Purefoods TJ Giants Basketball
The Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association owned by the San Miguel-Purefoods Company, Inc., a company of the San Miguel Corporation. Its head coach is Ryan Gregorio. The Purefoods Corporation, once part of the Ayala Group of Companies, bought the Tanduay franchise prior to the 1988 PBA season. Purefoods-Hormel Corporation was later bought by SMC in 2001 with the team retaining their colors. The team later got its new moniker, Tender Juicy Giants, starting in the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference. Arguably, the most popular Purefoods player is Alvin Patrimonio, who led the franchise to six championships in the 1990s and early 2000s, and was named Most Valuable Player four times. Patrimonio retired in 2004 to concentrate more on his duties as team manager for his team. Their main rivals are the Alaska Aces and the Barangay Ginebra Kings, although Ginebra is their sister team.
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Another come from behind win by Purefoods 3-0
Philippine Basketball Association KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Finals Game 3 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants vs Alaska Aces Purefoods wins 79-78 Game Scores: Purefoods 79 â Yap J 14, Simon 12, Canaleta 8, Pingris 8, Reavis 8, Raymundo 8, Maierhofer 7, Yap R 5, Allado 5, Salvador 3, Artadi 1. Alaska 78 â Miller 20, Devance 16, Thoss 12, Dela Cruz 10, Tenorio 8, Hugnatan 6, Ferriols 4, Borboran 2, Fonacier 0.
Reply to this TopicGame 4 will be on Wednesday, and Purefoods will try to end the series and win an All-Filipino title again.
Purefoods rallied back from an early 12-point deficit to hack out another thrilling win at the expense of Alaska, 79-78, as the Giants moved to the threshold of capturing the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup title via a sweep.
KG Canaleta hit the game-tying three-pointer inside the final two minutes and Kerby Raymundo scored off a perfect spin move that put the Giants on top for good, 79-77, before watchingAlaska crumble under extreme pressure with a series of turnovers and missed shots. Pandemonium broke inside the Araneta Coliseum the moment Willie Miller missed a floater inside the foul line at the final buzzer, formalizing Purefoods' third straight win in the series for a commanding 3-0 lead.
The Giants will go for all the marbles on Wednesday when Game 4 is played also at the Big Dome.
No team in the 35-year history of the league has climbed back from such a huge deficit to win a best-of-seven duel. Counting back their three straight wins in the semifinals, the Giants have won their last six games, including their stirring 86-85 victory in Game 2.
James Yap again topscored for the Giants with 14 points and PJ Simon added 12. But it was Canaleta who brought the team back to life after trailing by as many as 16-4 in the opening quarter. Canaleta shot 2-of-3 from three-point range to finish with eight points.
Canaleta came through with the highlight reel play of Game 3, scoring on a baseline throw down off Joe DeVance's outstretched arm seven minutes into the final quarter as the Giants threatened at 63-67. His fadeaway shot from downtown finally had Purefoods tying the game at 77 with 1:30 to go. That's when Alaska began to disintegrate.