PBA All-Star Weekend: History

2009 All-Star Weekend: History



The 2009 PBA All-Star Week is the annual all-star weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)'s 2008-09 PBA season. This year's all-star game will be totally different from the past All-Star games, as this year's event will have 3 all-star games in different cities, particularly: Victorias, Negros Occidental (April 22), Panabo, Davao del Norte (April 24), and Quezon City (April 26).

Wednesday events

April 22

Powerade-Team Pilipinas 98, North All-Stars 80
Victorias City Sports and Recreational Arena, Victorias, Negros Occidental C/S9

Scoring by quarter: 28–23, 24–25, 25–10, 25–22
Pts: Mick Pennisi 15
Pts: Jhamar Thorpe 16

Mick Pennisi won the game's MVP honors.

Friday events

April 24

Powerade-Team Pilipinas 103, South All-Stars 99
Panabo City Tourism, Cultural and Sports Center, Panabo, Davao del Norte C/S9

Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 23–28, 33–13
Pts: Jared Dillinger 12
Pts: Peter June Simon 19

Jared Dillinger won the game's MVP honors.

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Sunday Skills Competition


Held prior to the All-Star Game at the Araneta Coliseum on April 26.

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All-Star Game

April 26

Powerade-Team Pilipinas 89, PBA All-Stars 97
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9

Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 22–23, 25–25, 18–26
Pts: Arwind Santos 18
Pts: David Noel 18

David Noel was named as the All-Star MVP.

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Source: wikipedia

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.



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.







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