2014 PBA All-Star Game
Gilas Pilipinas defeats PBA All-Stars, 101-93
April 6, 2014 – Mall of Asia Arena
Game Highlights:
-Gary David with 15 points was named MVP of the game
-Jeff Chan led Gilas Pilipinas with 17 points
-June Mar Fajardo with 13 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
-Jayson Castro with 12 points and 5 rebounds
Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool for 2014 FIBA World Cup and 2014 Asian Games
-Jimmy Alapag, Jayson Castro, Ranidel De Ocampo, and Larry Fonacier (Talk ‘N Text)
-Beau Belga, Jeff Chan, Paul Lee, and Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine)
-Japeth Aguilar, Greg Slaughter, and LA Tenorio (Ginebra)
-Gary David and Jared Dillinger (Meralco)
-June Mar Fajardo and Marcio Lassiter (San Miguel Beer)
-Marc Pingris (San Mig Coffee)
-Marcus Douthit
-Andray Blatche (Pending Naturalization Process)
Battle of two great Point Guards in the PBA Philippine Cup Quarterfinals: Former Smart Gilas Mark Barroca vs Gilas Pilipinas Jayson Castro! Who do you think is the better Point Guard?
San Mig Coffee vs Talk N Text will battle in a Best-of-Three Series! Who do you think will win?
Game 1 – Smart Araneta Coliseum
Japeth Aguilar led Ginebra with 18 points while LA Tenorio contributed 17 points as Ginebra beat San Mig Coffee in the opening day of the PBA Philippine Cup last November 17, 2013. Former Smart Gilas Dylan Ababou is back from an injury and scored 16 points while No. 1 pick Greg Slaughter with 10 points in his PBA debut. Former Smart Gilas Mark Barroca led San Mig Coffee with 14 points.
Game 2 in Cebu
Jayson Castro led Talk N Text with 20 points to defeat sister team Meralco who was led by new Bolts player Gary David with 26 points. Kelly Williams is back on TNT and contributed 10 points.
Arwind Santos is the Most Valuable Player for the 38th Season of the PBA while Calvin Abueva was named Rookie of the Year! Former Smart Gilas players, JV Casio won the Sportsmanship Award and Marcio Lassiter was included in the Best Defensive Team.
Most Valuable Player: Arwind Santos
Rookie of the Year: Calvin Abueva
Other Individual Awards:
27th FIBA Asia Championship All-Tournament Team (Best 5 players of the Tournament) Center – Hamed Haddadi (Iran) Power Forward – Oshin Sahakian (Iran) Forward – Lin Chih-Chieh (Chinese Taipei) Shooting Guard – Kim Min-Goo (Korea)…
Larry Fonacier led Gilas Pilipinas with 21 points (5/7 from 3-point range)
Chih-Chieh Lin of Chinese-Taipei with 20 pts, 9 rebs and 12 asts
Wen-Ting Tseng of Chinese-Taipei warming up for a tough match against Gilas Pilipinas
Ranidel de Ocampo was 3/6 from three-point range
Jayson Castro William was on fire from inside and outside contributing 16pts, 4rebs and 3asts
Great defense by Gabe Norwood on Jimmy Baxter
Japeth Aguilar made a couple of jumpers to extend the lead of Gilas Pilipinas in the 2nd half
Marc Pingris with 8 points and 9 rebounds, Pingris controlled the game with his energy in offense and defense
Smooth shot by Larry Fonacier contributing 12 points (2/3 from three-point range)