Английская Википедия:2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup Finals

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use Philippine English Шаблон:Infobox PBA conference finals The 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the Powerade Tigers competed for the 104th championship contested by the league. The series was held from January 20 to 29, 2012.

This was the first time that Talk 'N Text and Powerade faced each other in the finals, since the 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup, in which Talk 'N Text won the series in six games.

Talk 'N Text won the championship series, four games to one, becoming the third team, and first since 1985, to successfully defend the All-Filipino crown.

Background

Road to the finals

Talk 'N Text		Powerade
Finished 10–4 (0.714): Tied for 1st*	Elimination round		Finished 6–8 (0.429): Tied for 7th*
−8	*Tiebreaker		−35
Def. Barako Bull, 81–79	Quarterfinals		Def. B-Meg, 97–88, 131–123
Def. Petron Blaze, 4–3	Semifinals		Def. Rain or Shine, 4–3

Talk 'N Text finished the elimination round tied with the B-Meg Llamados for first place. Since Talk 'N Text has an inferior quotient against B-Meg, the team got the #2 seed but still got the twice-to-beat advantage entering the quarterfinals. They defeated the 7th seeded Barako Bull Energy in one game in order to advance to the semifinals, where they faced the Petron Blaze Boosters, the team that they faced during the 2011 PBA Governors Cup Finals and denied them their opportunity for a Grand Slam. Talk 'N Text defeated Petron Blaze in seven games, becoming the third team to win a best-of-seven playoff series coming from a 1–3 deficit.

Powerade on the other hand was seeded eight (due to an inferior quotient against Barako Bull), with a twice-to-beat disadvantage going to the quarterfinals. They defeated the first seeded B-Meg Llamados in two games to advance to the semifinals. In the next round, they faced the fifth-seeded Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. Powerade won in seven games, making them the first team in PBA history to become the lowest seeded team to advance to the finals.

Series summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Wins
Talk 'N Text	116	102	133	97	110	4
Powerade	100	96	126	100	101	1
Venue	Digos	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta	Araneta

Game 1

Шаблон:Basketballbox In the first game, which is held at Digos, Davao del Sur, Talk 'N Text capitalized on the absence of Powerade's top pick rookie JV Casio, due to an injured knee, and limiting Gary David to only 19 points (his lowest scoring output in the playoffs) to get the first win of the series. The Tropang Texters led Powerade by as much as 20 points mostly in the second half.

Game 2

Шаблон:Basketballbox Talk 'N Text was in control most of the game and was leading Powerade by 12 points going into the fourth quarter. The Tigers, led by Doug Kramer sparked a 13–2 run, which pushed Powerade to within one point, 94–93 with 2:54 remaining in the game. After executing empty possessions, Larry Fonacier was able to score a layup from a broken play that gave the Tropang Texters with 2:08 remaining. Jimmy Alapag sealed any chance for a Powerade comeback with a 28-foot three point jumper.

Game 3

Шаблон:Basketballbox With 3.3 seconds left in the game, and leading the game 121–118, Talk 'N Text had the possession and a chance to close the game. Ranidel de Ocampo miscalculated the lead pass to teammate Larry Fonacier, who was heavily defended by Gary David. JV Casio was able to pick up the loose ball then sank a three-point shot to send the game into overtime. During the overtime period, De Ocampo was able to make up his mistake in regulation, scoring the crucial shots in overtime, sealing the game and a commanding 3–0 lead in the finals series.

Earlier in the game, De Ocampo was slapped with a flagrant foul (penalty 1) after he swung an elbow to Sean Anthony after securing a rebound. Anthony's eyebrow needed 10 stitches to stop the bloody gash. De Ocampo was fined P20,000 by the commissioner's office after the incident.

Game 4

Шаблон:Basketballbox Before Game 4 started, Powerade's Gary David was named Best Player of the Conference after receiving 1268 value points against his closest contender Arwind Santos with 1159.

Scoring with a game-high 35 points, Gary David led Powerade to its first win in the series, amid costly miscues at the last minutes of the game, preventing a potential Talk 'N Text sweep.

Game 5

Шаблон:Basketballbox Talk 'N Text led most of the game, leading with as much as 23 points (40–17) and prevented any scoring surge from Powerade. The Tropang Texters was able to secure the series clinching game, successfully defending the Philippine Cup, making them the first team in league history to win back-to-back All-Filipino championships after 27 years. The last team doing that feat was the Great Taste Coffee Makers in 1984 and 1985.

Ryan Reyes also made history by making 10 steals and breaking the all-time PBA record for most steals made in a single game.

After the game, Larry Fonacier was awarded as the Finals Most Valuable Player by the PBA Press Corps.

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside reporters	Studio game analysts
Game 1	Magoo Marjon	Rado Dimalibot	none	Mico Halili, Jason Webb and Richard del Rosario
Game 2	Chiqui Reyes	Quinito Henson	Aaron Atayde and Sel Guevara	Richard del Rosario, Jason Webb and Ryan Gregorio
Game 3	Magoo Marjon	Jason Webb and Ryan Gregorio	Aaron Atayde and Sel Guevara	Richard del Rosario, Dominic Uy and Willie Miller
Game 4	Mico Halili	Quinito Henson and Jong Uichico	Aaron Atayde and Sel Guevara	Richard del Rosario, Jason Webb, Willie Miller and Dorian Peña
Game 5	Magoo Marjon	Jason Webb and Ryan Gregorio	Aaron Atayde and Sel Guevara	Mico Halili, Richard del Rosario, Olsen Racela

External links

• PBA official website