2012 PBA All-Star Weekend

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]

2012 PBA All-Star Weekend
Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors Veterans
144 176
1234 Total
Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors 31334139 144
Veterans 53423744 176
DateMay 10–13, 2012
VenueIlocos Norte Centennial Arena, Laoag, Ilocos Norte
MVPJames Yap
(B-Meg Llamados)
NetworkAKTV on IBC
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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

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Obstacle Challenges

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Time 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

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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

Greats vs. Stalwarts

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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.[4]

Rosters

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Game

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May 11
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

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Slamdunk Contest

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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

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Rosters

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  • 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

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May 13
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

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  1. ^ CASIO, SANTOS PACE ALL-STAR VOTING, PBA.ph, March 20, 2012
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ PBA LEGENDS STRUT STUFFS ANEW, PBA.ph, May 10, 2012
  4. ^ ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR 2012 PBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND IN LAOAG[permanent dead link], PBA.ph, May 08, 2012
  5. ^ a b PBA All-Star starters named Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, Tempo, April 1, 2012

See also

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Preceded by PBA All-Star Weekend
2012
Succeeded by