2006–07 Alaska Aces season

{{Infobox PBA season2

| team = Alaska Aces (PBA)

| team2 = Alaska Aces

| PBAyear = 2006–07

| coach = Tim Cone

| 1c-name = Philippine Cup

| 1c-wins = 9

| 1c-losses = 12

| 1c-place = 8

| 1c-playoffs = Wildcard

| 2c-name = Fiesta Conference

| 2c-wins = 21

| 2c-losses = 11

| 2c-place = 1

| 2c-playoffs = Champions
(def. Talk 'N Text, 4–3)

| owners = Fred Uytengsu

| manager = Joaqui Trillo

| pol_team = 10

| prevseason = 2005–06

| nextseason = 2007–08

}}

The 2006–07 Alaska Aces season was the 21st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 20: The 2006 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

Draft picks

{{main|2006 PBA Draft}}

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! style="background:#C70309; color:#FFFFFF; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}" width="10%"| Round

! style="background:#C70309; color:#FFFFFF; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}" width="10%"| Pick

! style="background:#C70309; color:#FFFFFF; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}" width="20%"| Player

! style="background:#C70309; color:#FFFFFF; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}" width="15%"| Height

! style="background:#C70309; color:#FFFFFF; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}" width="15%"| Position

! style="background:#C70309; color:#FFFFFF; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}" width="20%"| Nationality

! style="background:#C70309; color:#FFFFFF; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}" width="20%"| College

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| 1

| 7

| 6"3'

| Guard-Forward

| {{PHI}}

style="text-align: center"

| 2

| 18

| Christian Luanzon

| 6"4'

| Guard

| {{PHI}}

Award

Willie Miller won his second Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vk1aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KSgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3298%2C7134569|title=Miller bags 2nd MVP plum|work=Manila Times}}

Roster

{{PBA roster header

|team=Alaska Aces

|season=2006–07

| bg1 = #C70309 | color1 = #FFFFFF

| bg2 = #000000 | color2 = #FFFFFF

}}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Mike | last = Cortez | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = | college = De La Salle | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Nic | last = Belasco | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = | college = Notre Dame (MD) | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = Rensy | last = Bajar | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = | college = San Beda | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Sonny | last = Thoss | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = | college = James Cook | nat = PNG }}

{{player2 | num = 9 | first = Christian | last = Luanzon | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = | college = UST | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Eddie | last = Laure | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = | college = Adamson | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 13 | first = Willie | last = Miller |dab=basketball | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = | college = Letran | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Aaron | last = Aban | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = | college = Letran | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 21 | first = Reynel | last = Hugnatan | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = | college = Manila | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 22 | first = Jeffrey | last = Cariaso | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = | college = Sonoma State | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 32 | first = Poch | last = Juinio | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = | college = UP | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 35 | first = Tony | last = dela Cruz | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = | college = UC Irvine | nat = USA }}

{{player2 | num = 50 | first = Dale | last = Singson | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = | college = UST | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 55 | first = John | last = Ferriols | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = | college = USJ-R | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 75 | first = Rosell | last = Ellis | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = | college = McNeese State | nat = USA | note = I }}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

{{player||USA|Tim Cone}}

| asst_coach =

{{player||PHI|Joel Banal}}
{{player||PHI|Richard Bachmann}}
{{player||PHI|Jojo Lastimosa}}
{{player||PHI|Luigi Trillo}}

| otherlegend =

(I) Import

}}

Philippine Cup

=Game log=

{{PBA game log start|type=Philippine Cup|Alaska Aces|end_year = 2007|bgcolor=#C70309|color=#FFFFFF}}

{{PBA game log section|Alaska Aces|October|first=yes}}

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 1

| September 28*

| 93–99

| Miller (23)

|

|

| 0–1

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 2

| October 4

| 99–84

| Miller (26)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 1–1

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 3

| October 8

| 93–97

| Cortez (24)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 1–2

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 4

| October 14

| 92–98

| Miller (21)

|

|

| The Arena in San Juan

| 1–3

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 5

| October 20

| 71–81

| Miller (30)

|

|

| Ynares Center

| 1–4

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 6

| October 27

| 78–82

| Belasco (18)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 1–5

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 7

| October 29

| 91–98

| Miller (18)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 1–6

{{PBA game log section|Alaska Aces|November}}

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 8

| November 5

| 122–100

| Cariaso (24)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 2–6

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 9

| November 10

| 98–101

| Belasco (20)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 2–7

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 10

| November 17

| 97–91 OT

| Belasco (23)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 3–7

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 11

| November 24

|

|

|

|

| Cuneta Astrodome

| 4–7

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 12

| November 26

| 105–94

| Dela Cruz (18)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 5–7

{{PBA game log section|Alaska Aces|December}}

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 13

| December 2

| 99–103

| Miller, Belasco (20)

|

|

| General Santos

| 5–8

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 14

| December 6

| 81–85

| Miller (18)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 5–9

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 15

| December 9

| 101–108

| Miller (23)

|

|

| 5–10

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 16

| December 15

| 100–98

|

|

|

| Ynares Center

| 6–10

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 17

| December 20

| 96–90

| Miller (24)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 7–10

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 18

| December 22

| 96–92 OT

| Miller (25)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 8–10

{{PBA game log end|3|end_year = 2007}}

Fiesta Conference

=Game log=

{{PBA game log start|type=Fiesta Conference|Alaska Aces|end_year = 2007|bgcolor=#C70309|color=#FFFFFF}}

{{PBA game log section|Alaska Aces|March|first=yes}}

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 1

| March 7

| 98–94

| Miller (27)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 1–0

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 2

| March 11

| 100–98

| Ellis (27)

| Ellis (16)

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 2–0

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 3

| March 15

| 113–124 OT

| Ellis (27)

|

|

| Olivarez Gym

| 2–1

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 4

| March 21

| 99–78

| Ellis (18)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 3–1

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 5

| March 25

| 106–100

| Miller (19)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 4–1

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 6

| March 31

| 94–80

|

|

|

| Subic Gym, Subic

| 5–1

{{PBA game log section|Alaska Aces|April}}

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 7

| April 4

| 104–116

| Ellis (38)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 5–2

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 8

| April 11

| 94–84

| Miller (25)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 6–2

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 9

| April 15

| 103–88

| Miller (21) Ellis (21)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 7–2

|-bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 10

| April 20

|

|

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 7–3

|-bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 11

| April 24

| 96–100

|

|

|

| Cuneta Astrodome

| 7–4

{{PBA game log section|Alaska Aces|May}}

|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 12

| May 6

| 74–66

| Thoss (15)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 8–4

|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 13

| May 11

| 97–91

| Miller (22)

|

|

| Ynares Center

| 9–4

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 14

| May 13

| 90–94

| Ellis (23)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 9–5

|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 15

| May 18

| 104–92

| Ellis (29)

|

|

| Araneta Coliseum

| 10–5

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 16

| May 23

| 117–107

| Miller (25)

|

|

| Ynares Center

| 11–5

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 17

| May 26

| 103–113

| Miller (23)

|

|

| 11–6

{{PBA game log section|Alaska Aces|June}}

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 18

| June 1

|

|

|

|

| Ynares Center

| 12–6

{{PBA game log end|3|end_year = 2007}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{Alaska Aces}}

{{2006-07 PBA season by team}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2006-07 Alaska Aces season}}

Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons