Raymundo, Giants Bounce Back, Beat Barako Bul
PBA.ph, Friday, 23-Oct-2009

Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio claimed taking Barako Bull for granted could be suicidal.
So they accorded their rivals the respect they rightfully deserve and the Giants reaped the dividend in the form of a 92-77 victory Friday night in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup at the Cuneta Astrodome.

"In the end the respect we accorded them paid off. We played tough defense on one end and focused on our execution at the other end," Gregorio said.
The result, Gregorio said, was a "good win" after their disappointing 87-95 lost against the Barangay Ginebra Kings last Sunday.

James Yap and Kerby Raymundo, who only had six points in the loss to the Kings, each scored 17 points for the Giants, who had to hold off repeated rallies by the Energy Boosters to nail their second win in three games.
Don Allado scored 11 of his 13 points in the first half to help Purefoods got off to a fast start.
Although the Giants played excellent in practically all departments, Gregorio said his troops are still "far from being fluid".

"We still got a long way to go. We'll get to where we want to be," he mused.

Purefoods held a 33-25 lead midway in the second quarter but Alex Crisano and and Paolo Hubalde sparked an 11-2 run that shoved Barako Bull ahead, 36-35.

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Ginebra Topples Purefoods, Grabs Piece Of Lead
PBA.ph, Sunday, 18-Oct-2009

Ronald Tubid provided the spark coming off the bench in the last three minutes as Barangay Ginebra upended Purefoods, 95-87, to gain a share of early lead with Alaska Milk in the KFC PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum Sunday.

Tubid pumped in a trey then scored on a drive following his own steal, triggering a decisive 11-3 run that keyed the Kings' second win following a triumphant debut against the San Miguel Beermen Wednesday.

Jayjay Helterbrand put in team highs of 19 points and nine assists while Willy Wilson came through with a career-best of 16 points as the Kings pulled abreast with the Aces who earlier won their first two matches in the all-Filipino tourney against the Barako Bull Energy Boosters and the Beermen.

Mark Caguioa was limited to eight points after scattering 17 points Wednesday -- his return from a one-year layoff.

"Both team struggled tonight. It's good we ran a streak at the right time," said Ginebra coach Jong Uichico.

"It's a big back-to-back wins for us. To be honest, medyo takot ako in our first two games. We've got new players at dalawang malakas agad ang kalaban namin. We wanted sana na maka-adjust muna sa system namin ang mga new players namin," Uichico also said.

"The veterans did a good job, nakalusot kami against San Miguel and Purefoods."

The Kings take a four-day rest before facing another tough back-to-back games against Smart Gilas Friday and Alaska Sunday.

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