Series summary 2011 PBA Governors' Cup Finals

1 series summary

1.1 game 1
1.2 game 2
1.3 game 3
1.4 game 4
1.5 game 5
1.6 game 6
1.7 game 7

series summary

game 1

talk n text leading point when turned ball on over inbound pass. petron s arwind santos, had 12 points in game, stole ball , passed danny ildefonso in fastbreak attempt. ildefonso scored on lay-up give petron lead 17.4 seconds remaining. on offensive set, jimmy alapag found ryan reyes underneath basket scored 10.1 seconds left. anthony grundy waited final seconds doubled; passed ball ildefonso scored 15-foot jump shot give petron upset game 1 win. highlight of game mark yee s foul on anthony grundy, when grabbed grundy s behind twice before officials called foul.

game 2

in game held @ tubod, lanao del norte, ali peek , mark yee talk n text , petron s jojo duncil ejected after figuring in melee @ middle of second quarter. petron, leading point, relinquished lead , lost game in third quarter when texters started scoring run, tying series @ 1–all.

game 3

prior game, petron s arwind santos named best player of conference, while rain or shine s arizona reid awarded best import. santos nosed out mark caguioa, jayson castro, sonny thoss, james yap , solomon mercado, while reid s closest competitor alaska s jason forte.

petron leading 20–9 when castro , larry fonacier scored majority of points in first half talk n text pull away. castro scored 21 of 23 points in first half, while fonacier scored of 16 points in opening half. texters, had 67% field goal percentage, led 41 points @ beginning of fourth quarter. talk n text coach chot reyes revealed in post-game press conference petron coach ato agustin challenged him fistfight after game. agustin denied challenged reyes fistfight talk n text coach insisted heard agustin challenging him.

game 4

in annual awards ceremony held prior game, talk n text s jimmy alapag defeated petron s arwind santos in valuable player race, while petron s injured center rabeh al-hussaini named rookie of year.

while @ first half, both teams never led big margin, petron had 31–8 run @ beginning of third quarter post largest margin of series @ 84–58. in run, grundy scored 11 of 16 points, meanwhile alex cabagnot scored 16 points in game, while santos scored 20 points, improvement on three-point performance in game 3.

game 5

prior game, jayson castro sidelined due injury medial collateral ligament (mcl). petron led 47–38 @ first half, maintaining 11-point lead @ halftime. ryan reyes , jimmy alapag had poor games, scoring 8 points each while scottie reynolds scored 3 points, while petron counterpart anthony grundy posted game-high 26 points. alapag, had 2 turnovers in finals, turned ball on 3 times in game.

game 6

prior game, talk n text reactivated original import maurice baker, replacing scottie reynolds had been ineffective against boosters.

jayson castro, earlier ruled out in rest of series due mcl injury, fielded in talk n text in game-time decision. castro hit first 6 shots, ending game 19 points, 6 rebounds , 6 assists. maurice baker held grundy 5 points , scoreless first half, while scored 18 points texters tie series final time.

game 7

petron had 27–13 lead @ first period, dennis miranda scoring game s first 7 points, followed rest of petron s starting lineup score 28 first quarter points. in second quarter, ranidel de ocampo , maurice baker scored 9 , 8 points respectively, cut deficit 6 @ halftime. baker scored on 4 free-throws: first 2 after jojo duncil called flagrant foul, , 2 sunday salvacion s hard foul on next play; texters had chance cut lead further santos denied de ocampo s dunk @ buzzer. talk n text not close rest of way: game virtually won petron when santos dunked in final minute post eight-point lead, denying talk n text of grand slam. santos named finals mvp, , agustin second coach win championship after being mvp player, after robert jaworski.