# 2009–10 Barangay Ginebra Kings season

The 2009–10 Barangay Ginebra Kings season was the 31st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* August 2: The 2009 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 8 | Chris Timberlake | 5'8" | Point guard | United States | North Florida |
| 2 | 18 | Orlando Daroya | | | Philippines | Arellano |

## Philippine Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Aces | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Burger King Whoppers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 3 | 15 | .167 | 10 | |
| — | Smart Gilas (G) | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.5 | Guest team |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 2–0 San Miguel
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Purefoods 1–1 Barangay Ginebra; Purefoods 0, Barangay Ginebra 0; overall point differential: Purefoods +85, Barangay Ginebra +75
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Burger King 1–1, Coca-Cola; Burger King +10, Coca-Cola −10
* ↑ Smart Gilas's results do not count in the standings.

#### Game log
##### Eliminations

2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 14
San Miguel
93–86
Menk (18)
Menk, Tubid (9)
Helterbrand (9)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
October 18
Purefoods
95–87
Helterbrand (19)
Wilson (7)
Helterbrand (9)
Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
October 23
Smart Gilas*
100–72
Tubid (22)
Villanueva (11)
Wilson (6)
Cuneta Astrodome
4
October 25
Alaska
96–105
Helterbrand (23)
Alvarez (10)
Helterbrand (7)
Araneta Coliseum
2–1 :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 6
Barako Bull
94–86
Baguio (22)
Wilson (9)
Cruz (7)
Cuneta Astrodome
3–1
6
November 8
Rain or Shine
86–87
Baguio (17)
Wilson (9)
Baguio (6)
Araneta Coliseum
4–1
7
November 14
Burger King
83–79
Villanueva (16)
Wilson (8)
Villanueva, 2 others (3)
Tubod, Lanao del Norte
5–1
8
November 18
Sta. Lucia
72–93
Menk (14)
Menk, Intal (6)
Helterbrand (5)
Araneta Coliseum
5–2
9
November 25
Talk 'N Text
72–87
Tubid (21)
Menk (10)
Menk (4)
Araneta Coliseum
5–3
10
November 27
Coca Cola
113–104
Tubid (33)
Alvarez(9)
Abarrientos (6)
Ynares Center
6–3 :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
December 4
Barako Bull
88–76
Tubid (30)
Menk (10)
Abarrientos (6)
Araneta Coliseum
7–3
12
December 6
Purefoods
81–89
Baguio (19)
Mamaril (6)
Menk (4)
Araneta Coliseum
7–4
13
December 12
Rain or Shine
101–97
Menk (21)
Tubid (10)
Baguio (6)
Tacloban City
8–4
14
December 16
Sta. Lucia
88–93
Tubid (21)
Villanueva (13)
Tubid, Abarrientos (4)
Araneta Coliseum
8–5
15
December 20
San Miguel
86–91 (OT)
Tubid (21)
Intal (10)
Baguio (4)
Araneta Coliseum
8–6
16
December 25
Coca Cola
106–97
Intal (20)
Wilson (11)
Wilson, Baguio (4)
Cuneta Astrodome
9–6 :
January
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
January 6
Talk 'N Text
105–82
Intal (19)
Intal (8)
Cruz (7)
Araneta Coliseum
10–6
18
January 9
Alaska
93–90
Baguio (20)
Intal (11)
Baguio (5)
Batangas City
11–6
19
January 17
Burger King
122–104
Intal, Baguio (24)
Tubid, 2 others (8)
Intal (5)
Araneta Coliseum
12–6 :
2009–10 schedule :

##### Playoffs

2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :
Quarterfinals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 29
Talk 'N Text
92–107
Intal (19)
Villanueva (12)
Cruz (4)
Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
January 31
Talk 'N Text
105–106
Intal (23)
Villanueva (14)
Cruz (4)
Araneta Coliseum
0–2
3
February 3
Talk 'N Text
102–97
Intal (25)
Intal, Wilson (10)
Villanueva (4)
Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
February 5
Talk 'N Text
27–20 (by forfeit)
n/a
n/a
n/a
Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
February 7
Talk 'N Text
113–100
Intal (28)
Menk (14)
Intal, 2 others (4)
Araneta Coliseum
3–2 :
Semifinals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 10
Alaska
79–104
Caguioa (23)
Salvacion, Intal (7)
Helterbrand (4)
Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
February 12
Alaska
82–90
Villanueva (17)
Villanueva (11)
Helterbrand (8)
Cuneta Astrodome
0–2
3
February 14
Alaska
88–91
Caguioa (20)
Caguioa, 2 others (9)
Caguioa, 2 others (3)
Araneta Coliseum
0–3
4
February 17
Alaska
95–102
Helterbrand (20)
Villanueva (6)
Helterbrand (6)
Araneta Coliseum
0–4 :
Battle for Third
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 10
San Miguel
88–95
Araneta Coliseum :
2009–10 schedule :

## Fiesta Conference
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 15 | 3 | .833 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Derby Ace Llamados | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 8 | 10 | .444 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 5 | 13 | .278 | 10 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Air21 Express | 4 | 14 | .222 | 11 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Energy Coffee Masters | 3 | 15 | .167 | 12 | |
* 1 2 Second seed playoff: San Miguel 88, Derby Ace 83
* 1 2 Fifth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 115, Rain or Shine 88

#### Game log
## Transactions
### Pre-season

| Barangay Ginebra Kings | Players Added Via Draft Chris Timberlake Orlando Daroya Via Free Agency Kevin White (From Talk 'N Text) Via Trade Enrico Villanueva (From Purefoods) Rich Alvarez (From Purefoods) Celino Cruz (From Purefoods) Paolo Bugia (From Purefoods) Pocholo Villanueva (From Burger King) | Players Lost Via Free Agency Junjun Cabatu Macky Escalona JR Aquino Chico Lanete (To Burger King) Chris Pacana (To Sta. Lucia) Via Trade Paul Artadi (To Purefoods) Rafi Reavis (To Purefoods) Chris Timberlake (To Purefoods) Orlando Daroya (to Burger King) |

## Philippine Cup
### Free agents
#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Johnny Abarrientos | November | none |

### Mid-season break
#### Trades

| March 8, 2010 | To Air21Rich Alvarez Doug Kramer first round pick (2010) | To Barangay GinebraYancy de Ocampo |

### Fiesta Conference
#### Trades

| April 28, 2010 | To AlaskaCyrus Baguio | To Barangay GinebraWillie Miller |
| June 12, 2010 | To Air21Billy Mamaril | To Barangay GinebraMike Cortez |

#### Imports recruited

| Team | Player | Debuted | Final |
| Brgy. Ginebra Kings | Awvee Storey (1/4) | March 21, 2010 | April 18, 2010 |
| Brgy. Ginebra Kings | Mildon Ambres (2/4) | April 30, 2010 | May 30, 2010 |
| Brgy. Ginebra Kings | Denham Brown (3/4) | June 5, 2010 | June 23, 2010 |
| Brgy. Ginebra Kings | Chris Daniels (4/4) | July 2, 2010 | July 18, 2010 |