# 2009–10 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados season

The 2009–10 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados season was the 22nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). In the Philippine Cup, they were known as the Purefoods TJ Giants.

## Key dates

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

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 3 | Rico Maierhofer | 6'6" | Power forward | Philippines | De La Salle |

## 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

2010 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 11
Burger King
93–80
Raymundo (19)
Reavis (20)
R. Yap (8)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
October 18
Barangay Ginebra
87–95
J. Yap (21)
Raymundo (14)
J. Yap (5)
Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
October 23
Barako Bull
92–77
Raymundo, J. Yap (17)
Raymundo (8)
Artadi (9)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–1
4
October 30
Coca Cola
79–93
J. Yap (15)
Raymundo, R. Yap (7)
R. Yap (4)
Araneta Coliseum
2–2 :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 8
Talk 'N Text
108–102
Maierhofer (20)
R. Yap (11)
Raymundo (7)
Araneta Coliseum
3–2
6
November 11
San Miguel
76–92
J. Yap (13)
R. Yap (8)
Artadi (5)
Araneta Coliseum
3–3
7
November 15
Rain or Shine
103–69
Maierhofer (15)
Pingris (12)
Artadi, Timberlake (4)
Araneta Coliseum
4–3
8
November 22
Alaska
87–101
Raymundo (25)
Reavis (14)
Raymundo, Artadi (4)
Araneta Coliseum
4–4
9
November 28
Sta. Lucia
68–63
Raymundo (15)
Pingris (12)
R. Yap (4)
Surigao del Norte
5–4 :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
December 2
Coca Cola
88–79
J. Yap (21)
Reavis (10)
Artadi (5)
Araneta Coliseum
6–4
11
December 6
Barangay Ginebra
89–81
R. Yap (21)
Reavis (11)
R. Yap (4)
Araneta Coliseum
7–4
12
December 9
Barako Bull
70–66
J. Yap (18)
Pingris (7)
J. Yap, Raymundo (5)
Araneta Coliseum
8–4
13
December 13
San Miguel
80–87
Raymundo (14)
Reavis (13)
Raymundo, J. Yap (3)
Araneta Coliseum
8–5
14
December 19
Talk 'N Text
98–101
J. Yap (28)
Reavis (10)
Raymundo (4)
Araneta Coliseum
8–6
15
December 25
Burger King
85–74
Raymundo (19)
Reavis (8)
R. Yap (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
9–6 :
January
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
16
January 10
Rain or Shine
101–88
J. Yap (23)
Pingris (9)
Artadi (5)
Araneta Coliseum
10–6
17
January 15
Alaska
94–77
Maierhofer, J. Yap (15)
Reavis (14)
R. Yap (5)
Araneta Coliseum
11–6
18
January 17
Sta. Lucia
88–78
J. Yap (19)
Pingris (15)
Raymundo (7)
Araneta Coliseum
12–6 :
2009–10 schedule :

##### Playoffs

2010 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :
Quarterfinals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 29
Rain or Shine
90–85
J. Yap (31)
Raymundo (11)
Artadi (5)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
January 31
Rain or Shine
95–94
J. Yap (23)
Reavis (9)
J. Yap, R. Yap (3)
Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
February 3
Rain or Shine
92–95
Canaleta (18)
Reavis (15)
Canaleta (6)
Araneta Coliseum
2–1
4
February 5
Rain or Shine
100–103
Raymundo (34)
Reavis (11)
R. Yap (7)
Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
February 7
Rain or Shine
95–85
Araneta Coliseum
3–2 :
Semifinals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 10
San Miguel
83–99
Raymundo (18)
Pingris (10)
Pingris (3)
Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
February 12
San Miguel
103–84
Reavis (20)
Reavis, Pingris (12)
R. Yap (4)
Cuneta Astrodome
1–1
3
February 14
San Miguel
76–88
Canaleta, J. Yap (14)
Reavis (7)
R. Yap (3)
Araneta Coliseum
1–2
4
February 17
San Miguel
97–84
J. Yap (24)
Reavis (14)
R. Yap (10)
Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
February 19
San Miguel
94–82
Raymundo, R. Yap (18)
Raymundo, Maierhofer (8)
R. Yap (6)
Araneta Coliseum
3–2
6
February 21
San Miguel
87–78
R. Yap (20)
Pingris (13)
R. Yap (4)
Cuneta Astrodome
4–2 :
Finals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 24
Alaska
81–77
J. Yap (24)
Pingris (13)
R. Yap (5)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
February 26
Alaska
86–85
J. Yap (32)
Raymundo, Reavis (7)
R. Yap (4)
Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
February 28
Alaska
79–78
J. Yap (14)
Pingris (11)
Simon, J. Yap (3)
Araneta Coliseum
3–0
4
March 3
Alaska
86–76
J. Yap (18)
R. Yap (9)
R. Yap (6)
Araneta Coliseum
4–0 :
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

| Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | Players Added Via Draft Rico Maierhofer Via Trade Paul Artadi (From Barangay Ginebra) Niño Canaleta (From Burger King) Marc Pingris (From San Miguel) Rafi Reavis (From Barangay Ginebra) Chris Timberlake (From Barangay Ginebra) | Players Lost Via Free Agency Topex Robinson Al Vergara (To Singapore Slingers) Richard Yee (To Burger King) Via Trade Rich Alvarez (To Barangay Ginebra) Celino Cruz (To Barangay Ginebra) Paolo Bugia (To Barangay Ginebra) Enrico Villanueva (To Barangay Ginebra) |

### Imports recruited

| Team | Player | Debuted | Final |
| Derby Ace Llamados | Lorrenzo Wade (1/3) | April 7, 2010 | April 21, 2010 |
| Derby Ace Llamados | Cliff Brown (2/3) | May 2, 2010 | July 14, 2010 |
| Derby Ace Llamados | Tony Washam (3/3) | July 16, 2010 | August 1, 2010 |