.. RECENT PHOTOS ; LLAMADOS VS GIN KINGS

NICE SHOT BY JAMES YAP

ALL EYES ON TOP

MARC PINGRIS VS DENHAM BROWN

DENHAM BROWN VS CLIFF BROWN


DERBY ACE ALL OUT DEFENSE

RICO MIERHOFER TAKING CHARGE

MARK CAGUIOA VS RICO MIERHOFER

.. HEART OF A CHAMPIONS !!

.. LLAMADOS have a chance to regain OUTRIGHT SEMIS !!

Cliff proving himself to be the better Brown than Denham was a key factor as B-MEG Derby Ace stayed on a hot streak and in strong contention for an outright entry in the PBA Fiesta Conference Final Four.

The Derby Ace import outplayed his Barangay Ginebra counterpart as the Llamados whipped the Kings, 101-83, Wednesday to catch up with the San Miguel Beermen at second place with three play dates left in the double-round elimination phase.

Cliff came through with 24 points, 16 rebounds, five assists and two blocks, and got the needed support from his teammates as they notched a fifth straight win and drew level with the Beermen at 12-5.

Before a good Wednesday crowd at the Araneta Coliseum, Purefoods showed up Ginebra, foiling the Kings’ third shot at an outright seat in the quarterfinal round.

The Kings closed out with a 9-9 record, within reach of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (7-9) and the Coca-Cola Tigers (7-9).

“It took a while for us to get going but I think we’ve got in at the right moment,” said Cliff Brown.

“The best thing about our situation is the reality that we’re in control of our fate,” said coach Ryan Gregorio for his part.

“We’ve primed ourselves to figure prominently in the elimination round. We’ll not relax and be complacent in our last game against Barako,” added Gregorio, promising his team would go flat-out against the Coffee Masters Sunday for a shot either at an outright semis berth or a playoff for an automatic semis entry.

San Miguel and Alaska Milk (11-6) are the other teams still in pursuit of the No. 2 spot. The two teams clash in a pivotal tiff Saturday in Dumaguete.

Derby Ace outscored Ginebra in all quarters as the Llamados steadily pulled away in duplicating their 95-82 spanking of the Kings in their previous match on May 9.

James Yap and Nino Canaleta bombed away big treys as the Llamados stepped up their attack in the final canto.

Yap went 4-of-8 from the three-point area and finished with 21 points and six rebounds while Canaleta sank all of his three three-point tries and ended up with 11 points, two rebounds and one assist.

Denham Brown was good for only 15 points with the entire Ginebra team struggling with a 36.6-percent field goal shooting.

The Kings figure in a playoff for the No. 5 spot should either the Tigers and the Elasto Painters sweep their last two games. (SB)

The scores:

B-Meg Derby Ace 101 - 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 83 - Brown 15, Hatfield 15, Caguioa 12, Villanueva 11, Salvacion 6, Helterbrand 6, Wilson 5, Cortez 5, Miller 4, Tubid 2, De Ocampo 2.

Quarters: 26-23, 47-37, 72-57, 101-83

LLAMADOS VS GINEBRA !!

Games Wednesday (Araneta Coliseum)
5 p.m. — Talk ’N Text vs Barako Bull Coffee
7:30 p.m. — Ginebra vs Derby Ace

B-Meg Derby Ace shoots for at least playoff berth for the second and last outright semis berth when it battles Barangay Ginebra while league-leading Talk ’N Text tries to close out its classification round campaign on a high note this Wednesday in the PBA Fiesta Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.

The Llamados are on a run, having won their last four games, including an inspiring 88-87 win over TNT in a road game that ended the latter’s amazing 13-game winning run.

Despite their success, the Llamados will have to bring their A-game against a team desperately seeking a win to enhance its own bid to clinch an outright quarterfinals berth.

Game time is set at 7:30 p.m. with the Llamados out to score a follow-up to their 95-82 win in the first round. The Llamados are sporting an 11-5 card, just a game behind second running San Miguel Beer (12-5).

Clashing in the first game at 5 p.m. are TNT and Barako Bull Coffee.

For B-Meg to clinch the second outright semis berth, it must win its last two remaining games and hopes that San Miguel drops its last game against Alaska – another team still in the hunt for a semis berth with an 11-6 card.



In the event B-Meg wins its last two games and San Miguel beats Alaska on Saturday in Dumaguete, the sister teams will end up with similar 13-5 records, thus requiring a playoff for the second automatic berth.

But if a three-way tie will occur among Alaska, San Miguel and B-Meg for the second to fourth places, the Aces and the Beermen will contest the other semis berth on account of their superior quotient over the Llamados.

The other going for the Llamados is that the Kings are on a slump, dropping their last two against teams at the bottom half of the standings, the Coca-Cola Tigers (95-96) and the Air21 Express (97-98).

However, B-Meg Derby Ace head coach Ryan Gregorio is not taking the Kings for granted, saying: “With a re-tooled roster comparable in talent to the mighty Texters and the awesome Beermen, Ginebra will always be a dangerous foe especially because they also badly need a victory.”

“I expect nothing short of a playoff kind of game,” said Gregorio.

Ginebra’s loss to the Express forced them to play in a must-win game to book an outright slot in the quarterfinals.

The Chot Reyes-mentored Talk ’N Text had already claimed the first semis spot a week ago and then bagged the top seeding few days later with a 14-3 record.

“It is truly an important game for us in our pursuit to grab the second seed,” Gregorio said. “We’re upbeat, knowing that our fate is still within our control but we have to take care of our own business. We have primed ourselves up for this opportunity.”

“We will certainly make sure that tremendous effort is rendered in our game against Ginebra,” added Gregorio.

As for Ginebra, all it needs is a win to enter the quarters and avoid any complication as Rain or Shine and Coke, both with 7-9 cards, can still catch them up for the last quarterfinal slot.

“This game will define our chances. We just need to win,” Ginebra mentor Jong Uichico said.

The curtain raiser is equally exciting as the Coffee Masters will not only try to avenge an 85-95 win opposite, but more importantly keep their hopes alive for the last wildcard spot. Barako Bull Coffee is fresh from a 103-100 win against Sta. Lucia Realty last June 13.

.. 3 MAIN MAN !:)

..JAMES CARLOS YAP a.k.a BIG GAME JAMES - all the controversies that he had been through , he is proven to ol of us n my ibubuga sya at wlang kyabang -yabang s pglalaro ng basketball .. HE IS ALSO A VERSATILE PLAYER , he can drive to the basket nd he can make jumpshot , nd most of all he can make a BIG SHOT from anywhere .. dats y many people idolizes him ..

..KERBY RAYMUNDO a.k.a THE KID - versatile player with a very high I.Q wen it to basketball .. tnagurian nga na jerry cordninera at alvin patrimonio ang team -up nla ni JAMES YAP , nd he is proven nmn n di sya mgpa2huli wen it comes to one of the BEST PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE TODAY AND HE IS A NICE PERSON tho !:)) bata p rin siya at mrami p ring pwedeng ptunayan ..


.. PETER JUNE SIMON - a .k.a SUPERSUB !! with his tremendous offense off the bench . mdame n syanq nqaqawa s team nq purefoods n DERBY ACE N NGAUN .. the enerqy that he brings s team ay isang npkahalagang bgay na .. khit quality minutes n lnq anq ibinibiqay s knya nqaun , he is trying his best to help the DERBY ACE TEAM ..

.. KID LIGHTNING AND BIG GAME JAMES !!

PAUL ANTHONY ARTADI AND JAMES CARLOS YAP

.. DERBY ACE ! DERBY ACE !

.. im excited to watch the qame of llamados vs dehados este BGK ! here in tfc ..
.. yan mrami n nmannq rumors anq mqla2bsan if ever derby ace win , well , bket nmn aaksyhin unq oras nmen n mkiniq s mga sinsbi ng mga haters dyan ? MAMATAY cla s inggit =) '
.. wat da hell nmn n sbhin nyo bnbyaran nla unq referee ? OHH NONSENSE , ee lque nqanq purefoods unq nasusulot ee , like unq s ALASKA db quys ? 2 qames n un nla hlatanq mali nmn unq twag , . well mga edukado nmn kami pra patulan ynq mga pninira nyo SA TEAM NMEN .. npakababaw sobra , pti b nmn pqiqinq presidential brother in law ni JAMES YAP snasali p s usapan , for almost 6 years ni james yap s liga he is proven n 1 of da greatest player sya kng mglaro nuh , so all i can say , KEEP UR MOUTH SHUT .. nd we WILL PROVE s lhat ng haters dyan , n anq DERBY ACE LLAMADOS is one of the greatest team in the phil .. SEE U ON THE FINALS !! BLEHHHH ^_^