Thank you for all the support!

Good luck to the team and we hope to defend our All-Filipino title.

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I have been a big fan of Purefoods since 1988, and this news is really sad for all the fans of the franchise. I have been holding this news since posting it would make it real but now it is time. Purefoods will say goodbye to the PBA, unless the new owners will buy another PBA franchise in the future (which is unlikely to happen), we will never see a Purefoods Team in the PBA.

With the new owners of Purefoods not interested in the PBA franchise, San Miguel keeps its third franchise but cannot use Purefoods anymore, they can retain the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados but there are reports that they will use the Petron brand in the next conference.

I am still thinking of changing the name of this site as this has been known as purefoodsbasketball.com since 2008, even though the core of the team is still intact with the name change it maybe hard to support a different team name knowing it is already permanent.

Goodbye Purefoods!

Link to gmanews.tv article

Current Standings for the last Automatic Semifinals Slot
Derby Ace 12-5
San Miguel 12-5
Alaska 11-6

Derby Ace will be cheering for Alaska in the game today to limit San Miguel to 12 wins and if Derby Ace wins their last game vs Barako Coffee on Sunday, Derby Ace gets the last automatic Semifinals slot in the current PBA Fiesta Conference.

Scenario 1: San Miguel loss, Derby Ace win – Derby Ace goes to semifinals
Scenario 2: San Miguel win, Derby Ace loss – San Miguel goes to semifinals
Scenario 3: San Miguel win, Derby Ace win – Playoff game for automatic semifinals slot
Scenario 4: San Miguel loss/Alaska win, Derby Ace loss – 3 teams tied at 12-6 ???

Derby Ace Llamados led by Import Clif Brown (24pts) and James Yap (21pts) won its 5th straight game beating Barangay Ginebra Kings 101-83. Derby Ace is now tied for 2nd place with San Miguel Beermen with 1 game to play vs Barako Coffee on Sunday, June 27, while San Miguel will face Alaska this Saturday.

James Yap led Derby Ace in three point shots made, making 4 out of 8, while Nino “KG” Canaleta was 3 out of 3. Derby Ace also outrebounded the Kings 58-49. Special Mention goes to Roger Yap who contributed 5pts, 7rebs, 5asts and Marc Pingris who had 11pts, 8rebs, 2asts, 2blks.

Best Player: Clif Brown – 24pts, 16rebs, 5asts, 2blks (12/19 from the field)

Game Scores

Derby Ace – Brown 24, Yap J 21, Canaleta 11, Pingris 11, Artadi 7, Simon 6, Adducul 6, Yap R 5, Reavis 4, Allado 4, Maierhofer 2.

Ginebra – Brown 15, Hatfield 15, Caguiao 12, Villanueva 11, Salvacion 6, Helterbrand 6, Wilson 5, Cortez 5, Miller 4, Tubid 2, De Ocampo 2.

Clif Brown leads Derby Ace Llamados with 24pts to break the 13 -game winning streak of Talk N Text 88-87. Nino “KG” Canaleta made the deciding free throw with 0.8 sec left in the game after a foul by Talk N Text off an inbound pass to Canaleta under the basket. James Yap led all locals with 19 points.

Derby Ace is now on a 4-game win streak and with Clif Brown improving on his offensive game, it looks like he will stay for another game with Derby Ace having only two games left in the 2010 PBA Fiesta conference elimination round, versus Ginebra and Barako Coffee.

Roger Yap and Peter June Simon also had a good game contributing 11 and 9 points respectively.

Game Scores:
Derby Ace 88 – Brown 24, J. Yap 19, R Yap 11, Simon 9, Canaleta 9, Artadi 6, Pingris 6, Allado 2, Maierhofer 2, Reavis 0, Adducul 0.

Talk ‘N Text 87 – De Ocampo 16, Alapag 11, Daniels 11, Reyes 10, Cardona 9, Carey 8, Dilinger 6, Yee 3, Quinahan 2, Aban 0.
Quarter scores: 23-20; 44-39; 67-64; 88-87.

With San Miguel (11-5) losing its 3rd straight game, the Derby Ace Llamados (10-5) has another chance to get 2nd place while the Alaska Aces are also catching up with a 10-6 record. The Beermen lost another game without Import Gabe Freeman and also spoiled the coaching debut of Ato Agustin. Although it is not yet confirmed if Ato Agustin will be the head coach of San Miguel in their next games, coach Siot Tanquincen was still at the sidelines for this game.

1st Game: Alaska Aces defeats Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 86-75

Game Scores:
Alaska 86 – Simpson 26, Tenorio 21, Baguio 11, Thoss 8, De Vance 6, Dela Cruz 6, Cariaso 4, Borboran 2, Hugnatan 2, Eman 0.

Rain or Shine 75 – Mercado 19, Chan 16, Lewis 10, Norwood 7, Arana 6, Tang 5, Cruz 4, Laure 4, Arellano 2, Reyes 2, Ibanes 0, Hrabak 0.

2nd Game: Coca Cola Tigers beats San Miguel Beermen, 89-86

Game Scores:
Coke 89 – Williamson 28, Taulava 15, Rizada 12, Espino 9, David 8, Macapagal 6, Gonzales 6, Cruz 3, Rodriguez 2, Allera 0, Calimag 0, Singson 0, Mendoza 0.

San Miguel 86 – Washington 19, Santos 15, Hontiveros 14, Ildefonso 10, Pena 7, Cabagnot 6, Yeo 5, Villanueva 3, Pennisi 3, Miranda 2, Seigle 2, Holper 0.

B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados has a 3-game win streak as they battle league leading Talk N Text who has won 13 straight wins including a blow-out game vs Derby Ace last May 19, 114-89. Derby Ace Import Clif Brown who is rumored to be replaced soon, will still be active for this game and will be evaluated on a per game basis. Derby Ace has a respectable 7-3 record with Brown, but he lacks offensive punch but has been consistent off the boards specially offensive rebounding.

If Derby Ace decides to change Import, chemistry will be an issue again since they have only 2 more games left in the elimination round (vs Barangay Ginebra and Barako Coffee) after the game vs Talk N Text.

Led by Solomon Mercado with 45 points, Rain or Shine almost made a big comeback after being down most of the game, only to lose by two points to the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados, 86-84 Derby Ace had the chance to seal the game from the free throw line, but Rookie Rico Maierhofer missed two free throws and gave ROS a chance to steal the game but Gabe Norwood misses a long three and Derby Ace notched its tenth win to close the gap with league leading Talk N Text and San Miguel.

Derby Ace Import Clif Brown had another monster game with 23 rebounds (15 offensive) and 18 points, but was only 8 out of 20 from the field. The duo of James Yap (20points) and Paul Artadi (15 points and 7 assists), both from UE helped Derby Ace take control of the game for the 1st three quarters, both making 4 three point shots to keep Rain or Shine at bay.

Rain or Shine made a run in the final six minutes of the game behind Mercado who was 7 out of 10 from 3-point range (22 in the 4th quarter), but no other ROS player scored in double digits. The awful free throw shooting of Derby Ace as a team also helped Rain or Shine inch closer, missing 10 free throws in the game. including the last 2 by Maierhofer.

Known for his offense, James Yap made a crucial defensive play at the end of the 4th quarter, guarding Sol Mercado and forcing him to miss a three.

Game scores:

Derby Ace 86 – Yap J. 20, Brown 18, Artadi 15, Pingris 8, Reavis 8, Yap R. 6, Maierhofer 4, Allado 4, Simon 2, Canaleta 1.

Rain or Shine 84 – Mercado 45, Norwood 9, Chan 7, Arana 7, Cruz 6, Reyes 5, Lewis 3, Ibanes 2, Tang 0, Laure 0, Hrabak 0.

Quarters: 23-14, 53-37, 67-51, 86-84

Thank you to all the fans and followers of this site. Since the name change is only temporary and the team is still known as Purefoods, we decided not to change the name of this website.

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