2009 PBA Fiesta Conference

	Win
	Win via OT
	Loss
	Loss via OT

2009 PBA Fiesta Conference
Duration	February 28 – July 17, 2009
TV partner(s)	C/S9, Basketball TV (Local); The Filipino Channel (International)
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Barangay Ginebra Kings
Awards
Best Player	Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra)
Best Import	Gabe Freeman (San Miguel)
Finals MVP	Jonas Villanueva (San Miguel)
PBA Fiesta Conference chronology
	< 2008 2010 >
PBA conference chronology
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The 2009 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference or known as the 2009 Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, was the last conference of the 2008-09 PBA season. It started on February 28 and finished on July 17. The tournament was shortened to accommodate the training of the national basketball team for the FIBA Asia Championship 2009 qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The last conference had games on Thursdays and Saturdays. The tournament is an import-laden format, which allows an import or a non-Filipino player for each team and with a new height limit of 6-foot-6.

Two teams had new names before the start of the conference: the former Red Bull Barako was now known as the Barako Bull Energy Boosters, and the former Air21 Express were called as the Burger King Titans. However, with the failure of several business deals that would have changed the franchise's upper management, the Titans renamed into the Burger King Whoppers by their seventh game into the conference, retaining their old managemend headed by the Lina family.

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:[1]

The teams were divided into 2 groups, based on their performance in the 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup elimination round. Group A are teams that finished the Philippine Cup's elimination round in 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th positions, while Group B are the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th and 10th.

Group A:

Alaska Aces
Burger King Whoppers
Coca-Cola Tigers
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Sta. Lucia Realtors

Group B:

Barako Bull Energy Boosters
Barangay Ginebra Kings
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
San Miguel Beermen
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 14 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams, except for ties for #2, #5 and #8. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.
Wildcard phase:
- WC1: #3 vs. #10, with #3 having the twice-to-beat advantage
- WC2: #4 vs. #9, with #4 having the twice-to-beat advantage
- WC3: #5 vs. #8 in a knockout game
- WC4: #6 vs. #7 in a knockout game
Best-of-three quarterfinals:
- QF1: WC2 vs. WC3
- QF2: WC1 vs. WC4
Best-of-seven semifinals:
- SF1: QF1 vs. #1
- SF2: QF2 vs. #2
Third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals
Best-of-seven Finals: winners of the semifinals
This is basically same format used throughout the 2004-05 PBA season, save for WC3 and WC4 were conducted in a best-of-3 series.

Classification round

The May 17 game between the Barangay Ginebra Kings and the Alaska Aces held at the Albay Astrodome in Legaspi was canceled when the playing court was judged as too slippery, with Ginebra leading 9–2, and 8:04 remaining in the first quarter. The game was stopped twice and the stoppages lasted two hours before the game was canceled. The game was restarted at the Araneta Coliseum on May 22.[2]

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	11	3	.786	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3	Advance to semifinals
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3	Twice-to-beat in wildcard round
4	Burger King Whoppers	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3	Twice-to-beat in wildcard round
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4	Best-of-three wildcard round
6	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
8	Coca-Cola Tigers	6	8	.429[lower-alpha 3]	5
9	Alaska Aces	6	8	.429[lower-alpha 3]	5	Twice-to-win in wildcard round
10	Barako Bull Energy Boosters	2	12	.143	9	Twice-to-win in wildcard round

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; 2nd-seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine
Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10
8th-seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska

Results

The score given first is for the team indicated at the left-most column. Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Left \ Top	ALA	BAR	BGK	BK	Coke	PF	ROS	SMB	SLR	TNT
Alaska		90–92	82–81	88–106	85–89	94–84	94–96	89–93	90–100	122–124
Barako Bull	90–100		103–111	110–123	103–106	92–96	83–93	92–99	91–100	135–132
Barangay Ginebra	75–76			106–110	110–103	107–105	93–107	80–95	76–80	97–90
Burger King		99–89	94–100		127–109	78–82	112–118	105–114	96–87	114–117
Coca-Cola		120–106	85–122			89–80	94–91*	91–106	88–79	111–133
Purefoods	74–80			86–96	92–85		102–94*	103–122	93–91	131–121
Rain or Shine		103–97	89–94			110–90		95–102	100–109	96–102
San Miguel	91–84			105–107*	89–105		72–82		98–92	98–87
Sta. Lucia		98–88	98–101			104–95		90–92		106–100
Talk 'N Text	115–122*			129–135**	103–100		116–118*		97–91

*Overtime

Seeding playoffs

C/S9

May 24

8th seed

Coca-Cola Tigers 81, Alaska Aces 74

Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal

C/S9

May 24

2nd seed

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 71, Barangay Ginebra Kings 114

Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal

Bracket

Wildcard phase			Quarterfinals (Best-of-3)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#4 twice to beat)
4	Burger King	96
9	Alaska	90
			4	Burger King	2
	(One-game playoff)		5	Sta. Lucia	1	4	Burger King	2
5	Sta. Lucia	94				1	San Miguel	4
8	Coca-Cola	88
									1	San Miguel	4
	(#3 twice-to-beat)								2	Ginebra	3
3	Rain or Shine	96
10	Barako Bull	88				2	Ginebra	4
			3	Rain or Shine	2	3	Rain or Shine	2
	(One-game playoff)		6	Purefoods	1				Third-place playoff
6	Purefoods (2OT)	126							4	Burger King	132
7	Talk 'N Text	123								3	Rain or Shine	118

Wildcard phase

Note: Rain or Shine and Burger King possessed the twice to beat advantage but it was not used as their opponents failed to win to extend the series into a deciding game.

C/S9

May 27

2009 PBA Fiesta Conference

Format

Classification round

Team standings

Results

Seeding playoffs

Bracket

Wildcard phase

Quarterfinals

Rain or Shine–Purefoods series

Burger King–Sta. Lucia series

Semifinals

San Miguel–Burger King series

Barangay Ginebra–Rain or Shine series

Third-place playoff

Finals

Awards

Players of the Week

Statistical leaders

Locals

Imports

Imports

References

External links