2019 PBA season

The 2019 PBA season was the 44th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The league continued to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup are the second and third conferences in the upcoming season.

2019 PBA season
2019 PBA season
Duration	January 13, 2019 – January 17, 2020
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Local: ESPN 5 5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International Online: ESPN Player
Draft
Top draft pick	CJ Perez
Picked by	Columbian Dyip
Conferences
Philippine Cup champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Magnolia Hotshots
Commissioner's cup champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	TNT Katropa
Governors' Cup champions	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Runners-up	Meralco Bolts
Awards
Season MVP	June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
Top scorer	CJ Perez (Columbian Dyip)
Seasons
< 2017–18 2020  >

Due to the major adjustments in the league calendar, the start of the league's 44th season was set to January 13, 2019. This was the first time since 2003 that the league opened their season in January or February. The PBA Leo Awards will be held during the opening ceremonies of the 2019 season while the 2018 PBA draft is set on December 16.[1] The schedule is also affected by the Philippine national team's participation in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Southeast Asian Games.[2]

The 2019 PBA All-Star Game was played from March 29 to 31, 2019 at Calasiao, Pangasinan.

Executive board

• Commissioner: Willie Marcial
• Chairman: Ricky Vargas (Representing TNT KaTropa)
• Vice-Chairman: Richard Bachmann (Representing Alaska Aces)
• Treasurer: Raymond T. Zorrilla (Representing Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters)

Teams

Team	Company	Governor	Coach	Captain
Alaska Aces	Alaska Milk Corporation	Richard Bachmann	Alex Compton	JVee Casio
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Ginebra San Miguel, Inc.	Alfrancis Chua	Tim Cone	LA Tenorio
Blackwater Elite	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.	Silliman Sy	Bong Ramos	Mike Cortez
Columbian Dyip	Columbian Autocar Corporation	Bobby Rosales	Johnedel Cardel	Glenn Khobuntin
Magnolia Hotshots	San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc.	Rene Pardo	Chito Victolero	Rafi Reavis
Meralco Bolts	Manila Electric Company	Al Panlilio	Norman Black	Reynel Hugnatan
NLEX Road Warriors	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation	Rodrigo Franco	Yeng Guiao	Asi Taulava
NorthPort Batang Pier	Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.	Eric Arejola	Pido Jarencio	Sean Anthony
Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.	Raymond Zorrilla	Louie Alas	LA Revilla
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.	Mamerto Mondragon	Caloy Garcia	Gabe Norwood
San Miguel Beermen	San Miguel Brewery, Inc.	Robert Non	Leo Austria	Arwind Santos
TNT KaTropa	Smart Communications	Ricky Vargas	Bong Ravena	Jayson Castro

Arenas

Like several Metro Manila-centric leagues, most games are held at arenas within Metro Manila, either the Smart Araneta Coliseum or the Mall of Asia Arena, and sometimes, in the Ynares Center in Antipolo. Games outside this area are called "out-of-town" games, and are usually played on Saturdays. Provincial arenas usually host one game, rarely two; these arenas typically host only once per season, but a league may return within a season if the turnout is satisfactory.

Typically, all playoff games are held in Metro Manila arenas, although playoff and Finals games have been seldom played in the provinces.

Main arenas

Quezon City	🌍	Pasay
Smart Araneta Coliseum		Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay		Antipolo, Rizal
Cuneta Astrodome		Ynares Center

Out-of-town arenas

Antipolo

Bocaue

Angeles

Calasiao

Digos

Panabo

Cagayan de Oro

Zamboanga City

Batangas City

Santa Rosa

Lapu-Lapu City

Davao City

Lucena

Provincial venues of the PBA that hosted one game day (red), and two or more game days (blue).

Antipolo

Dubai

Location of Dubai as compared to Antipolo.

Highlighted are playoff games.

Arena	City	Date	Match-up
Philippine Arena	Bocaue, Bulacan	January 13, 2019	Barangay Ginebra vs. TNT
Calasiao Sports Complex	Calasiao, Pangasinan	January 26, 2019	Barangay Ginebra vs. Rain or Shine
Davao del Sur Coliseum	Digos, Davao del Sur	February 9, 2019	Barangay Ginebra vs. Blackwater
Xavier University Gym	Cagayan de Oro	March 2, 2019	Meralco vs. Magnolia
		July 13, 2019	Rain or Shine vs. San Miguel
Panabo Multi-Purpose Tourism, Sports and Cultural Center	Panabo, Davao del Norte	March 16, 2019	San Miguel vs. Phoenix
AUF Sports Arena and Cultural Center	Angeles	March 23, 2019	NLEX vs. Barangay Ginebra
Batangas City Sports Center	Batangas City	June 23, 2019	Columbian vs. Rain or Shine Barangay Ginebra vs. NLEX
Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum	Zamboanga City	June 29, 2019	Magnolia vs. Meralco
Santa Rosa Sports Complex	Santa Rosa, Laguna	September 29, 2019	Blackwater vs. NLEX Alaska vs. San Miguel
Hoops Dome	Lapu-Lapu City	November 9, 2019	San Miguel vs. Rain or Shine
University of Southeastern Philippines Gym	Davao City	November 16, 2019	TNT vs Magnolia
Quezon Convention Center	Lucena	January 10, 2020	Barangay Ginebra vs. Meralco

These games were played outside the Philippines:

Arena	City	Date	Match-up
Coca-Cola Arena	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	October 4, 2019	San Miguel vs. NLEX
		October 5, 2019	NLEX vs. Barangay Ginebra

Transactions

Retirement

• January 4, 2019: Jett Manuel officially announced his retirement after playing one season in the league for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel franchise.[3]
• January 8, 2019: Chris Tiu officially announced his retirement after playing six seasons in the league for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters franchise.[4]
• April 4, 2019: Josh Urbiztondo officially announced his retirement after playing eight seasons in the league.[5]
• April 12, 2019: Rico Maierhofer officially announced his retirement after playing eight seasons in the league.[6]
• November 14, 2019: Doug Kramer officially announced his retirement after playing 12 seasons in the league.[7]

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Blackwater Elite	Bong Ramos	Fired	Philippine Cup	Aries Dimaunahan (interim)	April 4, 2019	[8]
Alaska Aces	Alex Compton	Resigned	Governors' Cup	Jeffrey Cariaso	August 22, 2019	[9]
Blackwater Elite	Aries Dimaunahan (interim)	End of contract	Governors' Cup	Nash Racela	November 27, 2019	[10]

Rule changes

The PBA competition committee approved the rule changes for implementation starting in the Philippine Cup games:[11]

Rule changes (effective for the 2019 PBA Philippine Cup)

Goaltending violations will be subject for review for the duration of a match. The FIBA rule for traveling violations (also known as the 0-step rule) will be adopted. (a player who catches the ball while he is progressing, or upon completion of a dribble, may take two steps in coming to a stop, passing, or shooting the ball.) Coaches are now allowed to call timeouts verbally. The old rule requires coaches to make the "time-out" sign before the timeout request will be granted.

Notable events

• The PBA Board of Governors decided to retain Ricky Vargas of TNT KaTropa as the Board Chairman. Subsequently, Dickie Bachmann of Alaska and Raymond Zorilla of Phoenix were retained as Vice-Chairman and Treasurer respectively.[12]

Philippine Cup

• February 17: A legends game organized by the PBA Legends Foundation and Breakthrough and Milestones Productions International (UNTV) entitled PBA Legends: Return of the Rivals was held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Former players from the Alaska Milkmen and the San Miguel Beermen played in the first game, while former players from Purefoods Hotdogs and the Ginebra San Miguel played in the second game.
• March 1: The 2019 season schedule will be modified to accommodate the preparations of the Philippine men's basketball team for the FIBA Basketball World Cup to be held in September and the Southeast Asian Games on December. The season may be extended up to January 2020.[13]
• April 9: PBA referee Guillermo "Emy" Tangkion died after collapsing during their referee's workout at the JSCGO Gymnasium. A moment of silence was observed the following day before the start of the quarterfinals match between the San Miguel Beermen and the TNT KaTropa.[14]

Commissioner's Cup

• May 16: A rule change was made to be implemented starting the Commissioner's Cup that will allow a video review if a shot was made before or after the expiration of the 24-second shotclock throughout the game. Before the rule change, a video review is only possible if the shot was made in the last two minutes of the game. The rule change was made in light of the controversial shot made by Magnolia's Rome dela Rosa during Game 7 of their best-of-seven semifinals series against Rain or Shine, at the 3:30 mark of the 4th quarter. The referees counted his three point basket even though replays showed that the ball was still in his hands when the shotclock expired.[15]
• May 19: The PBA began using the Molten BG5000 basketball as their official tournament ball. The same ball will be used during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[16]
• June 4: Calvin Abueva of the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters was indefinitely suspended by PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial after he was involved in two on-court incidents during Phoenix's games against Blackwater Elite and TNT KaTropa. On May 31, Abueva was involved in a verbal altercation against Ray Parks' girlfriend Maika Rivera and did lewd gestures to her after their win against Blackwater. On June 2, he clotheslined TNT's import Terrence Jones. Abueva was also fined a total of P70,000 for both incidents. [17]
• August 14: During the second quarter of game five of the PBA Commissioner's Cup, Arwind Santos made "monkey gestures" at the San Miguel bench addressing Jones after the latter committed a foul. Initially he refused to apologize stating "I’m going to apologize? No. It depends on him. If he was annoyed, he’s a real monkey."[18][Note 1] PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial summoned Santos the following day and was fined P200,000, 100 hours of community services. Santos will also undergo counseling on equality and racial discrimination.[19] Santos later posted a public apology through his Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Opening ceremonies

The opening ceremonies for this season were held at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan on January 13, 2019. The PBA Leo Awards for the 2017-18 season were held before the opening ceremonies.[20]

The first game of the Philippine Cup between the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the TNT KaTropa was played after the opening ceremonies.[21]

Below is the list of team muses:

Team	Muse	Ref.
Alaska Aces	Klea Pineda	[22]
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Pia Wurtzbach	[22]
Blackwater Elite	Myla Pablo and Jasmine Alkhaldi	[22]
Columbian Dyip	Kelley Day	[23]
Magnolia Hotshots	Sharon Cuneta	[22]
Meralco Bolts	Eva Patalinjug	[23]
NLEX Road Warriors	Alyssa Valdez	[24]
NorthPort Batang Pier	Aya Fernandez	[22]
Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	Yam Concepcion	[22]
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Anie Uson	[23]
San Miguel Beermen	Kylie Verzosa	[22]
TNT KaTropa	Sam Pinto	[23]

2019 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2019 Philippine Cup started on January 13, and ended on May 15, 2019.

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 1]	2	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 1]	2
5	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 1]	2
6	Magnolia Hotshots	6	5	.545	3
7	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 2]	5
9	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 2]	5
10	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 2]	5
11	Meralco Bolts	3	8	.273	6
12	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182	7

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[25]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.02, TNT 1.00, San Miguel 0.98
2. Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.19, Alaska 1.01, Columbian 0.84; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated NLEX

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	Phoenix	91
	8	Alaska	76
							1	Phoenix	1
		(Best-of-3)					5	San Miguel	4
	4	TNT	1
	5	San Miguel	2
												5	San Miguel	4
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										6	Magnolia	3
	2	Rain or Shine	91
	7	NorthPort	85
							2	Rain or Shine	3
		(Best-of-3)					6	Magnolia	4
	3	Barangay Ginebra	1
	6	Magnolia	2

Finals results

• Philippine Cup Finals: (5) San Miguel def. (6) Magnolia, 4 games to 3
  • Finals MVP: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)
• Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)

2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2019 Commissioner's Cup started on May 19, and ended on August 16, 2019.

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	NorthPort Batang Pier	9	2	.818	1
3	Blackwater Elite	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 1]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 1]	3
5	Magnolia Hotshots	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 2]	5
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 2]	5
7	San Miguel Beermen	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 2]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 3]	6
9	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 3]	6
10	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 3]	6
11	Columbian Dyip	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 4]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 4]	7

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[26]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
2. Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.19, Rain or Shine 1.01, San Miguel 0.83
3. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.012, Meralco 1.011, Phoenix 0.977; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated Meralco
4. Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 NLEX

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	TNT	72	104
	8	Alaska	108	93
							1	TNT	3
		(Best-of-3)					4	Barangay Ginebra	1
	4	Barangay Ginebra	2
	5	Magnolia	0
												1	TNT	2
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										7	San Miguel	4
	2	NorthPort	84	88
	7	San Miguel	98	90
							7	San Miguel	3
		(Best-of-3)					6	Rain or Shine	1
	3	Blackwater	1
	6	Rain or Shine	2

Finals results

• Commissioner's Cup Finals: (7) San Miguel def. (1) TNT, 4 games to 2
  • Finals MVP: Terrence Romeo (San Miguel Beermen)
• Best Player of the Conference: Jayson Castro (TNT KaTropa)
• Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Terrence Jones (TNT KaTropa)

2019 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2019 Governors' Cup started on September 20, 2019, and ended on January 17, 2020.

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NLEX Road Warriors	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636	1
5	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Magnolia Hotshots	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	2
7	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	3
8	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	3
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 4]	4
10	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 4]	4
11	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182	6

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[27]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.090, Meralco 0.959, TNT 0.958
2. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
3. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 NorthPort
4. Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Columbian

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	NLEX	90	123
	8	NorthPort	115	126***
							8	NorthPort	1
		(#4 twice-to-beat)					4	Barangay Ginebra	3
	4	Barangay Ginebra	100
	5	San Miguel	97
												4	Barangay Ginebra	4
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										2	Meralco	1
	2	Meralco	94
	7	Alaska	84
							2	Meralco	3
		(#3 twice-to-beat)					3	TNT	2
	3	TNT	98
	6	Magnolia	97

*Game went into overtime

Finals results

• Governors' Cup Finals: (4) Barangay Ginebra def. (2) Meralco, 4 games to 1
  • Finals MVP: Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel)
• Best Player of the Conference: Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort Batang Pier)
• Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Allen Durham (Meralco Bolts)

Awards

Leo Awards

• Most Valuable Player: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel)
• Rookie of the Year: CJ Perez (Columbian)
• Most Improved Player: Moala Tautuaa (San Miguel)
• First Mythical Team:
  • Jayson Castro (TNT)
  • CJ Perez (Columbian)
  • June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel)
  • Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort)
  • Sean Anthony (NorthPort)
• Second Mythical Team:
  • Roger Pogoy (TNT)
  • Stanley Pringle (Barangay Ginebra)
  • Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra)
  • Troy Rosario (TNT)
  • Ian Sangalang (Magnolia)
• All-Defensive Team:
  • CJ Perez (Columbian)
  • Chris Ross (San Miguel)
  • June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel)
  • Sean Anthony (NorthPort)
  • Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra)
• Samboy Lim Sportsmanship Award: Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine)

PBA Press Corps Annual Awards

• Defensive Player of the Year: Sean Anthony (NorthPort)
• Scoring Champion: CJ Perez (Columbian)
• Baby Dalupan Coach of the Year: Leo Austria (San Miguel)
• Mr. Quality Minutes: Terrence Romeo (San Miguel)
• Danny Floro Executive of the Year: Ricky Vargas (TNT)
• Order of Merit: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel)
• All-Rookie Team
  • CJ Perez (Columbian)
  • Robert Bolick (NorthPort)
  • Javee Mocon (Rain or Shine)
  • Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (TNT)
  • Abu Tratter (Alaska)
• All-Interview Team
  • Kiefer Ravena (NLEX)
  • Christian Standhardinger (NorthPort)
  • Beau Belga (Rain or Shine)
  • Vic Manuel (Alaska)
  • Arwind Santos (San Miguel)
  • Yeng Guiao (NLEX)
• Game of the Season: NorthPort vs. NLEX (November 27, 2019, Governors' Cup quarterfinals)
• President's Cup: Vergel Meneses

PBA teams in Asian club competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
San Miguel Beermen	2019 Asia League Terrific 12	Fourth place
TNT KaTropa		Group stage

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	54	35	19	.648	Finalist
2	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	52	33	19	.635	Champions
3	San Miguel Beermen	61	37	24	.607
4	NorthPort Batang Pier	42	22	20	.524	Semifinalist
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	48	24	24	.500
6	Magnolia Hotshots	53	26	27	.491	Finalist
7	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	33	16	17	.485	Semifinalist
8	Meralco Bolts	45	20	25	.444	Finalist
9	NLEX Road Warriors	36	15	21	.417	Quarterfinalist
10	Alaska Aces	39	16	23	.410
11	Blackwater Elite	36	12	24	.333
12	Columbian Dyip	33	11	22	.333	Elimination round

Source:

Elimination round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT
1	TNT KaTropa	33	25	8	.758
2	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	33	21	12	.636
3	NorthPort Batang Pier	33	19	14	.576
4	San Miguel Beermen	33	18	15	.545
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	33	17	16	.515[lower-alpha 1]
6	Magnolia Hotshots	33	17	16	.515[lower-alpha 1]
7	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	33	16	17	.485
8	Meralco Bolts	33	15	18	.455[lower-alpha 2]
9	NLEX Road Warriors	33	15	18	.455[lower-alpha 2]
10	Alaska Aces	33	13	20	.394
11	Blackwater Elite	33	11	22	.333[lower-alpha 3]
12	Columbian Dyip	33	11	22	.333[lower-alpha 3]

Source:
Notes:

1. Elimination round head-to-head: Rain or Shine 2–1 Magnolia
2. Elimination round head-to-head: NLEX 3–0 Meralco
3. Elimination round head-to-head: Blackwater 2–1 Columbian

Playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT
1	San Miguel Beermen	28	19	9	.679
2	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	19	12	7	.632
3	Alaska Aces	6	3	3	.500
4	TNT KaTropa	21	10	11	.476
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	15	7	8	.467
6	Magnolia Hotshots	20	9	11	.450
7	Meralco Bolts	12	5	7	.417
8	NorthPort Batang Pier	9	3	6	.333
9	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	6	2	4	.333
10	Blackwater Elite	3	1	2	.333
11	NLEX Road Warriors	3	0	3	.000
12	Columbian Dyip	0	0	0	—

Source:

Notes

1. Translated from the Filipino language: "... "Sorry ako? Hindi. Depende ’yun sa kanya. Kung mapipikon siya, totoong monkey siya. Kung di ka mapipikon, di ka monkey.".

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External links

• PBA Official Website