B-Meg Llamados Basketball

Congratulations Jonas Villanueva of B-Meg Llamados for winning the Obstacle Challenge in the PBA All-Star Event in Laoag. Villanueva has won this event for three straight years this time defeating Paul Lee, LA Tenorio, Willie Miller, Alex Cabagnot, Rob Labagala, Jojo Duncil and JV Casio.

PBA All-Star Three-point Shootout winner: Mark Macapagal
Participants: Nino Canaleta, Marcio Lassiter, Josh Urbiztondo, Ren-ren Ritualo, Jeff Chan, Gary David, Willie Miller and Cyrus Baguio.

Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-Seven Finals Game 3
B-Meg Llamados defeats Talk N Text Tropang Texters, 91-87

Game Highlights:
-Import Denzel Bowles led B-Meg with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks
-James Yap led the locals with 21 points (4/9 from three-point range)
-Josh Urbiztondo and Peter June Simon both scored 12 points
-B-Meg now leads series 2-1

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Philippine Basketball Association 37th Season
2012 Commissioners Cup Best-of-Seven Finals Game 2
Talk N Text Tropang Texters defeats B-Meg Llamados, 104-102

Game Highlights:
-Import Denzel Bowles (33 points/13 rebounds) and James Yap (25 points/8 rebounds) led the Llamados in scoring but both had miscues at the end game
-Game 1 hero Peter June Simon with only 10 points
-B-Meg was 10/19 from three-point range (52.6%)
-B-Meg with 16 turnovers and TNT with only 7 TOs
-Josh Urbiztondo scored 15 points including 3 straight three-point shots in the 2nd quarter
-TNT Import Donnel Harvey led the team with 29 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists
-But the hero of TNT was Jason Castro (23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists) who single-handedly carried TNT in the last 2-minutes
-With the win, Talk N Text ties the best-of-seven series at 1-1

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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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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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