Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Weekend
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The Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Weekend is the annual gathering of the best players of the Philippine Basketball Association playing for various events such as the 3-point shootout, skills competition such as Obstacle and Trick-shot challenges, Rookies vs. Sophomores Blitz Game, Slam Dunk competition, Shooting stars, Legends 3-point challenge and culminated by the All-Star Game. It is patterned after the All-Star Weekend of the National Basketball Association.
The annual All-Star Game was instituted in 1989 and has already evolved into different types of competition such as the North vs. South match-up (presently adopted), Rookies, Sophomores & Juniors (RSJ) vs. Veterans, Commissioners All-Stars vs. Governors All-Stars, etc. The manner by which players to the All-Star Game were selected has also been changed as the same was again patterned before the NBA type of selection. Originally, the two coaches tapped to lead the two All-Star teams were the ones who selected their players but over the years the starting five are now selected through fan voting and the reserves would now be the ones chosen by the coaches. For the 2005-2006 season, fans from the host city or province were given the choice to select the sixth man of each team. After each game, an All-Star Most Valuable Player (MVP) was chosen by writers covering the annual event.
Vergel Meneses had clearly stamped his mark on this mid-year festivities as he remains to be the only four-time All-Star MVP awardee bagging the award in 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2003. In its entire history, four players have been named multiple winners of the All-Star MVP award namely, Meneses, Benjie Paras (1994 and 1999), Asi Taulava (2004 and 2006), and Jayjay Helterbrand (2005 and 2007).
Jerry Codiñera, Alvin Patrimonio and Meneses are the only players with at least 10 All-Star appearances since its inception.
Last year the winners in the All-Star Weekend are as follows: (a) South over North, 122-120 in the main All-Star Game with Asi Taulava named All-Star MVP, (b) Sophomores over the Rookies, 130-123 with Nelbert Omolon emerging as MVP, (c) Willie Miller in the Obstacle and Trick Shot Challenges, (d) William Antonio in the 3-point shootout, (e) Niño Cañaleta in the Slam Dunk competition, (f) Tony dela Cruz in the shooting stars event and (f) the team of Jojo Lastimosa, Ricardo Marata and Boybits Victoria in the Legends Shootout.
For the 2006-07 season, the league will have their All-Star Week from April 25-29, 2007, with festivities being held in two different cities. The PBA Blitz Game (Rookies vs. Sophomores) will be held in San Fernando City, La Union, while the PBA All-Star Game will be held in Baguio City, on All-Star Weekend.
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[edit] List of all-star games
The matchups are explained at the types section:
[edit] PBA All-Star Game
| Year | Winning team | Score | Losing team | MVP (PBA team) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Veterans | 132-130 | Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors | Elmer Cabahug* (Alaska) | The ULTRA, Pasig |
| 1990 | Veterans | 146-118 | Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors | Samboy Lim (San Miguel) | - |
| 1991 | Light Team All-Stars | 127-120 | Dark Team All-Stars | Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) | The ULTRA, Pasig |
| 1992 | South All-Stars | 108-105 | North All-Stars | Alvin Teng (San Miguel) | - |
| 1993 | North All-Stars | 149-129 | South All-Stars | Allan Caidic (San Miguel) | Cuneta Astrodome , Pasay City |
| 1994 | North All-Stars | 133-124 | South All-Stars | Benjie Paras (Shell) | - |
| 1995 | Veterans | - | Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors | Vergel Meneses (Sunkist) | - |
| 1996 | Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors | - | Veterans | Kenneth Duremdes (Sunkist) | - |
| 1997 | Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors | - | Veterans | Bal David (Gordon's Gin) | - |
| 1998 | Philippine Centennial Team | 107-92 | PBA All-Stars | Vergel Meneses (Pop Cola) | Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City |
| 1999 | Veterans | 91-85 | Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors | Benjie Paras (Shell) | - |
| 2000 | Veterans | 93-78 | Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors | Vergel Meneses (Pop Cola) | San Agustin Gym, Iloilo City |
| 2001 | Veterans | 112-105 | Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors | Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel) | Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
| 2002 | No game held | ||||
| 2003 | Governor's All-Stars | 124-122 | Commissioner's All-Stars | Vergel Meneses (FedEx) | Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
| 2004 | South All-Stars | 130-128 | North All-Stars | Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text) / Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text) | New Cebu City Coliseum, Cebu City |
| 2005 | North All-Stars | 131-128 | South All-Stars | Jayjay Helterbrand (Ginebra) | Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena, Laoag City |
| 2006 | South All-Stars | 122-120 | North All-Stars | Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text) | Xavier University Gym, Cagayan de Oro City |
| 2007 | North All-Stars | 145-142 | South All-Stars | Jayjay Helterbrand (Ginebra) / Willie Miller (Alaska) | University of Baguio Gym, Baguio City |
| 2008 | South All-Stars | 163-158 (OT)** |
North All-Stars | Peter June Simon (Purefoods) | West Negros University Gym, Bacolod City |
- * MVP from losing team
- ** The two teams requested for an overtime period to be held.
[edit] Types
- Veterans vs. Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors (RSJ): The Veteran team consists of players who have played in the league for four or more years. The RSJ team consists of players who have played in the league for less than four years.
- Head to head: Veterans lead 6-2.
- North vs. South: The players' team is assigned according to their birthplaces, and in cases of players born outside the Philippines, on their parents' birth places. Players from the Luzon play for the North All-Stars, while those from the Visayas and Mindanao play for the South All-Stars.
- Head to head: Tied 4-4.
[edit] Sidelights
[edit] Rookies vs. Sophomores Blitz Game
| Year | Winning team | Score | Losing team | MVP (PBA team) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005* | Sophomores | 122-106 | Rookies | Nelbert Omolon (Sta. Lucia) | Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena, Laoag City |
| 2006* | Sophomores | 130-123 | Rookies | Nelbert Omolon (Sta. Lucia) | Xavier University Gym, Cagayan de Oro City |
| 2007 | Rookies | 122-107 | Sophomores | Arwind Santos (Air21) | Pacoy Ortega Gym, San Fernando City |
| 2008* | Rookies | 101-97 | Sophomores | Ronjay Buenafe (Coca-Cola) | West Negros University Gym, Bacolod City |
* The 2005-06 PBA season had two Blitz Games.
[edit] Other games
| Year | Winning team | Score | Losing team | MVP | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Washington Bullets | 133-123 | PBA All-Stars | - | Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
| 1991 | PBA Dark All-Stars | - | China | - | Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
| 1991 | PBA Light All-Stars | - | China | - | Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
| 2000 | PBA All-Stars | 101-81 | ABC (now FIBA Asia) All-Stars | Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) | PhilSports Arena, Pasig City |
| 2003 | Toyota Tamaraws | 65-61 | Crispa Redmanizers | Terry Saldaña (Toyota) | Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City |
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[edit] External links
- ALL-STAR GAME HEAD-TO-HEAD: NORTH 2, SOUTH 1 Saturday, 07 August 2004
