The 2012 PBA All-Star Weekend was the annual all-star weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)'s 2011–12 PBA season. The events were held from May 10 to 13, 2012 at the Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena, Laoag, Ilocos Norte.[1]
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| Date | May 10–13, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena, Laoag, Ilocos Norte | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | James Yap (B-Meg Llamados) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | AKTV on IBC | ||||||||||||||||||
Highlighting the weekend was the return of the Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors (RSJ) vs. Veterans format of the All-Star game, after being dropped following the 2001 event.[2]
Mark Macapagal and Jonas Villanueva achieved three-peats as they were again victorious in the Three-point Shootout and Obstacle Challenge, respectively.
The players from Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters were pulled out from their respective events, days before the start of the weekend.[3]
Friday events
editObstacle Challenges
editTime in seconds.
| Name | Team | First round | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Villanueva | B-Meg | 29.7 | 31.1 |
| Paul Lee | Rain or Shine | 27.2 | 31.3 |
| LA Tenorio | Alaska | 30.0 | 43.0 |
| Willie Miller | Barako | 30.1 | |
| Alex Cabagnot | Petron | 32.2 | |
| Robert Labagala | Ginebra | 33.8 | |
| Jojo Duncil | Air21 | 36.3 | |
| JVee Casio | Powerade | 36.5 | |
| Chris Ross | Meralco | 37.6 |
- Gold represents the current champion.
- Jonas Villanueva won his three-peat for the Obstacle Challenge.
Three-point Shootout
edit| Name | Team | First round | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Macapagal | Meralco | 16 | 15 |
| Niño Canaleta | Ginebra | 19 | 13 |
| Josh Urbiztondo | B-Meg | 16 | 13 |
| Marcio Lassiter | Petron | 16 | 7 |
| Renren Ritualo | Air21 | 15 | |
| Jeffrei Chan | Rain or Shine | 15 | |
| Gary David | Powerade | 14 | |
| Willie Miller | Barako | 13 | |
| Cyrus Baguio | Alaska | 6 |
- Mark Macapagal won his three-peat for the Three-point Shootout.
Greats vs. Stalwarts
editTeam Greats vs. Team Stalwarts will be the newest event for the All-Star Weekend. Team Greats and Team Stalwart will play with 4 PBA Legends each.[4]
Rosters
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Team Stalwarts:
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Team Greats:
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Game
editMay 11
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| Team Greats 143, Team Stalwarts 139 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 33–29, 41–46, 30–37, 39–27 | ||
| Pts: Miller 29, Canaleta 21, Seigle 20, Mercado 19, Agustin 19, Cortez 10, Yeo 8, Lastimosa 7, Racela 6, Patrimonio 4 | Pts: Duremdes 29, Chan 18, Cardona 17, Taulava 16, Caidic 15, Simon 14, Baguio 11, Abarrientos 10, Isaac 0 | |
| Ato Agustin was named the game's most valuable player. | ||
Sunday events
editSlamdunk Contest
edit| Name | Team | First round | Second round | Championship |
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| Niño Canaleta | Ginebra | 50 | 40 | 100 |
| JC Intal | B-Meg | 44 | 46 | 99 |
| Gabe Norwood | Rain or Shine | 50 | 50 | 93 |
| Arwind Santos | Petron | 46 | 42 | |
| Elmer Espiritu | Air21 | 41 | 35 |
- Defending champion Kelly Williams together with teammate Japeth Aguilar didn't attend the All-star weekend due to their team management's decision.
RSJs vs. Veterans
editRosters
edit- Asi Taulava of Meralco replaced Ranidel de Ocampo in the line-up because the entire Talk 'N Text team chose not to participate at the All-star Weekend.
- Chot Reyes was replaced by Ryan Gregorio as Veterans coach because the entire Talk 'N Text team chose not to participate at the All-star Weekend.
- Mark Caguioa of Team Veterans did not play because of an eye injury.
Game
editMay 13
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| Veterans 176, Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors 144 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 53–31, 42–33, 37–41, 44–39 | ||
| Pts: Yap 44, Santos 31, Intal 18, Cabagnot 16, David 16, Mercado 14, Tenorio 13, Norwood 13, Taulava 6, Thoss 5, Pingris 0 | Pts: Ababou 44, Urbiztondo 21, Casio 18, Maierhofer 12, Baracael 11, Barroca 10, Al-Hussaini 9, Ross 8, Lee 8, Lassiter 3 | |
- James Yap was named the game's most valuable player.
References
edit- ^ CASIO, SANTOS PACE ALL-STAR VOTING, PBA.ph, March 20, 2012
- ^ Veterans vs RSJ, Legends game to highlight PBA All-Star Weekend Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, October 28, 2011
- ^ PBA LEGENDS STRUT STUFFS ANEW, PBA.ph, May 10, 2012
- ^ ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR 2012 PBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND IN LAOAG[permanent dead link], PBA.ph, May 08, 2012
- ^ a b PBA All-Star starters named Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, Tempo, April 1, 2012