2011 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
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| Dates | August 7 – 21, 2011 | ||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze) | ||||||||||||||
| Television | Solar Sports (Studio 23), BTV | ||||||||||||||
| Announcers | See broadcast notes | ||||||||||||||
| Radio network | DZRJ-AM | ||||||||||||||
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| Game 1: | A. Herrera, J. Mariano, R. Yante |
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| Game 2: | N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, J. Mariano |
| Game 3: | A. Herrera, J. Mariano, R. Yante |
| Game 4: | N. Quilinguen, P. Balao, S. Pineda |
| Game 5: | P. Balao, J. Mariano, R. Yante |
| Game 6: | N. Quilinguen, S. Pineda, R. Yante |
| Game 7: | A. Herrera, S. Pineda, R. Yante |
The 2011 PBA Governors Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2011 PBA Governors Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Petron Blaze Boosters defeated the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in seven games to win their 19th Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) championship and prevented Talk 'N Text from winning the Grand Slam. Arwind Santos was named the Finals MVP.
The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters were the first team to clinch a Finals berth after defeating the Barangay Ginebra Kings on July 31 with a game to spare. The Petron Blaze Boosters, which will advance to the Finals with a win over Talk 'N Text and a Ginebra win over the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, blew out the Texters on August 5, while Ginebra defeated Rain or Shine on the following game. Petron was tied for second place with Ginebra and the Alaska Aces but advanced due to a superior quotient. However, several fans were dismayed over the quotient system, arguing that playoff games should have been held instead of determining finalists via the quotient system. Petron were seen as the underdog in the Finals as they had lost four key players to injuries while Talk 'N Text has a deep lineup.
Talk 'N Text, which has won the first two championships of the season, is seeking to win the first Grand Slam since 1996 PBA season when the Alaska won all three conference championships.
Talk 'N Text was leading by a point when they turned the ball over on an inbound pass. Petron's Arwind Santos, who had 12 points in the game, stole the ball and passed it to Danny Ildefonso in a fastbreak attempt. Ildefonso scored on a lay-up to give Petron the lead with 17.4 seconds remaining. On their offensive set, Jimmy Alapag found Ryan Reyes underneath the basket who scored with 10.1 seconds left. Anthony Grundy waited for the final seconds then was doubled; he passed the ball to Ildefonso who scored a 15-foot jump shot to give Petron an upset Game 1 win. The highlight of the game was Mark Yee's foul on Anthony Grundy, when he grabbed Grundy's behind twice before the officials called for a foul.
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