PBA All-Star Game

The PBA All-Star Game is an exhibition game hosted annually by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), matching the league's star players using various formats. It is the featured event of PBA All-Star Weekend. The All-Star game was first staged at The ULTRA on June 4, 1989.

The starting lineup for each squad is selected by a fan ballot, while the reserves are chosen by a vote among the head coaches of the league's teams. If a selected player is injured and cannot participate, the league officials select a replacement. The head coaches of the teams that entered the season's first conference, the Philippine Cup, are chosen as the coaches of the teams in the All-Star Game.

Background

The annual All-Star Game was instituted in 1989 and has already evolved into different types of competition, more commonly in the following formats: Philippine national team vs. PBA All-Stars (last played in 2018), Rookies, Sophomores & Juniors (RSJ) vs. Veterans (last played in 2012), and North vs. South match-up (last played in 2019). The manner by which players to the All-Star Game varied through the years. Currently, the two coaches tapped to lead the two All-Star teams were the ones who selected their players but since the mid-2000s the starting five are selected through fan voting and the reserves would now be the ones chosen by the head coaches of all the PBA teams. For the 2005-2006 season, fans from the host city or province were given the choice to select the sixth man of each team. After each game, an All-Star Most Valuable Player (MVP) was chosen by writers covering the annual event.

Vergel Meneses had clearly stamped his mark on this mid-year festivities as he remains to be the only four-time All-Star MVP awardee collecting the award in 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2003. In its entire history, eight players have been named multiple winners of the All-Star MVP award namely, Meneses, Terrence Romeo (2015, 2017 and 2018), Benjie Paras (1994 and 1999), Asi Taulava (2004 and 2006), Jayjay Helterbrand (2005 and 2007), Arwind Santos (2013 and 2019), Jeff Chan (2013 and 2018) and Matthew Wright (twice in 2017).

James Yap currently holds the record for most number of All-Star Game appearances with 17.[1]

Types

The league has adopted various formats for the All-Star Game:

  • Veterans vs. Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors (RSJ): The Veteran team consists of players who have played in the league for four or more years. The RSJ team consists of players who have played in the league for less than four years.
  • North vs. South: The players' team is assigned according to their birthplaces, and in cases of players born outside the Philippines, on their parents' birth places. Players from Luzon play for the North All-Stars, while those from Visayas and Mindanao play for the South All-Stars.
  • Philippine men's national team vs PBA All-Stars: The Philippine team consist of PBA players from national pool with a naturalized player or a cadet player if any. The national team usually carries the name of its primary sponsor or its nickname. (e.g. Philippine Centennial Team, Powerade Team Pilipinas, Gilas Pilipinas)
  • Team A vs Team B: Two All-Star teams with no particular category are formed. This format was used in 1991 (Light All-Stars vs Dark All-Stars) and 2003 (Commissioner's All-Stars vs Governors' All-Stars).
    • In 2023, Two All-Star teams will be captained by the top two leading vote-getters, they will pick the players from the list (wherein fans will vote up to 24 players) via draft for their team.

All-Star Game results

This is a list of each All-Star Game, the venue at which it was played, and the Game MVP. Parenthesized numbers indicate multiple times that venue, city, or player has occurred as of that instance (e.g. "Vergel Meneses (2)" in 1998 indicates that was his second All-Star MVP award).

YearWinning teamScoreLosing teamHost venueHost cityMVP (PBA team)
1989Veterans132–130Rookies-Sophomores-JuniorsThe ULTRAPasigElmer Cabahug* (Alaska)
1990Veterans146–118Rookies-Sophomores-JuniorsThe ULTRA (2)PasigSamboy Lim (San Miguel)
1991Light Team All-Stars127–120Dark Team All-StarsThe ULTRA (3)PasigAlvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
1992South All-Stars108–105North All-StarsPSC-NASA (4)PasigAlvin Teng (San Miguel)
1993North All-Stars149–129South All-StarsCuneta AstrodomePasayAllan Caidic (San Miguel)
1994North All-Stars133–124South All-StarsCuneta Astrodome (2)PasayBenjie Paras (Shell)
1995Veterans112–107Rookies-Sophomores-JuniorsCuneta Astrodome (3)PasayVergel Meneses (Sunkist)
1996Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors131–115VeteransCuneta Astrodome (4)PasayKenneth Duremdes (Sunkist)
1997Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors126–123VeteransCuneta Astrodome (5)PasayBal David (Gordon's Gin)
1998Philippine Centennial Team114–109PBA All-StarsCebu ColiseumCebu City
Philippine Centennial Team107–92PBA All-StarsCuneta AstrodomePasayVergel Meneses (2) (Pop Cola)
1999Veterans91–85Rookies-Sophomores-JuniorsPhilSports Arena (5)PasigBenjie Paras (2) (Shell)
2000Veterans93–78Rookies-Sophomores-JuniorsUniversity of San Agustin GymIloiloVergel Meneses (3) (Barangay Ginebra)
2001Veterans112–105Rookies-Sophomores-JuniorsAraneta ColiseumQuezon CityDanny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
2002No game held
2003Governors' All-Stars124–122Commissioner's All-StarsAraneta Coliseum (2)Quezon CityVergel Meneses (4) (FedEx)
2004South All-Stars130–128North All-StarsCebu Coliseum (2)Cebu CityAsi Taulava (Talk 'N Text)
Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text) (co-winners)
2005North All-Stars131–128South All-StarsIlocos Norte Centennial ArenaLaoagJayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra)
2006South All-Stars122–120North All-StarsXavier University GymCagayan de OroAsi Taulava (2) (Talk 'N Text)
2007North All-Stars145–142South All-StarsUniversity of Baguio GymBaguioJayjay Helterbrand (2) (Barangay Ginebra)
Willie Miller (Alaska) (co-winners)
2008South All-Stars163–158
(OT)***
North All-StarsWest Negros University GymBacolodPeter June Simon (Purefoods)
2009PBA All-Stars97–89Powerade-Team PilipinasAraneta Coliseum (3)Quezon CityDavid Noel** (Barangay Ginebra)
2010North All-Stars133–130South All-StarsPuerto Princesa City ColiseumPuerto PrincesaGabe Norwood (Rain or Shine)
2011North All-Stars133–129South All-StarsBoracay Convention CenterBoracayMarc Pingris (B-Meg Derby Ace)
2012Veterans176–144Rookies-Sophomores-JuniorsIlocos Norte Centennial Arena (2)LaoagJames Yap (B-Meg)
2013PBA All-Stars124–124Gilas PilipinasDavao del Sur ColiseumDigosArwind Santos (Petron Blaze) and Jeff Chan (Rain or Shine)
2014Gilas Pilipinas101–93PBA All-StarsMall of Asia ArenaPasayGary David (Meralco)
2015North All-Stars166–161South All-StarsPuerto Princesa City Coliseum (2)Puerto PrincesaTerrence Romeo (GlobalPort)
2016North All-Stars154–151South All-StarsSmart Araneta Coliseum (4)Quezon CityAlex Cabagnot (San Miguel)
2017PBA Mindanao All-Stars114–114Gilas PilipinasXavier University Gym (2)Cagayan de OroTroy Rosario (TNT) and Matthew Wright (Phoenix)
Gilas Pilipinas122–111PBA Luzon All-StarsQuezon Convention CenterLucenaMatthew Wright (2) (Phoenix)
Gilas Pilipinas125–112PBA Visayas All-StarsHoops DomeLapu-Lapu CityTerrence Romeo (2) (GlobalPort)
2018PBA Mindanao All-Stars144–130Smart All-StarsDavao del Sur Coliseum (2)DigosBaser Amer (Meralco)
Smart All-Stars152–149PBA Luzon All-StarsBatangas City Sports ColiseumBatangas CityTerrence Romeo (3) (TNT)
PBA Visayas All-Stars157–141Smart All-StarsUniversity of San Agustin Gym (2)Iloilo CityJeff Chan (2) (Phoenix)
2019North All-Stars185–170South All-StarsCalasiao Sports ComplexCalasiaoArwind Santos (2) (San Miguel)
Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra) (co-winners)
2020–2022No game held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
2023Team Japeth140–136Team ScottieCity of Passi ArenaPassiPaul Lee (Magnolia)
2024To be determinedBacolodTo be determined
  • * MVP from losing team
  • ** MVP was Import Player.
  • *** The two teams requested for an overtime period to be held.

Head-to-head results

Format Results
Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors vs. Veterans Veterans lead, 7–2 in all-time series
North All-Stars vs. South All-Stars North All-Stars lead, 9–4 in all-time series
PBA All-Stars vs. Philippine National Team Philippine NT lead, 6–3–2 in all-time series

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.