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2009–10 PBA season

2009-10 PBA season
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2009-10 PBA season
Duration October 11, 2009 - August 18, 2010
Number of teams 10
TV partner(s) Solar TV
Basketball TV
DZRJ 810 (Local)
TFC (International)
Draft
Top draft pick Japeth Aguilar
Picked by Burger King Whoppers
Conferences
Philippine Cup champions Purefoods TJ Giants
  Runners-up Alaska Aces
Fiesta Conference champions Alaska Aces
  Runners-up San Miguel Beermen
Awards
Season MVP James Yap (Derby Ace)
Top scorer Gary David (Coca-Cola)
Seasons
Qualified for semifinals
Qualified for quarterfinals
Qualified for wildcards
Eliminated
Champion
Second place
Third place
Semifinalist
Quarterfinalist
Wildcard qualifier
Elimination round

The 2009–10 PBA Season was the 35th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season formally opened on October 11, 2009 and ended on August 18, 2010. The league started the season with the Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference, while finishing the season with the import-laiden Fiesta Conference.

The 2009 PBA Draft was held on August 2, 2009 at the Market! Market!, and Japeth Aguilar was selected first overall by the Air21 Express. The Puerto Princesa City Government hosted the 2010 PBA All-Star Weekend at the Puerto Princesa Coliseum in Palawan on April 25, 2010.

Key transactions:
Trades:

Signing:

Resigning:

The PBA board approved the rule changes for implementation starting in the pre-season games:

The season began on October 11 with the Purefoods TJ Giants defeating the Burger King Whoppers, 90-83.

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

†Games involving Smart Gilas are not included in the team standings.

Tiebreakers:


Key transactions:
Trades:

 y  – clinched outright semifinals,  x  – clinched outright quarterfinals,  w  – clinched wild card,  e  – eliminated

NA* = teams tied for 2nd and 3rd, 5th and 6th, and 8th and 9th would have to play an extra game regardless of the results of their classification round games. For all other ties, they are broken via point differential from the games among the tied teams. If they are still tied, point differential from all games will be considered.


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