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2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals
Dates	July 5–21
MVP	Marc Pingris
Television	ABC
Radio network	Radyo PBA
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The 2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals were the championship series of the 2005-06 PBA season's 2006 PBA Philippine Cup of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The series was a best-of-seven affair and was the 91st championship disputed in the league. The teams competing are the first-seeded Purefoods Chunkee Giants and the third-seeded Red Bull Barako in a rematch of the finals of the previous conference.

Qualification

Purefoods Chunkee Giants
- The top seed qualified for the best-of-seven semifinals outright.
- Came back from a 1–3 series deficit against the Alaska Aces and won the semifinal series, four games to three.
Red Bull Barako
- Finished third after the elimination round.
- Defeated Barangay Ginebra Kings in the quarterfinal series, 3–2
- Won semifinals against San Miguel Beermen, 4-3

Rosters

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	From
G	3	Billones, Egay	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Centro Escolar Las Piñas
G	4	Artadi, Paul	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	UE
F/C	5	Salvador, Jondan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	St. Benilde
F	7	Evangelista, Rey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	UST
G	8	Simon, Peter June	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Mindanao
F/C	9	Limpot, Jun	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	De La Salle
F	12	Camaso, Don	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Metro Manila Colleges
G	13	Yap, Roger	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	USJ–R
F	15	Pingris, Marc	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	PSBA
G/F	18	Yap, James	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	UE
C	21	Raymundo, Kerby	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Letran
F	28	Yee, Richard	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	UST
F	33	Tejada, Eugene	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Chabot
F/C	34	Gamboa, Arnold	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Far Eastern
G	40	Castillo, Noy	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	The Citadel

Head coach

Ryan Gregorio

Assistant coach(es)

Ronnie Magsanoc

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	From
G	1	Cruz, Celino	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Far Eastern
G	4	Ybañez, Warren	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	PSBA
PG	5	Robinson, Topex	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	San Sebastian
F/C	7	Pennisi, Mick	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Eastern Michigan
G/F	8	Baguio, Cyrus	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	UST
F	10	Valenzuela, Junthy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	SCSIT
F	11	Alvarez, Rich	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Ateneo
G	12	Fonacier, Larry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Ateneo
F/C	14	Villanueva, Enrico	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Ateneo
F	15	Tugade, Lordy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	National-U
F	20	Najorda, Leo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	San Sebastian
F/C	21	Bugia, Paolo	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Ateneo
C	35	Feihl, Edward Joseph	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	Adamson
F		Hrabak, Mike	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Central Arizona

Head coach

Yeng Guiao

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Series scoring summary

The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Wins
Purefoods	101	93	79	99	93	90	4
Red Bull	97	82	89	81	98	83	2

† denotes the number of overtimes

Games summary

ABC

July 5

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 101, Red Bull Barako 97
Pts: Kerby Raymundo 30 James Yap 26		Pts: Lordy Tugade 30 Enrico Villanueva 25

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Kerby Raymundo scored a career-high 30 points, while Yee added 12 points, including five crucial free throws, in the last two minutes. Purefoods pummeled Red Bull with a 60.9 percent field-goal shooting in the second quarter, and the Giants, nursing a 23–22 edge at the end of the opening period, zoomed to a 53–34 spread at halftime. The Bulls had a fiery chase in the third quarter. They were ahead 97–94 but went scoreless in the last 1:55 of play. Yee canned in two charities off a foul by Villanueva to tie the count at 97-all, and then Raymundo scored on a 15-foot jumper as the Giants surged ahead, 99-97, with time down to 30.9 seconds.

ABC

July 7

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 93, Red Bull Barako 82
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 15–35, 28–14, 26–20
Pts: James Yap 23		Pts: Lordy Tugade 18

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

The Giants were off to a great start in the first quarter by taking a 12-point lead. Red Bull bounced back behind Lordy Tugade and the rest of the team to take a 48-39 halftime lead. Richard Yee put in another sterling performance by banging all of his 17 points in the second half, while Marc Pingris pumped in a career-high 21 points, most of them in the shaded area, to help the Giants pull away.^[1]

ABC

July 9

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 79, Red Bull Barako 89
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 16–18, 23–32, 27–23
Pts: James Yap 16		Pts: Lordy Tugade 22

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Celino Cruz and Lordy Tugade fired all of Red Bull's seven three-pointers, most of them done in a fashion that riled the Giants while putting up a tough and gritty defense. Enrico Villanueva, Junthy Valenzuela, and Cyrus Baguio also had their sparkling moments that helped the Bulls pull away in the third period.^[2]

ABC

July 12

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 99, Red Bull Barako 81
Scoring by quarter: 32–11, 34–23, 16–29, 17–18
Pts: James Yap 23		Pts: Enrico Villanueva 25

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Purefoods started hot from the get-go, with key games from newly crowned MVP James Yap and Most Improved Player Marc Pingris. The Giants led by as many as 34 points, and the Bulls never looked back.^[3]

ABC

July 19

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 93, Red Bull Barako 98

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

The Bulls came back from 15 points down. After Celino Cruz tied the count at 90-all with a triple and Enrico Villanueva and Larry Fonacier went to work, the Giants suddenly got cold feet. Season MVP James Yap muffed his last seven attempts from three-point range, while Kerby Raymundo missed a couple of point-blank attempts.^[4]

ABC

July 21

Purefoods Chunkee Giants 90, Red Bull Barako 83
Purefoods wins series, 4–2

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

2006 Philippine Cup Champions
Purefoods Chunkee Giants Seventh title

References

^ "Giants grab 2–0 lead as Pingris, Yee shine". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
^ "Bulls bounced back". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
^ "Giants take 3–1 cushion". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
^ "Giants try to close it out again in Game 6 tonight". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

External links

Philippine Basketball Association official website

[1] "Giants grab 2–0 lead as Pingris, Yee shine". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

[2] "Bulls bounced back". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

[3] "Giants take 3–1 cushion". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

[4] "Giants try to close it out again in Game 6 tonight". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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+| prev_year  = [[2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup finals|2004–05]]
-| next_year  = [[2006–07 PBA Philippine Cup Finals|2006–07]]
+| next_year  = [[2006–07 PBA Philippine Cup finals|2006–07]]
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-The '''2006 PBA Philippine Cup Finals''' was the championship series of the [[2005-06 PBA season]]'s [[2006 PBA Philippine Cup]] of the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA). The series was a best of seven affair and was the 91st championship disputed in the league. The teams competing are first-seed [[Purefoods Chunkee Giants]] and the third-seed [[Red Bull Barako]] in a rematch of the finals of the previous conference.
+The '''2006 PBA Philippine Cup finals''' were the championship series of the [[2005-06 PBA season]]'s [[2006 PBA Philippine Cup]] of the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA). The series was a best-of-seven affair and was the 91st championship disputed in the league. The teams competing are the first-seeded [[Purefoods Chunkee Giants]] and the third-seeded [[Red Bull Barako]] in a rematch of the finals of the previous conference.
 ==Qualification==
 * [[Purefoods Chunkee Giants]]
-** Top seed, qualified for the best-of-seven semifinals outright
+** The top seed qualified for the best-of-seven semifinals outright.
-** Came back from a 1–3 series deficit against Alaska Aces and won the semifinal series, four games to three
+** Came back from a 1–3 series deficit against the Alaska Aces and won the semifinal series, four games to three.
 * [[Red Bull Barako]]
-** Finished third after the elimination round
+** Finished third after the elimination round.
 ** Defeated Barangay Ginebra Kings in the quarterfinal series, 3–2
-** Won semifinals against San Miguel Beermen, 4–3
+** Won semifinals against San Miguel Beermen, 4-3
 ==Rosters==
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 ==Games summary==
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 |points1=[[Kerby Raymundo]] 30 [[James Yap]] 26 |points2=[[Lordy Tugade]] 30 [[Enrico Villanueva]] 25
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-Kerby Raymundo scored a career-high 30 points while Yee added 12 points including five crucial free throws in the last two minutes. Purefoods pummeled Red Bull with a 60.9 percent field-goal shooting in the second quarter and the Giants, nursing a 23–22 edge at the end of the opening period, zoomed to a 53–34 spread at halftime. The Bulls made a fiery chase in the third quarter. They were ahead 97–94 but went scoreless in the last 1:55 of play. Yee canned in two charities off a foul by Villanueva to tie the count at 97-all and then Raymundo scored on a 15-foot jumper as the Giants surge ahead, 99–97, with time down to 30.9 seconds.
+Kerby Raymundo scored a career-high 30 points, while Yee added 12 points, including five crucial free throws, in the last two minutes. Purefoods pummeled Red Bull with a 60.9 percent field-goal shooting in the second quarter, and the Giants, nursing a 23–22 edge at the end of the opening period, zoomed to a 53–34 spread at halftime. The Bulls had a fiery chase in the third quarter. They were ahead 97–94 but went scoreless in the last 1:55 of play. Yee canned in two charities off a foul by Villanueva to tie the count at 97-all, and then Raymundo scored on a 15-foot jumper as the Giants surged ahead, 99-97, with time down to 30.9 seconds.
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-The Giants were off to a great start in the first quarter by taking a 12-point lead, Red Bull bounces back behind Lordy Tugade and the rest of the team to take a 48–39 halftime lead. Richard Yee put another sterling performance by banging all of his 17 points in the second half while Marc Pingris pumped in a career-high 21 points, most of them in the shaded area to help the Giants pull away.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yhozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2409%2C3178611|title=Giants grab 2–0 lead as Pingris, Yee shine|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>
+The Giants were off to a great start in the first quarter by taking a 12-point lead. Red Bull bounced back behind Lordy Tugade and the rest of the team to take a 48-39 halftime lead. Richard Yee put in another sterling performance by banging all of his 17 points in the second half, while Marc Pingris pumped in a career-high 21 points, most of them in the shaded area, to help the Giants pull away.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yhozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2409%2C3178611|title=Giants grab 2–0 lead as Pingris, Yee shine|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>
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-Celino Cruz and Lordy Tugade fired all of Red Bull's seven three-pointers, most of them done in a fashion that riled the Giants while putting up a tough and gritty defense. Enrico Villanueva, Junthy Valenzuela and Cyrus Baguio also had their sparkling moments that helped the Bulls to pull away in the third period.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zBozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2185%2C4120050|title=Bulls bounced back|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>
+Celino Cruz and Lordy Tugade fired all of Red Bull's seven three-pointers, most of them done in a fashion that riled the Giants while putting up a tough and gritty defense. Enrico Villanueva, Junthy Valenzuela, and Cyrus Baguio also had their sparkling moments that helped the Bulls pull away in the third period.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zBozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2185%2C4120050|title=Bulls bounced back|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>
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-Purefoods started hot from the get go with key games from newly crowned MVP James Yap and Most Improved Player Marc Pingris. The Giants led by as many as 34 points and the Bulls never looked back.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zxozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2342%2C5185374|title=Giants take 3–1 cushion|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>
+Purefoods started hot from the get-go, with key games from newly crowned MVP James Yap and Most Improved Player Marc Pingris. The Giants led by as many as 34 points, and the Bulls never looked back.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zxozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2342%2C5185374|title=Giants take 3–1 cushion|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>
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-The Bulls came back from 15 points down. After Celino Cruz tied the count at 90-all with a triple and Enrico Villanueva and Larry Fonacier went to work, the Giants suddenly got cold feet. Season MVP James Yap muffed his last seven attempts from three-point range while Kerby Raymundo missed a couple of point-blank attempts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GlU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=eSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1492%2C2379901|title=Giants try to close it out again in Game 6 tonight|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>
+The Bulls came back from 15 points down. After Celino Cruz tied the count at 90-all with a triple and Enrico Villanueva and Larry Fonacier went to work, the Giants suddenly got cold feet. Season MVP James Yap muffed his last seven attempts from three-point range, while Kerby Raymundo missed a couple of point-blank attempts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GlU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=eSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1492%2C2379901|title=Giants try to close it out again in Game 6 tonight|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>
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Retired numbers	7 8 15 16 44
Championships (14)	1990 Third 1991 All-Filipino 1993 All-Filipino 1994 Commissioner's 1997 All-Filipino 2002 Governors' 2006 Philippine 2009–10 Philippine 2012 Commissioner's 2013 Governors' 2013–14 Philippine 2014 Commissioner's 2014 Governors' 2018 Governors'
Runner-up finishes (18)	1988 Open 1988 All-Filipino 1989 All-Filipino 1990 All-Filipino 1992 All-Filipino 1993 Commissioner's 1994 All-Filipino 1996 All-Filipino 1997 Governors' 2000 All-Filipino 2000 Governors' 2005-06 Fiesta 2007-08 Philippine 2012 Governors' 2017–18 Philippine 2019 Philippine 2021 Philippine 2023–24 Commissioner's
Rivalries	Barangay Ginebra Swift
Culture and lore	Jun Bernardino Trophy The Captain The Defense Minister Big Game Pinoy Sakuragi The Scoring Apostle 2013–14 Grand Slam The Coffee Prince/The Flying B

v t e Barako Bull Energy Boosters
Formerly the Batang Red Bull Thunder and the Red Bull Barako Founded in 2000 Disbanded in 2011 Owned by Photokina Marketing Corporation
The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons
Coaches	Guiao Isaac Baculi
Championships (3)	2001 Commissioner's 2002 Commissioner's 2005–06 Fiesta
Runner-up finishes (2)	2004 Fiesta 2006 Philippine
Seasons (11)	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
Culture And Lore	The Thriller The Raging Bull The Kid The Great Campaign