Purefoods TJ Giants vs Burger King Whoppers
Purefoods wins 85-74
December 25, 2009
KFC-PBA Philippine Cup

Christmas Day 2009 — Purefoods TJ Giants ends 2009 with a win over Burger King 85-74, Team Captain Kerby Raymundo led Purefoods with 19 points and James Yap contributed 17 points for the Giants. The defense of Purefoods held the Whoppers to just 6 points at the last 6 minutes of the game, Rookie of the Year candidate Rico Maierhofer had 10 points and 6 rebounds ending his streak of lackluster games the last few games.

Purefoods ends the year with 9 wins and 6 losses with three more games to go in the double elimination phase of the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup. (4 games actually including the game on Jan. 6 vs Smart Gilas, which is just an exhibition game)

Scores:

Purefoods 85 – Raymundo 19, Yap J. 17, Allado 12, Maierhofer 10, Artadi 8, Yap R. 6, Canaleta 4, Adducul 4, Reavis 3, Pingris 2, Timberlake 0.

Burger King 74 – Belga 15, David 14, Yee R. 10, Buenafe 9, Sharma 8, Yee M. 7, Lanete 5, Quinahan 4, Matias 2, Williams 0, Billones 0.

Quarterscores: 21-24, 43-41, 64-53, 85-74.