1 of the Quarterfinals, Meralco now has a new import Earl Barron and Sol Mercado did not play this game due to an injury. In the Llamados side, Roger Yap was still in the line-up in this game and this was just the first game of JC Intal after the trade with Kerby Raymundo.

Denzel Bowles vs previous import of Meralco Jarrid Famous

Previous teammates: James Yap and Paul Artadi

JC Intal debut with the Llamados

After complaining of limited minutes, Roger Yap requested to be released by B-Meg…

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

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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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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Elimination Round
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters defeats B-Meg Llamados, 101-95

Game Highlights:
-Import Denzel Bowles led the Llamados in scoring with 38 points along with 9 rebounds
-Peter June Simon was the only local in double figures with 19 points
-James Yap with 7 points only in 40 mins (1/9 from 2, 1/4 from 3 and 2/5 from free throw line)
-Duke Crews led ROS with 24 points
-Jeff Chan scored 19 points on 5/10 from three-point range
-The Llamados now have a 5-3 record and is in 2nd place behind TNT
-Last elimination round game this Sunday against Air 21

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