# 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference

The 2007 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference or known as the 2007 Talk 'N Text PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, is the second conference of the 2006-07 season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Teams are allowed to pick an import with a maximum height-limit of 6-feet, 6-inches tall.
The tournament began on March 4 and finished on July 20. The schedule will be shortened due to the league's commitment to the Philippine national basketball team while 12 players selected by national team head coach Chot Reyes will not play for their mother teams.
Red Bull Barako is the defending champions of the tournament.
Talk 'N Text, a product of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, was the main sponsor of the tournament. They also sponsored the 2006-07 PBA Philippine Cup that ended a month before the tournament.

## List of imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.
| # | Name | Team | Debuted |
| 1 | Alex Compton | Welcoat Dragons | March 4 vs. Coca-Cola |
| 2 | Charles Clark III | Welcoat Dragons | March 4 vs. Coca-Cola |
| 3 | Anthony Johnson | Coca-Cola Tigers | March 4 vs. Welcoat |
| 4 | Jessie King | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | March 4 vs. Red Bull |
| 5 | James Penny | Red Bull Barako | March 4 vs. Purefoods |
| 6 | Shawn Daniels | Air21 Express | March 7 vs. Sta. Lucia |
| 7 | Marcellus Christian | Air 21 Express | March 7 vs. Barangay Ginebra |
| 8 | Rosell Ellis | Alaska Aces | March 7 vs. Talk 'N Text |
| 9 | Rock Winston | Sta. Lucia Realtors | March 7 vs. Air21 |
| 10 | James Sullinger | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | March 7 vs. Alaska |
| 11 | Vidal Massiah | San Miguel Beermen | March 9 vs. Red Bull |
| 12 | Rod Nealy | Barangay Ginebra Kings | March 11 vs. Alaska |
| 13 | Paul McMillan | San Miguel Beermen | March 17 vs. Coca-Cola |
| 14 | Marquin Chandler | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | March 21 vs. San Miguel |
| 15 | Galen Young | San Miguel Beermen | April 11 vs. Alaska |
| 16 | Rob Sanders | Welcoat Dragons | April 15 vs. San Miguel |
| 17 | Jeff Varem | Coca-Cola Tigers | April 20 vs. Barangay Ginebra |
| 18 | Wayland White | Welcoat Dragons | May 2 vs. Barangay Ginebra |
| 19 | Jamaal Williams | Sta. Lucia Realtors | May 2 vs. Air21 |
| 20 | Rashad Bell | Coca-Cola Tigers | May 30 vs. Red Bull |
Welcoat was allowed to have two imports. Compton, is an American citizen was born in the Philippines and was a member of the several local teams playing as a local.

## Tournament format

* Double round eliminations. Worst team would be eliminated.
* Sixth- to ninth-best teams figure in the one-game wildcard playoffs.
** Sixth seed vs. Ninth seed
** Seventh seed vs. Eighth seed
** Winners will figure in a playoff to advance to the quarterfinals.
* Third- to fifth-best teams, and the winner of the wildcards advance to the best-of-three quarterfinals.
** Third seed vs. winner of wildcards.
** Fourth seed vs. fifth seed.
* The two best teams and the winners of the quarterfinals advance to the best-of-seven semifinals.
** First seed vs. winner of the third seed/wildcard winner quarterfinal series
** Second seed vs. winner of the fourth seed/fifth seed quarterfinal series
* The winners of the semifinals advance to the best-of-seven Finals; the losers figure in a one-game third-place playoff.

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Barako | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Alaska Aces | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Air21 Express | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 7 | 11 | .389 | 6 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 5 | 13 | .278 | 8 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Welcoat Dragons | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Second-seed playoff: Alaska 103–95 Barangay Ginebra
* 1 2 Fifth-seed playoff: Air21 103–99 San Miguel

## Fifth seed playoff

* ABC
* June 6
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Second seed playoff

* ABC
* June 6
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Bracket

| Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) |
| 6 | San Miguel | 102 | | | | | | | 2 | Alaska | 4 | |
| 9 | Sta. Lucia | 85 | | | | 3 | Brgy. Ginebra | 1 | 6 | San Miguel | 2 | |
| | | | 6 | San Miguel | 102 | 6 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Coca-Cola | 101 | | | | | | | 2 | Alaska | 4 |
| 7 | Coca-Cola | 100 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Talk 'N Text | 3 |
| 8 | Purefoods | 97 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Red Bull | 2 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | 4 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | 4 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Air21 | 1 | | 6 | San Miguel | 96 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Red Bull | 103 |
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## Wildcard playoffs
### First round

* ABC
* June 8
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 8
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Second round

* ABC
* June 10
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Quarterfinals
### (3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) San Miguel

* ABC
* June 13
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 15
* recap
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* ABC
* June 17
Barangay Ginebra Kings 114, San Miguel Beermen 117 (OT) :
* San Miguel wins series, 2–1 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 13,089

### (4) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Air22

* ABC
* June 13
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 15
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* ABC
* June 17
* recap
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 114, Air21 Express 112 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 2–1 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Semifinals
### (1) Red Bull vs. (4) Talk 'N Text

* ABC
* June 20
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 22
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 24
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 27
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 29
* recap
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* ABC
* July 1
Red Bull Barako 110, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 122 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–2 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### (2) Alaska vs. (6) San Miguel

* ABC
* June 20
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 22
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 24
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 27
* recap
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* June 29
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* ABC
* July 1
Alaska Aces 113, San Miguel Beermen 109 (2OT) :
* Alaska wins series, 4–2 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Third place playoff

* ABC
* July 4
* recap
Red Bull Barako 103, San Miguel Beermen 96 :
* Red Bull wins third-place trophy ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

Prior to Game 1, Sandwich performed "Laban kung Laban," the TV theme song of the PBA.
* ABC
* July 6 7:30 P.M.
* boxscore
Alaska Aces 113, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 85 :
| Scoring by quarter: 16-29, 28-16, 19-37, 22-31 |||
| Pts: Cortez, Ellis 22 each Rebs: Rosell Ellis 13 Asts: Rosell Ellis 10 | Pts: James Sullinger 25 Rebs: James Sullinger 12 Asts: Mark Cardona 3 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Cruz, Herrera, Ferrer
* ABC
* July 8 6:30 P.M.
* boxscore
Alaska Aces 113, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 120 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25-30, 28-30, 31-33, 27-29 |||
| Pts: Rosell Ellis 40 Rebs: Rosell Ellis 18 Asts: Rosell Ellis 7 | Pts: Mark Cardona 30 Rebs: Yancy de Ocampo 9 Asts: Mark Cardona 5 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Calungcaguin, Aldaba, Ferrer
* ABC
* July 11 7:30 P.M.
* boxscore
Alaska Aces 87, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 95 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25-26, 15-30, 27-12, 28-19 |||
| Pts: Willie Miller 29 Rebs: Rosell Ellis 13 Asts: Ellis, Hugnatan 3 each | Pts: James Sullinger 30 Rebs: James Sullinger 15 Asts: James Sullinger 8 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Montiel, Herrera, Canizares
* ABC
* July 13 7:30 P.M.
* boxscore
Alaska Aces 86, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 82 :
| Scoring by quarter: 18-24, 25-21, 23-18, 16-23 |||
| Pts: Willie Miller 29 Rebs: Rosell Ellis 14 Asts: Willie Miller 4 | Pts: James Sullinger 26 Rebs: James Sullinger 13 Asts: Donbel Belano 5 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Canizares, Aldaba, Cruz
* ABC
* July 15 6:30 p.m.
* boxscore
Alaska Aces 104, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 107 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23-20, 31-25, 25-27, 28-32 |||
| Pts: Rosell Ellis 28 Rebs: Rosell Ellis 16 Asts: Miller, Ellis 5 each | Pts: James Sullinger 24 Rebs: Sullinger, Carey 8 each Asts: Mark Cardona 5 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 11,097 Referees: Quilinguen, Herrera, Montiel
* ABC
* July 18 7:05 p.m.
* boxscore
Alaska Aces 121, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 110 :
| Scoring by quarter: 11-34, 34-22, 31-38, 34-27 |||
| Pts: Willie Miller 37 Rebs: Rosell Ellis 16 Asts: Cortez, Ellis 8 each | Pts: Mark Cardona 29 Rebs: James Sullinger 9 Asts: James Sullinger 3 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Cruz, Calungcaguin, Canizares
* ABC
* July 20 7:05 P.M.
* boxscore
Alaska Aces 99, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 96 :
| Scoring by quarter: 27-20, 26-25, 19-25, 24-29 |||
| Pts: Ellis 30 Rebs: Ellis 10 Asts: Ellis 9 | Pts: Sullinger 30 Rebs: Sullinger 13 Asts: Sullinger 5 |
| Alaska wins series 4–3 |||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Attendance: 10,040 Referees: Quilinguen, Aldaba, Calungcaguin
On Game 1, the Phone Pals raced into a twenty-point lead at the first quarter but the Aces chipped in to lead by a point by halftime. The Phone Pals lost steam as the Aces won the first game. The Phone Pals reversed the roles as the Aces themselves lost steam at the ends of Games 2 and 3 for a Phone Pals 2–1 series lead.
With a 1–3 deficit looming, newly crowned MVP Willie Miller stepped up his performance as he tied his conference-high 29 points to lead the Aces into victory on Game 4. Conference Best Player Mark Cardona blew the Phone Pals chances' when he turned the ball over with 4 seconds with a 2-point deficit to lead a Rosell Ellis tip-in from a Sonny Thoss missed lay-up.
On Game 5, Willie Miller turned cold when the Phone Pals started pulling away. The Piltel franchise notched win #3 to assure a twice-to-beat advantage. Miller, who was severely criticized by a lackluster performance by the MVP, answered his critics with a 37-point output (the best in the Finals by a local) to lead the Aces to a Game 6 win and to force a Game 7.