2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals

The 2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals were the championship series of the 2005-06 PBA season's 2006 PBA Philippine Cup of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The series was a best-of-seven affair and was the 91st championship disputed in the league. The teams competing are the first-seeded Purefoods Chunkee Giants and the third-seeded Red Bull Barako in a rematch of the finals of the previous conference.

2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals

Team Coach Wins Purefoods Chunkee Giants Ryan Gregorio 4 Red Bull Barako Yeng Guiao 2
Dates	July 5–21
MVP	Marc Pingris
Television	ABC
Radio network	Radyo PBA
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Qualification

• Purefoods Chunkee Giants
  • The top seed qualified for the best-of-seven semifinals outright.
  • Came back from a 1–3 series deficit against the Alaska Aces and won the semifinal series, four games to three.
• Red Bull Barako
  • Finished third after the elimination round.
  • Defeated Barangay Ginebra Kings in the quarterfinal series, 3–2
  • Won semifinals against San Miguel Beermen, 4-3

Rosters

Purefoods Chunkee Giants roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 3   Billones, Egay 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Centro Escolar Las Piñas G 4   Artadi, Paul 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE F/C 5   Salvador, Jondan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) St. Benilde F 7   Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G 8   Simon, Peter June 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mindanao F/C 9   Limpot, Jun 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle F 12   Camaso, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Metro Manila Colleges G 13   Yap, Roger 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) USJ–R F 15   Pingris, Marc 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) PSBA G/F 18   Yap, James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UE C 21   Raymundo, Kerby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Letran F 28   Yee, Richard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST F 33   Tejada, Eugene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Chabot F/C 34   Gamboa, Arnold 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Far Eastern G 40   Castillo, Noy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) The Citadel	Head coach   Ryan Gregorio Assistant coach(es)   Ronnie Magsanoc Legend (C) Team captain   Injured

Red Bull Barako roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 1   Cruz, Celino 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Far Eastern G 4   Ybañez, Warren 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) PSBA PG 5   Robinson, Topex 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) San Sebastian F/C 7   Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Eastern Michigan G/F 8   Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UST F 10   Valenzuela, Junthy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SCSIT F 11   Alvarez, Rich 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Ateneo G 12   Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo F/C 14   Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Ateneo F 15   Tugade, Lordy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) National-U F 20   Najorda, Leo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Sebastian F/C 21   Bugia, Paolo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Ateneo C 35   Feihl, Edward Joseph 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson F   Hrabak, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Central Arizona	Head coach   Yeng Guiao Assistant coach(es)   Roehl Nadurata   Gee Abanilla   Andy Jao Legend (C) Team captain   Injured

Series scoring summary

The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Wins
Purefoods	101	93	79	99	93	90	4
Red Bull	97	82	89	81	98	83	2

† denotes the number of overtimes

Games summary

ABC

July 5

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 101, Red Bull Barako 97
Pts: Kerby Raymundo 30 James Yap 26		Pts: Lordy Tugade 30 Enrico Villanueva 25

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Kerby Raymundo scored a career-high 30 points, while Yee added 12 points, including five crucial free throws, in the last two minutes. Purefoods pummeled Red Bull with a 60.9 percent field-goal shooting in the second quarter, and the Giants, nursing a 23–22 edge at the end of the opening period, zoomed to a 53–34 spread at halftime. The Bulls had a fiery chase in the third quarter. They were ahead 97–94 but went scoreless in the last 1:55 of play. Yee canned in two charities off a foul by Villanueva to tie the count at 97-all, and then Raymundo scored on a 15-foot jumper as the Giants surged ahead, 99-97, with time down to 30.9 seconds.

ABC

July 7

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 93, Red Bull Barako 82
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 15–35, 28–14, 26–20
Pts: James Yap 23		Pts: Lordy Tugade 18

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

The Giants were off to a great start in the first quarter by taking a 12-point lead. Red Bull bounced back behind Lordy Tugade and the rest of the team to take a 48-39 halftime lead. Richard Yee put in another sterling performance by banging all of his 17 points in the second half, while Marc Pingris pumped in a career-high 21 points, most of them in the shaded area, to help the Giants pull away.^[1]

ABC

July 9

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 79, Red Bull Barako 89
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 16–18, 23–32, 27–23
Pts: James Yap 16		Pts: Lordy Tugade 22

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Celino Cruz and Lordy Tugade fired all of Red Bull's seven three-pointers, most of them done in a fashion that riled the Giants while putting up a tough and gritty defense. Enrico Villanueva, Junthy Valenzuela, and Cyrus Baguio also had their sparkling moments that helped the Bulls pull away in the third period.^[2]

ABC

July 12

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 99, Red Bull Barako 81
Scoring by quarter: 32–11, 34–23, 16–29, 17–18
Pts: James Yap 23		Pts: Enrico Villanueva 25

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Purefoods started hot from the get-go, with key games from newly crowned MVP James Yap and Most Improved Player Marc Pingris. The Giants led by as many as 34 points, and the Bulls never looked back.^[3]

ABC

July 19

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 93, Red Bull Barako 98

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

The Bulls came back from 15 points down. After Celino Cruz tied the count at 90-all with a triple and Enrico Villanueva and Larry Fonacier went to work, the Giants suddenly got cold feet. Season MVP James Yap muffed his last seven attempts from three-point range, while Kerby Raymundo missed a couple of point-blank attempts.^[4]

ABC

July 21

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 90, Red Bull Barako 83

Purefoods wins series, 4–2

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

2006 Philippine Cup Champions
Purefoods Chunkee Giants Seventh title

References

1. "Giants grab 2–0 lead as Pingris, Yee shine". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
2. "Bulls bounced back". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
3. "Giants take 3–1 cushion". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
4. "Giants try to close it out again in Game 6 tonight". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

External links

• Philippine Basketball Association official website