San Mig Coffee Mixers Basketball

Nino “KG” Canaleta won the PBA All-Star Slam Dunk Competition held in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. Canaleta beat JC Intal, Gabe Norwood, Arwind Santos and Elmer Espiritu for his 5th Slam Dunk Title.

Judges: Laoag Mayor Michael Farinas, Jojo Lastimosa, Kenneth Duremdes, Borgy Manotoc and sportswriter Waylon Galvez.

* Pic from pba.ph

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 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:…

BMeg Llamados has traded Nino “KG” Canaleta and Jondan Salvador for Joe Devance of Air21. Although this trade is till subject to the approval of PBA Commissioner Salud, there are reports that it has already been approved with no changes in the trade.

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Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2011 Commissioners Cup
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Air 21 Express
Derby Ace defeats Air 21, 121-92

B-Meg capitalized on the distracted Air 21 team as they rout the Express, 121-92. Air 21 which was rumored to trade their 3 1st round picks Al-Hussaini, Baclao and Guevarra to San Miguel seemed affected by the reports and Derby Ace played an almost perfect game with 27 assists and led by Nino “KG” Canaleta with 28 points while the duo of James Yap and Peter June Simon combined for 41 points…

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2011 Commissioners Cup
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Powerade Tigers
Powerade defeats Derby Ace 103-96

New Import, same results for B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados as they lost to Powerade Tigers in Lanao del Norte, 103-96. It was the 2nd straight loss for the Llamados to start the 2011 PBA Philippine Cup.

New Derby Ace Import Shamari Spears led B-Meg with 22 points but was mostly ineffective offensively and defensively as Tigers Import Russel Carter outplayed him scoring 36 points and contributing 19 rebounds and 6 assists.

Nino “KG” Canaleta led the locals with 16 points. It was actually a close game in the 1st half until Powerade pulled away in the 3rd quarter scoring 38 points with Derby Ace scoring only 19…

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2010-2011 Philippine Cup Semifinals Game 4
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Derby Ace defeats Talk N Text 98-93

MVP James Yap led B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados to a win versus the Talk N Text Tropang Texters with 26 points, but it was Rico Maierhofer and Marc Pingris who set the tone for the game and grabbed crucial rebounds in the 4th quarter to tie this best-of-seven semifinals series at 2-2…

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2010-2011 Philippine Cup Quarterfinals Game 2
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Meralco Bolts
Derby Ace wins 92-88

The B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados led by 21 points early in the game but the Meralco Bolts never backed down and cut down the lead to three points in the 4th quarter but fell short as Derby Ace setup a semifinals matchup against Talk N Text Tropang Texters…

Philippine Basketball Association 36th Season
2010-2011 Philippine Cup
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados vs Meralco Bolts
Derby Ace wins 92-73

Nino “KG” Canaleta stepped up his game in the absence of top scorer Peter June Simon, who was thrown out in the 1st quarter (PJ Simon threw a ball at Ogie Menor and it was an automatic Flagrant Foul 2 which resulted in being out of the ball game). KG Canaleta was named Best Player of the Game with 22 points and 7 rebounds also was 6 out of 7 from three point range…