Game Highlights:
-Best Player of the Game: James Yap with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists (11/17 from the field)
-Kerby Raymundo with a double-double, 20 points and 12 rebounds
-Josh Urbiztondo with 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals
-Peter June Simon contributed 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
-All Players with 7 or more points
-B-Meg with 30 assists
-6 straight wins by the Llamados
-Harvey Carey led Talk N Text with 25 points and 13 rebounds

Game Scores:
B-Meg 114 – Yap J. 27, Raymundo 20, Urbiztondo 15, Simon 11, De Vance 9, Yap R. 9, Pingris 8, Reavis 8, Barroca 7.

Talk N Text 104 – Carey 25, Castro 18, Alapag 15, Aguilar 11, Williams 11, Weinstein 9, Fonacier 8, De Ocampo 7, Gamalinda 0, Oreta 0, Alvarez 0.

Quarters: 29-21, 53-42, 76-78, 114-104

Game Highlights:
- Back-to-back losses by the Llamados – Current Standing: 1 win and 3 losses
- Kerby Raymundo led B-Meg with 18 points and 11 rebounds
- James Yap scored 14 points and grabbed 9 rebounds but fouled out in the last 2 minutes
- 6 players in double-figures for B-Meg but was not enough to win
- 4/13 (31%) from three-point range and 31/75 (41%) from two-point range
- Big 1st quarter by Talk N Text, led by 13 points
- B-Meg came back in the 4th quarter led by Josh Urbiztondo and Kerby Raymundo
- Jared Dillinger led TNT with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists

Game Scores

Talk N Text 96 — Dillinger 31, Williams 23, Peek 13, Fonacier 12, Reyes 11, Aban 4, Aguilar 2, Raymundo 0, Alvarez 0, Alapag 0.

B-Meg 94 — Raymundo 18, J. Yap 14, Simon 13, Urbiztondo 11, Pingris 11, Devance 10, Barroca 8, Reavis 7, R. Yap 2, Acuna 0, Ferriols 0.

Quarters: 32-19, 49-37, 74-66, 96-94

The Talk N Text Tropang Texters are a few more wins away from a rare grand slam as they defeated the B-Meg Llamados, 101-89. The Llamados who suffered their second straight loss is now out of the race to the finals with a 5 win and 6 loss record with 2 games left.

TNT import Scottie Reynolds waxed hot with 37 points compared to only 12 points by Myron Allen. James Yap led B-Meg with 18 points followed by Marc Pingris with 15 points and 8 rebounds. B-Meg only shot 23.1% (3/13) from the 3-point range and committed 21 turnovers. Peter June Simon was again held to single digits in scoring with 8 points while Joe Devance only had 9 points and 6 rebounds.

Game scores:

Talk N Text 101 – Reynolds 37, Castro 15, Williams 12, Fonacier 8, Carey 8, Peek 7, Reyes 5,
Alapag 5, Dillinger 4, Aban 0, Lao 0.

B-Meg 89 – Yap J 18, Pingris 15, Allado 14, Allen 12, Devance 9, Simon 8, Urbiztondo 5, Reavis 4,
Gaco 4, Fernandez 0, Adducul 0.

Quarterscores: 23-16, 51-37, 76-67, 101-89

Darnell Hinson scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in his debut for B-Meg but it was the steady shooting of James Yap with 32 points (12/21 from the field) and the rebounding of Marc Pingris (12 rebounds) and Joe Devance (17 rebounds) who helped give Talk N Text their first defeat in the PBA Governors Cup.

The Llamados trailed in the 1st half because of turnovers (15 in the 1st half) but came back in the second half and notched their second straight win and now with 3 wins and 2 losses.

4 players in Talk N Text scored 20 or more points but most of those points came in the 1st half where Talk N Text controlled the tempo of the game.

Rafi Reavis played in his 1st game for the Llamados in the current PBA Governors Cup and scored 2 points.

Game scores:
B-Meg 111 - J. Yap 32, Hinson 26, Pingris 17, Devance 16, Simon 9, Allado 4, R. Yap 3, Reavis 2,
Villanueva 2, Gaco 0, Fernandez 0.

Talk N Text 105 – Castro 24, Baker 20, De Ocampo 20, Carey 20, Williams 10, Alvarez 4, Fonacier
3, Alapag 2, Aban 2, Peek 0, Lao 0, Oreta 0.

Quarters: 21-29; 53-56; 82-74; 111-105.

Current Standing:
B-Meg Llamados: 2 wins, 2 losses (tied for 4th place)
Talk N Text Tropang Texters: 3 wins, 0 losses (1st place)

Import Matchup:
Darnell Hinson vs Maurice Baker, Baker has been solid for TNT and led the team to 3 wins and we still do not know how Hinson will gel with the team.

Prediction:
Rafi Reavis will play for the 1st time this conference and will surely be a big help in stopping the penetration of Talk N Text. James Yap and Joe Devance will continue to play well for the Llamados. Since this is the first time that Darnell Hinson will play, I believe he will outplay Baker and lead the team to a 2 point win over Talk N Text.

With import Courtney Beasley thrown out of the game just 30 seconds in the 1st quarter, the Llamados had a tough battle with Talk N Text but came short as TNT won 107-102. With 4 wins and 5 losses, the fate of Derby Ace is now in the hands of Air 21 Express, who must win their last 2 games in order to gain entry in the next round and automatically eliminate B-Meg.

Kerby Raymundo led Derby Ace with 22 points, 11 rebounds, 3assists and 2 steals while Marc Pingris had another double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. The Llamados shot blanks from 3-point range making only 1 out of 21 attempts but was 66.7% (38/57) from the 2-point range.

Game scores:

Talk N Text 107 – Harris 37, De Ocampo 23, Alapag 10, Williams 8, Castro 7, Fonacier 7, Peek 6,
Carey 4, Aban 3, Reyes 2, Lao 0.

Derby Ace 102 – Raymundo 22, Simon 17, Canaleta 13, Pingris 13, Yap R. 11, Villanueva 8,
Adducul 8, Gaco 7, Escobal 3, Beasley 0, Allado 0.

Quarters: 31-29, 60-56, 78-77, 107-102

PBA Philippine Cup Finals
San Miguel Beermen vs Talk N Text Tropang Texters
Game 1 January 22, 2011, 5:30 pm, Victorias City

B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados will not be defending their All-Filipino title in the current PBA Philippine Cup as they lose to Talk N Text Tropang Texters in 6 games of their best-of-seven semifinals series. Talk N Text is back in the finals and is waiting for the winner of the San Miguel vs Ginebra matchup, with San Miguel still leading the series, 3-2.

James Yap led B-Meg with 16 points but was just 5 out of 12 from the field and scoring partner Peter June Simon scored 15 points. Rico Maierhofer and Marc Pingris both had a double-double with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 10 points, 13 rebounds respectively. But no other Derby Ace player had a decent game, and the bench of B-Meg was again outplayed by the TNT Bench.

Game scores

Talk N Text 89 – Peek 19, Castro 18, Aban 14, De Ocampo 9, Carey 9, Williams 6, Fonacier 5,
Reyes 4, Dillinger 3, Alapag 2, Alvarez 0.

Derby Ace 72 – Yap J 16, Maierhofer 15, Simon 15, Pingris 10, Yap R 6, Salvador 4, Canaleta
4, Villanueva 2, Gaco 0, Allado 0.

Quarterscores: 19-18, 42-35, 73-53, 89-72

A big fourth quarter by Talk N Text led by Jason Castro moved the Tropang Texters closer to the finals with a 3-2 edge over Derby Ace and now the Llamados must win Game 6 and 7 to defend their All-Filipino crown. James Yap led B-Meg with 24 points but the current MVP could not give the team a crucial game 5 win in their best-of-seven semifinals.

Derby Ace had a great first quarter and led by 16 points, 30-14, but they could not contain TNT in the second half specially Castro and Peek as the Talk N Text bench outscored B-Meg, 68-11. Villanueva, Simon and Canaleta all scored in double figures but the big men, Gaco, Maierhofer, Salvador and Allado combined for only 7 points.

We hope that the Llamados will force Game 7 on friday at the Big Dome. In the other semifinals matchup, San Miguel defeats Ginebra in double overtime as they now lead the series 3-1.

Game Scores

Talk N Text 97 – Castro 22, Peek 16, Fonacier 13, De Ocampo 13, Reyes 10, Carey 9, Alapag 8, Dillinger 2, Aban 2, Alvarez 2, Williams 0.

Derby Ace 83 - Yap J 24, Villanueva 15, Simon 13, Canaleta 12, Pingris 8, Gaco 3, Timberlake 2, Maierhofer 2, Salvador 2, Yap R 2, Allado 0.

Quarters: 20-31, 51-48, 73-69, 97-83