Purefoods Basketball

A few only noticed but James Yap had to endure a sore back in the recent PBA Philippine Cup, despite the nagging injury, James Yap still led Purefoods TJ Giants to another All-Filipino Championship and won the Best Player of the Conference award and Finals MVP. Yap has a minor scoliosis problem and intends to have a rehabilitation procedure before the 2010 Fiesta Conference.

Purefoods or now Derby Ace is looking for a season sweep in the coming Fiesta Conference, and James hopes to lead Purefoods again and this also might boost his chances in winning the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. But as of now, James has his sights in improving his defense in the next conference. James Yap averaged 17.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists in the recent PBA Philippine Cup.

“Chapter closed, destination reached, mission accomplished. Now we can celebrate,” said Giants head coach Ryan Gregorio, who bagged his third PBA crown. He is the first Purefoods coach to win two All-Filipino titles. Congratulations to Coach Ryan Gregorio and his Coaching Staff.

Coaching Staff
Head Coach:
Paul Ryan Gregorio

Assistant Coaches:
Ronaldo Magsanoc
Enrico Banal
Jorge Gallent
Rey Evangelist
Dayong Mendoza

Team Manager:
Alvin Patrimonio

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Awards
Purefoods Guard James Yap was named Best Player of the Conference defeating Willie Miller of the Alaska Aces.
Result of our Poll:

KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference
James Yap and Willie Miller will battle each other not just in Game 4 but for the title of “Best Player of the Conference” in the current KFC-PBA Philippine Cup, which will be announced in Game 4 tomorrow between Purefoods TJ Giants and Alaska Aces.
Other players in the [...]

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Finals Game 3
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants vs Alaska Aces
February 28, 2010
Purefoods wins 79-78
Purefoods TJ Giants bench helped came back from a big deficit the whole game to win its third straight game vs Alaska Aces 79-78. Nino Canaleta led the comeback with a 3 pointer and a Big Dunk scoring [...]

PBA Philippine Cup Finals
Here’s the Poll Results regarding the controversial end of Game 2:
Do you think the referee made the right call at the end of Game 2?
There were 75 respondents:
46 votes for Yes (61%)
29 votes for No (39%)
Moving on with this issue, tonight will be Game 3 of the Best-of-7 finals between Purefoods [...]

Purefoods TJ Giants vs Alaska Aces PBA Finals Game 2
Alaska Aces will not protest the controversial call at the end game last night. With 5.6 sec remaining in the game a foul was called on Joe Devance, which from all angles and at a crucial point in the game should have been a let go [...]

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Finals Game 1
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants vs Alaska Aces
February 24, 2010, 7:30 pm, Araneta Coliseum
Matchups
LA Tenorio vs Roger Yap – PG
Willie Miller vs James Yap – SG
Tony Dela Cruz vs Marc Pingris – SF
Joe Devance vs Kerby Raymundo – PF
Sonny Thoss vs Rafi Reavis – C
Tim Cone vs Ryan Gregorio [...]

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Semifinals Game 6
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants vs San Miguel Beermen
Purefoods wins 87-78
Purefoods TJ Giants is back in the Finals after beating San Miguel Beermen 87-78 and closed out their best of 7 semifinals series 4-2. Roger Yap led Purefoods with 20 points, 11 rebs and 4 assists including an acrobatic [...]

Philippine Basketball Association
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup
Alaska Aces vs Barangay Ginebra Game 4
Alaska wins 102-95, wins series 4-0
Alaska sweeps Ginebra in their best of 7 semifinals series.
Game 1 Alaska beats Ginebra 104-79
Game 2 Alaska beats Ginebra 90-82
Game 3 Alaska beats Ginebra 91-88
Game 4 Alaska beats Ginebra 102-95
With Alaska already in the finals, either San Miguel Beermen or [...]