PBA All Star Weekend Recap Sunday

Nino Canaleta captures 5th Slam Dunk Title

Barangay Ginebra Kings' KG Canaleta has captured his 5th Slam Dunk Title in a pefect score (100) during the finals of the Slam Dunk Competition. He went over the final round dunking on one men during his first try and three men on his final dunk. His closest competitor, JC Intal was a point shy away from capturing the title. Gabe Norwood, the 2009 Dunk Contest Champion may have felt the pressure and garnered only 93 points in the final round.

Other Participants: Elmer Espiritu (Air 21) and Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze)

Photo taken from Alex Cabagnot's Twitter Account

Veterans Grace Under Pressure, beating RSJ 176-144

MVP: James Yap

The scores:
Veterans (176) – Yap 44, Santos 31, David 16, Cabagbot 16, Intal 15, Mercado 14, Tenorio 13, Norwood 13, Taulava 6, Thoss 5, Pingris 3
RSJ (144) – Ababou 44, Urbiztondo 21, Casio 18, Maierhofer 12, Baracael 11, Barroca 10, Al-Hussaini 9, Ross 8, Lee 8, Lassiter 3
Quarters: 53-31; 95-64; 132-105; 176-144





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PBA All Star Weekend Laoag Recap Friday

The PBA Contingent started to heat up Laoag City as early as Wednesday, gracious hosts from Ilocos Norte includes Governor Imee Marcos, Congressman Rudy Farinas and Laoag Mayor Michael Farinas. The event for the PBA Contingent lead by PBA Commissioner Chito Salud was not just about basketball, it was filled with fun + public service.

THE SIDE EVENTS (Friday, May 11) :

Obstacle Challenge Winner: Jonas Villanueva (three-time)

B-Meg's Jonas Villanueva won his third straight Obstacle Challenge title by just two-tenths of a second with Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Paul Lee (His time was 31.3 while Lee was 31.1)

Finishing third was LA Tenorio who had finished the final round with 43 seconds

Other participants: Air 21's Jojo Duncil, Petron Blaze's Alex Cabagnot, Ginebra's Rob Labagala, Meralco's Chris Ross and Powerade's JV Casio.

Three Point Shootout Champion: Mark Macapagal (three-time)

Meralco's Mark Macapagal also retained the three-point shootout title as he has beaten in the finals Marcio Lassiter (Petron), KG Canaleta (Ginebra) and Josh Urbiztondo (B-Meg)



Greats vs. Stalwarts (Greats winning 144-139)

It is a joyous feeling for us the fans to see the legends play and prove why they were included in the best players of the league as they had teamed up with current PBA players. B-Meg Assistant Coach Johnny Abarrientos who played for the Stalwarts had a triple-double performance while Petron Coach Ato Agustin was adjuged as MVP of the exhibition game with 19 points.

PBA Greats (143) – Miller 29, Canaleta 21, Seigle 20, Mercado 19, Agustin 19, Cortez 10, Yeo 8, Lastimosa 7, Racela 6, Patrimonio 4.
PBA Stalwarts (139) – Duremdes 29, Chan 18, Cardona 17, Taulava 16, Caidic 15, Simon 14, Baguio 11, Abarrientos 10, Anthony 9, Isaac 0.


Photo Credits:  Interaktv, Nuki Sabio, PBA 

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Arwind Santos joins the slam dunk fray

With JC Intal out because of back injury, Petron Blaze's Arwind Santos is now the last minute entry in today's Slam Dunk Contest joining KG Canaleta of Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings, Elmer Espiritu of Air 21 Express and Gabe Norwood of Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

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2012 PBA All Star Weekend in Laoag

TOP rookie pick JV Casio and Petron star big man Arwind Santos show the way in the voting for starters in this year’s Rookies/Sophomores/Juniors-Veterans game of the PBA All-Star Weekend in Laoag City.
Casio, the hot-shooting playmaker of Powerade, had the most number of votes so far among the RSJ with 30,544 to pace four other guards, which also included no. 2 overall pick Paul Lee of Rain or Shine (29,763) and B-Meg’s Mark Barroca (20,067).

Santos on the other hand, received 28,821 votes from the fans to pace the Veterans big men, way ahead of B-Meg’s Marc Pingris (22,771) and Kerby Raymundo of Ginebra (17,621).

Fans still have one week to vote to determine the three frontliners and two guards that will start for both teams in the May 10-13 mid-season classic.

Last day of voting is on March 28.

Powerade coach Bo Perasol will call the shots for RSJ, while Chot Reyes handles the Veterans. The two coaches earned the right to handle the two squads for steering the Tigers and Tropang Texters to the Finals of the Philippine Cup.
Petron’s Chris Lutz, the no. 3 pick behind Casio and Lee, leads the RSJ center/forwards in voting with 29,018, followed by Marcio Lassiter of Powerade (27,347), Japeth Aguilar of Talk `N Text (23,418), and Ginebra’s Dylan Ababou (23,021).

All four incidentally, are former teammates with the Smart Gilas-Pilipinas team.

Meanwhile, consistent fan favorite James Yap of B-Meg and Mark Caguioa of Ginebra are on top among veteran guards. Yap accumulated 23,430 votes, while Caguioa is next with 18, 635. Running third behind the team is Powerade gunner Gary David (14,293).

Others getting the fans nod are Alaska forward Marnel Baracael (14,752) and guards Rob Labagala (9,479) and John Wilson (9,002).

For the Veterans, in contention for a starting job are forwards JC Intal of Ginebra (17, 614) and Petron’s Dondon Hontiveros (15,753), along with playmakers Jayjay Helterbrand of Ginebra (13,287), and reigning league MVP Jimmy Alapag of Talk `N Text (12,728).

Coaches of the league's eight other teams will fill the seven vacant spots of the two teams while Reyes and Perasol are confined to picking the seven other players for their respective rosters.

-- PBA Media Bureau

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