2012 PBA All-Star Weekend
{{Infobox basketball game
| name = 2012 PBA All-Star Weekend
| image = 2012 PBA All-Star Game logo.png
| visitor = Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors
| home = Veterans
| visitor_total = 144
| home_total = 176
| home_per1 = 53
| home_per2 = 42
| home_per3 = 37
| home_per4 = 44
| visitor_per1 = 31
| visitor_per2 = 33
| visitor_per3 = 41
| visitor_per4 = 39
| date = May 10–13, 2012
| arena = Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena
| city = Laoag, Ilocos Norte
| MVP = James Yap
(B-Meg Llamados)
| attendance =
| previous = 2011
| next = 2013
}}
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.[http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1473 CASIO, SANTOS PACE ALL-STAR VOTING], PBA.ph, March 20, 2012
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.[http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/veterans-vs-rsj-legends-game-to-highlight-pba-all-star-weekend Veterans vs RSJ, Legends game to highlight PBA All-Star Weekend] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501052312/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/veterans-vs-rsj-legends-game-to-highlight-pba-all-star-weekend |date=2012-05-01 }}, Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, October 28, 2011
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.[http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1564 PBA LEGENDS STRUT STUFFS ANEW], PBA.ph, May 10, 2012
Friday events
=Obstacle Challenges=
Time in seconds.
| class=wikitable | |||
| Name | Team || First round || Championship | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#FFD700 | 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=
| class=wikitable | |||
| Name | Team || First round || Championship | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#FFD700 | 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=
Team 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.[http://www.pba.ph/news/entry, ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR 2012 PBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND IN LAOAG]{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, PBA.ph, May 08, 2012
==Rosters==
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Team Stalwarts:
- Asi Taulava (Meralco)
- Sean Anthony (Powerade)
- Peter June Simon (B-Meg)
- Mark Cardona (Meralco)
- Cyrus Baguio (Alaska)
- Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine)
- Allan Caidic (Legends)
- Leo Isaac (Legends)
- Kenneth Duremdes (Legends)
- Johnny Abarrientos (Legends)
- Playing coach: Allan Caidic
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Team Greats:
- Danny Ildefonso (Petron)
- Nino Canaleta (Ginebra)
- Danny Seigle (Barako)
- Joseph Yeo (Petron)
- Mike Cortez (Ginebra)
- Sol Mercado (Meralco)
- Willie Miller (Barako)
- Alvin Patrimonio (Legends)
- Ato Agustin (Legends)
- Jojo Lastimosa (Legends)
- Olsen Racela (Legends)
- Playing coach: Ato Agustin
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==Game==
{{basketballbox
| date = May 11
| time =
| report = [http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1568 Report]
| team1 = Team Greats
| points1=Miller 29, Canaleta 21, Seigle 20, Mercado 19, Agustin 19, Cortez 10, Yeo 8,
Lastimosa 7, Racela 6, Patrimonio 4
| points2=Duremdes 29, Chan 18, Cardona 17, Taulava 16, Caidic 15, Simon 14, Baguio
11, Abarrientos 10, Isaac 0
| score1 = 143
| Q1 = 33–29
| Q2 = 41–46
| Q3 = 30–37
| Q4 = 39–27
| team2 = Team Stalwarts
| score2 = 139
| place = Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena, Laoag, Ilocos Norte
| attendance =
| series = Ato Agustin was named the game's most valuable player.
}}
Sunday events
=Slamdunk Contest=
| class=wikitable | ||||
| Name | Team || First round || Second round || Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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=
==Rosters==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors |
| scope="col" width="25px"|Pos
!scope="col" width="125px"|Player !scope="col" width="200px"|Team !scope="col" width="75px"|No. of selections !scope="col" width="75px"|Votes |
|---|
| scope="col" colspan="5"|Starters[http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/04/01/pba-all-star-starters-named/ PBA All-Star starters named] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221081451/http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/04/01/pba-all-star-starters-named/ |date=2015-02-21 }}, Tempo, April 1, 2012 |
| G
|style="text-align:left"| JVee Casio |style="text-align:left"| Powerade Tigers | 1 | 45,038 |
| G
|style="text-align:left"| Paul Lee |style="text-align:left"| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 1 | 39,777 |
| F
|style="text-align:left"| Dylan Ababou |style="text-align:left"| Barangay Ginebra Kings | 1 | 38,621 |
| F/G
|style="text-align:left"| Josh Urbiztondo |style="text-align:left"| B-Meg Llamados | 1 | 39,963 |
| F
|style="text-align:left"| Marcio Lassiter |style="text-align:left"| Petron Blaze Boosters | 1 | 43,067 |
| scope="col" colspan="5"|Reserves |
| F/C
|style="text-align:left"| Rabeh Al-Hussaini |style="text-align:left"| Powerade Tigers | 2 | — |
| F
|style="text-align:left"| Mac Baracael |style="text-align:left"| Alaska Aces | 1 | — |
| F
|style="text-align:left"| Rico Maierhofer |style="text-align:left"| Barangay Ginebra Kings | 2 | — |
| G
|style="text-align:left"| Mark Barroca |style="text-align:left"| B-Meg Llamados | 1 | — |
| G
|style="text-align:left"| Chris Ross |style="text-align:left"| Meralco Bolts | 1 | — |
| style="text-align:left" colspan="5"|Head coach: Bo Perasol (Powerade Tigers) |
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Veterans |
| scope="col" width="25px"|Pos
!scope="col" width="125px"|Player !scope="col" width="200px"|Team !scope="col" width="75px"|No. of selections !scope="col" width="75px"|Votes |
|---|
| scope="col" colspan="5"|Starters |
| G
|style="text-align:left"| James Yap |style="text-align:left"| B-Meg Llamados | 9 | 37,893 |
| G
|style="text-align:left"| JC Intal |style="text-align:left"| B-Meg Llamados | 3 | 29,503 |
| F
|style="text-align:left"| Gary David |style="text-align:left"| Powerade Tigers | 3 | — |
| C
|style="text-align:left"| Marc Pingris |style="text-align:left"| B-Meg Llamados | 6 | 41,192 |
| F
|style="text-align:left"| Arwind Santos |style="text-align:left"| Petron Blaze Boosters | 5 | 42,996 |
| scope="col" colspan="5"|Reserves |
| F
|style="text-align:left"| Gabe Norwood |style="text-align:left"| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | — |
| G
|style="text-align:left"| LA Tenorio |style="text-align:left"| Alaska Aces | 3 | — |
| G
|style="text-align:left"| Alex Cabagnot |style="text-align:left"| Petron Blaze Boosters | 2 | — |
| C
|style="text-align:left"| Sonny Thoss |style="text-align:left"| Alaska Aces | 9 | — |
| C
|style="text-align:left"| Asi Taulava |style="text-align:left"| Meralco Bolts | 11 | — |
| G
|style="text-align:left"| Sol Mercado |style="text-align:left"| Meralco Bolts | 2 | — |
| style="text-align:left" colspan="5"|Head coach: Ryan Gregorio (Meralco Bolts) |
{{col-end}}
- 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 ==
{{basketballbox |bg=#eee
| date = May 13
| time =
| report = [http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/big-game-james-leads-veterans-past-rsj-in-all-star-extravaganza Report]
| team1 = Veterans
| points1 = Yap 44, Santos 31, Intal 18, Cabagnot 16, David 16, Mercado 14, Tenorio 13, Norwood 13, Taulava 6, Thoss 5, Pingris 0
| points2 = Ababou 44, Urbiztondo 21, Casio 18, Maierhofer 12, Baracael 11, Barroca 10, Al-Hussaini 9, Ross 8, Lee 8, Lassiter 3
| score1 = 176
| Q1 = 53–31
| Q2 = 42–33
| Q3 = 37–41
| Q4 = 44–39
| team2 = Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors
| score2 = 144
| place = Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena, Laoag, Ilocos Norte
| attendance =
}}
- James Yap was named the game's most valuable player.
References
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See also
- 2011–12 PBA season
- Philippine Basketball Association
- Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Weekend
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