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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.
| 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference | |
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| 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 Kings) |
| Best Import | Gabe Freeman (San Miguel Beermen) |
| Finals MVP | Jonas Villanueva (San Miguel Beermen) |
| PBA Fiesta Conference chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
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 management headed by the Lina family.
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:[1]
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Group A: |
Group B:
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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]
| 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 | |
| 3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 6 | .571[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round |
| 4 | Burger King Whoppers | 8 | 6 | .571[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | |
| 5 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 7 | 7 | .500[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | Knockout in the 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 the wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 2 | 12 | .143 | 9 |
| Team | ALA | BBE | BGK | BKW | COKE | PF | ROS | SMB | SLR | TNT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Aces | 90–92 | 82–81 | 88–106 | 85–89 | 94–84 | 94–96 | 89–93 | 90–100 | 122–124 | |
| Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 90–100 | 103–111 | 110–123 | 103–106 | 92–96 | 83–93 | 92–99 | 91–100 | 135–132 | |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | 75–76 | 106–110 | 110–103 | 107–105 | 93–107 | 80–95 | 76–80 | 97–90 | ||
| Burger King Whoppers | 99–89 | 94–100 | 127–109 | 78–82 | 112–118 | 105–114 | 96–84 | 105–118 | ||
| Coca-Cola Tigers | 120–106 | 85–122 | 89–80 | 94–91* | 91–106 | 88–79 | 111–133 | |||
| Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 74–80 | 86–96 | 92–85 | 102–94* | 103–122 | 93–91 | 131–121 | |||
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 103–97 | 89–94 | 110–90 | 95–102 | 100–109 | 96–102 | ||||
| San Miguel Beermen | 91–84 | 105–107* | 89–105 | 72–82 | 92–90 | 98–87 | ||||
| Sta. Lucia Realtors | 98–88 | 98–101 | 104–95 | 90–82 | 92–98 | 106–100 | ||||
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 115–122* | 129–135** | 103–00 | 116–118* | 97–91 |
| Wildcard phase | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||
| (#4 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Burger King | 96 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Alaska | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Burger King | 2 | 4 | Burger King | 2 | |||||||||||||
| (Single-elimination) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sta. Lucia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sta. Lucia | 94 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Coca-Cola | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| (#3 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 96 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ginebra | 4 | Third place playoff | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | Barako Bull | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | |||||||||||||
| (Single-elimination) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Purefoods | 1 | 4 | Burger King | 132 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Purefoods (2OT) | 126 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 118 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Talk 'N Text | 123 | ||||||||||||||||
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.
June 14 |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 93, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 89 | ||
| Rain or Shine wins series 2–1 |
June 28 |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings 108, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 100 | ||
| Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–2 |
| Week | Player(s)[3] | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| February 28–March 8 | Jonas Villanueva | San Miguel Beermen |
| March 9–15 | Marlou Aquino | Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| March 16–22 | Arwind Santos | Burger King Titans |
| March 23–29 | Ronald Tubid | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| April 12–20 | Eric Menk | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| April 27–May 3 | Arwind Santos | Burger King Whoppers |
| May 4–10 | Jayjay Helterbrand | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| May 11–17 | Jimmy Alapag | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
| May 18–24 | Asi Taulava Ronald Tubid | Coca-Cola Tigers Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| May 25–31 | Gabe Norwood Nelbert Omolon | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| June 3 and 14 | Arwind Santos | Burger King Whoppers |
| June 15–21 | Gabe Norwood | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |
| June 22–28 | Jayjay Helterbrand | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| Category | Player | Team | Stat | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | Arwind Santos | Burger King Whoppers | 19.36 | 14 |
| Rebounds per game | Asi Taulava | Coca-Cola Tigers | 12.08 | 13 |
| Assists per game | Jimmy Alapag | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 6.07 | 14 |
| Steals per game | Warren Ybanez | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 1.45 | 11 |
| Blocks per game | Marlou Aquino* | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 2.43 | 14 |
| Field goal percentage | Ali Peek* | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | .667 | 14 |
| Free throw percentage | Jayjay Helterbrand* | Barangay Ginebra Kings | .877 | 13 |
| Three-point field goal percentage | Don Dulay* | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | .457 | 14 |
*refers that the local had a higher statistic than an import
| Category | Player | Team | Stat | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | Rashad Bell | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 32.50 | 2 |
| Rebounds per game | Jai Lewis | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 16.80 | 12 |
| Assists per game | David Noel | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 6.40 | 5 |
| Steals per game | David Noel | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 2.20 | 5 |
| Blocks per game | Shawn Daniels | Burger King Whoopers | 2.40 | 14 |
| Field goal percentage | Jai Lewis | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | .563 | 12 |
| Free throw percentage | Rashad Bell | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | .857 | 12 |
| Three-point field goal percentage | David Noel | Barangay Ginebra Kings | .438 | 5 |
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.
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