2009 PBA Fiesta Conference
| 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference | |
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| Duration | February 28 – July 17, 2009 |
| TV partner(s) |
C/S9, Basketball TV (Local) The Filipino Channel (International) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | San Miguel Beermen |
| Runners-up | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra) |
| Best Import | Gabe Freeman (San Miguel) |
| Finals MVP | Jonas Villanueva (San Miguel) |
| PBA Fiesta Conference chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-beat advantage |
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| Qualified for wildcards | |
| Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-win disadvantage |
| Win | |
| Win via OT | |
| Loss | |
| Loss via OT |
The 2009 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference or known as the 2009 Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, was the last conference of the 2008-09 PBA season. It started on February 28 and finished on July 17. The tournament was shortened to accommodate the training of the national basketball team for the FIBA Asia Championship 2009 qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The last conference had games on Thursdays and Saturdays. The tournament is an import-laden format, which allows an import or a non-Filipino player for each team and with a new height limit of 6-foot-6.
Two teams had new names before the start of the conference: the former Red Bull Barako was now known as the Barako Bull Energy Boosters, and the former Air21 Express were called as the Burger King Titans. However, with the failure of several business deals that would have changed the franchise's upper management, the Titans renamed into the Burger King Whoppers by their seventh game into the conference, retaining their old managemend headed by the Lina family.
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:
Group A:
Group B:
The May 17 game between the Barangay Ginebra Kings and the Alaska Aces held at the Albay Astrodome in Legaspi was canceled when the playing court was judged as too slippery, with Ginebra leading 9–2, and 8:04 remaining in the first quarter. The game was stopped twice and the stoppages lasted two hours before the game was canceled. The game was restarted at the Araneta Coliseum on May 22.
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