2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
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| Dates | April 27 - May 5, 2011 | ||||||||||||
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| MVP | Jimmy Alapag and Jayson Castro | ||||||||||||
| Television | Solar Sports (Studio 23), BTV | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | See broadcast notes | ||||||||||||
| Radio network | DZRJ-AM | ||||||||||||
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| Game 1: | N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, R. Maurillo |
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| Game 2: | P. Balao, J. Mariano, S. Pineda |
| Game 3: | B. Guevarra, J. Mariano, S. Pineda |
| Game 4: | N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, R. Maurillo |
| Game 5: | J. Mariano, B. Guevarra, N. Quilinguen |
| Game 6: | N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, S. Pineda |
The 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 2011 Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the Barangay Ginebra Kings played for the 102nd championship contested by the league.
The Tropang Texters qualified to the playoffs after finishing the elimination round with the #1 seed and a bye up to the semifinals, suffering only one defeat, against Smart Gilas national team in their conference opener. In the semifinals they defeated the Air21 Express in three consecutive games. The Kings on the other hand, finished third and had to beat the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the quarterfinals in order to meet Smart Gilas in the semifinals. The Kings defeated #2 seed Smart Gilas in four games to qualify for the Finals.
In the Finals, the Tropang Texters blew the game wide open in the third quarter after a tightly contested first half to lead the series 1–0. The Kings won Game 2 in a tight contest to tie the series, but the Tropang Texters won comfortably at Puerto Princesa to regain the series lead. Back in Metro Manila, the Tropang Texters won Game 4 after trailing by as much 17 points to move within a win away from the championship, but the Kings won Game 5 to extend the series. In a tightly contested Game 6, Talk 'N Text needed an overtime period to eliminate Ginebra to win their second consecutive PBA championship.
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Ginebra led early in the first quarter, erecting a 16–6 lead but Talk 'N Text scored on a 15–4 run to lead in the first quarter by one point. The Tropang Texters then had another 15–5 run gave them a 39–29 advantage but Ginebra made their own run at the final minutes of the second quarter, capped off by a three-point buzzer-beater by Mark Caguioa to put the Kings up by one point at halftime. At the start of the third quarter, Talk 'N Text limited the Kings to two field goals and scored 14 points to lead by nine points. Talk 'N Text's bench scored 39 points to prevent another Ginebra run to close out the game, with the Tropang Texters leading by as much as 22 at some point.
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