Manila Clasico
| Barangay Ginebra - San Mig Super Coffee | |
|---|---|
  | |
| History | |
| First meeting | April 5, 1988, ULTRA[1] |
| Latest meeting | February 5, 2014, Smart Araneta Coliseum |
| Next meeting | February 8, 2014, Smart Araneta Coliseum |
| Largest margin | 39 (157-118), Purefoods[2] |
| Current streak | W1, Ginebra |
| PBA Finals history | |
| Series record | 1-1 (Tied) |
| Win-Loss record | 5-5 (Tied) |
| Añejo won, 3-1 | |
| Purefoods won, 4-2 | |
| PBA Playoffs history | |
| Series record | 3-3 (Tied) |
| Win-Loss record | 7-7 (Tied) |
| Añejo won, 1-0 | |
| Purefoods won, 1-0 | |
| Ginebra won, 2-0 | |
| Ginebra won, 1-0 | |
| B-Meg won, 3-1 | |
| B-Meg won, 1-0 | |
| Tied, 2-2 | |
Manila Clasico refers to the rivalry between two ballclubs representing the Ginebra franchise and the Purefoods franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The rivalry has been considered as the Philippine basketball equivalent of the El Clásico football rivalry between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, hence, the term Manila Clasico.[3][4]
Overview
The two teams have won a total of 18 championships: the Purefoods franchise taking 10, and the Ginebra franchise eight.[5] However, as of the end of the 2012–13 PBA season, the Ginebra and Purefoods franchises have only met in the finals twice in the 25 seasons they have been together in the league.[6] Head to head, they have an even PBA Finals record, 1-1.
| Year | Conference | Champion | Runner-up | Series | Winning Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | All-Filipino | Añejo Rum 65 Rum Masters | Purefoods Hotdogs | 3-1 | Robert Jaworski |
| 1997 | All-Filipino | Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys | Gordon's Gin Boars | 4-2 | Eric Altamirano |
History
The beginning of the rivalry
The rivalry arguably began even before the two teams first met in a championship series. Ginebra playing coach Robert Jaworski was then the most polarizing player in the league. While millions of people cheered for him, just as many people hated him because of his and his team’s perceived “dirty play.”[3] Fans were either for Jaworski’s team or weren’t.[7]
Purefoods entered the PBA in 1988 after buying the Tanduay franchise,[8] whose best player Ramon Fernandez, had a long history with Jaworski. The two were teammates for the old Toyota franchise but since had a falling out. Whenever teams of Jaworski and Fernandez meet, the fans anticipate greater physicality and intensity because of their apparent hatred for one another.[9]
But the cold war between “The Living Legend” and “El Presidente” just served as starting point for the enmity. Purefoods was trotting out a talented bunch of rookies led by Jojo Lastimosa, Jerry Codiñera, and Alvin Patrimonio. Suddenly, all the Jaworski haters now had a group of talented, fresh-faced, young players, for whom they could cheer against the “bad boys” of Ginebra. Purefoods was positioned as the league's glamour team, in stark contrast to Ginebra’s darling of the masses. It became the basketball battle of the lower class (masa) and the upper class (sosyal),[3] and a war between the “bad guys” and the “good boys.”[9]
Championship battles
It has been observed that while the two teams have met in the PBA finals just twice in the last 25 seasons, and playoff encounters between them have been few and far between, the Ginebra-Purefoods rivalry has remained the most heated in the league.[3]
1988 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals
The 1988 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals between the Añejo Rum 65 Rum Masters and the Purefoods Hotdogs was one of the most hyped championship series in PBA history. People saw it as the battle of former Toyota teammates and archrivals Robert Jaworski and Ramon Fernandez.[10] It turned out, however, that the core of the Tanduay team sans Fernandez but with its top five rookies would carry the Purefoods squad in the series.[11]
In Game One, Joey Loyzaga led the Rum Masters to victory as he fired five three-point shots, all of them on crucial occasions and quelling as many Purefoods uprising. Alvin Patrimonio led all scorers but his 34 points went to naught as the Hotdogs fell, 105-111. In Game Two, despite the benching of Fernandez, the Hotdogs recovered with a 117-112 win. Jojo Lastimosa topscored for Purefoods with 27 points. In Game Three, the Hotdogs’ Totoy Marquez, who led all scorers in that game with 30, missed on his last attempt to allow the Rum Masters to escape with a two-point victory, 112-110. In the series-clinching Game Four for Añejo, Jaworski, who scored 28 points, followed up his own miss to send the game into overtime. The Rum Masters dominated the extension period, 16-5, completing a come-from-behind win over the Hotdogs, who even led by as much as 19 points in the third quarter. Añejo bagged Game Four, 135-124, and the championship title, winning the series, 3-1.[12]
1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals
It was only after almost nine years that the two teams finally met again in a championship series. The championship matchup was a fitting conclusion to the tournament with Ginebra (then carrying the Gordon’s Gin Boars name) and Purefoods ending as the top two teams after the elimination and semifinal rounds.[13]
It was expected to be a tight series but Games One and Two turned out to be blowouts for the Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys. Still led by Patrimonio, the Cowboys took the first game, 103-90, and the second game, 91-73. So bad was Gordon’s Gin’s beating that playing coach Jaworski remarked after Game One that he has “never seen [his] team play as horrible.”[14] The Boars finally salvaged a win in Game Three, 92-83; but Purefoods easily gained control of the series in Game Four, winning 94-84. Gordon’s Gin managed to stay alive in the series, escaping with a 96-95 win in the fifth game of the Best of 7. In Game Six, Patrimonio exploded for 40 points, adding 11 boards and four assists, leading his team to an 82-73 victory. With the win, Patrimonio and his Purefoods team finally got their long-awaited revenge on Ginebra, winning the 1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup title, 4-2.[13][15]
Sibling rivalry
A year before the Purefoods franchise entered the PBA, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) acquired a 70-percent stake in La Tondeña Incorporada, the company that owned the Ginebra PBA franchise.[16] Consequently, the team went under the SMC umbrella, which owns another PBA team in San Miguel Beer. Since then, Ginebra and San Miguel became sister teams.
In 2001, SMC also bought Purefoods-Hormel Corporation,[17] which was previously owned by the Ayala Corporation.[8] A problem ensued because of a league rule prohibiting a company to own more than two teams (SMC already had San Miguel and Ginebra). The options were disbanding the Purefoods franchise, or the Ayala Corporation retaining the team under a new banner.[18] Eventually, the PBA Board of Governors adjusted the rule and allowed Purefoods to stay in the league.[19]
As a result, fierce rivals Ginebra and Purefoods also became sister teams. While some feared that the Ginebra-Purefoods games would never be as exciting as before, many fans and sports analysts thought otherwise, citing previous games played by sister squads Ginebra and San Miguel.[18] True enough, fans continue to look forward to Ginebra and Purefoods encounters, knowing that the rivalry between these two sister teams remains as fierce as ever.[20]
Recent years
Like in the playing years of Jaworski and Patrimonio, two of the most popular and most talented players in the league today double as the franchise players of Ginebra and Purefoods. Mark Caguioa has been Ginebra's main man while James Yap has been Purefoods’ superstar.[3] So far in their respective careers, Yap has been named the league’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice,[21][22] while Caguioa has been chosen as the MVP once.[23] Both have also been part of the Mythical Teams several times, consequently becoming competitors against each other for the top individual award. In the 2011-12 season, Yap and Caguioa were among the four contenders for league MVP.[24] Comparison between the two players thus seems inevitable.[25] As to who between the two should be considered as more popular, more talented, and more deserving to be called the “face of the PBA” remains a debate between the fanbases of both clubs.[26][27] During games between the two teams, the pro-Ginebra crowd would boo Yap, and vice versa: the pro-Purefoods crowd would also boo Caguioa, whenever either touches the ball.[28][29]
For two consecutive tournaments in the 2011-12 season, B-Meg was responsible for eliminating Barangay Ginebra from title contention. In the Commissioner’s Cup, Yap and the Llamados dominated a Caguioa-less Barangay Ginebra team in the semifinals,[30] before eventually winning the championship.[31] In the Governors’ Cup, B-Meg downed Ginebra twice in crucial games: the first in the semifinal round,[32] and the second in the playoff game for the last Finals slot.[33]
Rivalry lives on
There have been many changes since the original Añejo–Purefoods rivalry started. The Ginebra franchise changed the team name several times: from Añejo Rum, Ginebra San Miguel, Gordon’s Gin, Barangay Ginebra Kings, and to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. The Purefoods franchise also has gone through a lot of name changes from Purefoods Hotdogs, Coney Island Ice Cream Stars, Purefoods Oodles, Purefoods Chunkee Giants, Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys, Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies, Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs, B-Meg Llamados, and to San Mig Coffee Mixers.[20] All of those players who started the rivalry were also gone.[9] The team names and the faces have changed but the rivalry between the two teams lives on.[20]
Matchups between the two teams, whether in the elimination round or in the playoffs, have regularly drawn huge crowd to the venues and television ratings have been high.[34] The duels have also induced excitement among fans, who usually express their support through the social media sites[35][36] and by publishing fan arts.[37]
Teams' popularity
Ginebra has owned the distinction of the most popular team in the league for many years. Its popularity can be traced to the recruitment of the backcourt tandem of Robert Jaworski and Francis Arnaiz, both former Toyota players. Fans of Toyota followed the two stalwarts to Ginebra after the Toyota team disbanded in 1983.[38] The team also became a crowd favorite because of its “Never Say Die” attitude, which has allowed it to snatch come-from-behind wins many times.[39] Even after Jaworski’s departure as coach at the end of the 1998 season, somehow, Jaworski’s legacy lingered and the fans remained loyal to the team. Ginebra’s games remained the highest raters on television — whether the team is at the bottom of the standings or not.[15]
In 2008, however, a survey showed that Purefoods shares the honor of league’s most popular ballclub with Ginebra.[40][41] It appeared that Ginebra was the most popular team among men, while Purefoods was the most popular among women.[42] Also, Ginebra was more popular in Metro Manila and Luzon and in classes ABC, while Purefoods was more popular in Visayas and Mindanao and in class D. The two teams were tied for most supporters in class E.[43]
Ginebra fans were furious at the results of the survey, arguing that their team is still unrivaled in terms of popularity and crowd support. But the arguments only served to fan the heated rivalry between the two teams with the largest fanbases in Philippine professional basketball.[3]
Results of a more recent survey showed that Ginebra is still the league's most popular team and draws the highest television ratings, followed closely by the Purefoods/B-Meg Llamados.[34]
Notable occurrences
- The two teams first met on April 5, 1988, with Purefoods playing coach Ramon Fernandez matching coaching skills with Ginebra counterpart Robert Jaworski. Purefoods won the match, 116-110; and Fernandez was voted best player of the game.[44]
- The squads faced each other in the semifinals of the 1988 Open Conference. The playoff match, which Purefoods won in overtime, was marred by coin-throwing from Ginebra fans.[6]
- Starting Game Two of the 1988 All-Filipino championship series, the Purefoods management decided to bench Ramon Fernandez. Purefoods eventually lost the series in four games.[10] Fernandez, who was accused of dropping the games, was eventually traded to San Miguel in exchange for veteran center Abet Guidaben.[11]
- In an April 4, 1989 game where Purefoods dominated Añejo, Robert Jaworski sneaked in a punch on Jojo Lastimosa in retaliation on a previous play where he got tripped by Lastimosa.
- On November 26, 1989, fans supporting both teams got into a fight after Añejo salvaged a controversial one-point win over the import-less Purefoods squad. The Hotdogs' import Dexter Shouse bolted the team a day before the all-important playoff game for the last finals berth of the season's Third Conference.[45]
- On November 8, 1990, Robert Jaworski committed a punching foul on Purefoods import Robert Paul Rose when he let go of a flying elbow with seconds left of an already won ballgame by the Hotdogs. Jaworski was fined and suspended for one game. With Añejo getting eliminated from the 1990 Reinforced Conference by its loss to Purefoods, the one-game suspension on Jaworski took effect the following season.
- On May 2, 1991, Ginebra San Miguel scored 16 unanswered points in the first quarter of a game against Purefoods. The team that got the early lead never looked back and won, 126-108. Purefoods played importless against Ginebra once again after Richard Hollis abandoned the team just before the game.[45]
- Ginebra overcame a 19-point deficit to prevail over Purefoods, 140-134, in a game (October 6, 1992) that went to overtime.
- Another coin-throwing incident happened during a game between the two teams in 1997 when a controversial blocking foul was called against Ginebra’s Vince Hizon on a drive by Purefoods’ center Jerry Codiñera.
- In Game Six of the 1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals, Alvin Patrimonio scored almost half of his team’s total points (40 of 82) to lead his Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys to the title over the Gordon’s Gin Boars. Aside from notching his season-high in points, “The Captain” also grabbed 11 rebounds and dished four assists.
- In the quarterfinals of the 2001 All-Filipino Cup, Barangay Ginebra, led by rookie Mark Caguioa, faced Purefoods, which had a twice-to-beat advantage. The Kings were able to defeat the TJ Hotdogs twice to enter the semifinals. Both games were won by a single point (77-76, 70-69). In the first game, it was Vergel Meneses who hit the game-winning layup for Ginebra with eight seconds left.[46] Ronald Magtulis was the hero of the second game after he nailed a fallaway jumper off a miss by Bal David with 1.2 ticks left.[47][48]
- B-Meg Llamados superstar James Yap accidentally hit Ginebra’s Mark Caguioa in his right eye in one elimination round game.[49] The eye injury sidelined the Ginebra topgunner for the rest of the conference. B-Meg easily cruised past the Caguioa-less Ginebra in the semifinals,[30] and eventually won the championship in what was considered as one of the greatest Game Seven victories in PBA history.[50] Caguioa and Yap, in the halftime break of one of their games, approached each other to make sure there were no hard feelings on Yap’s involvement in the accident leading to Caguioa’s eye injury.[51]
- With the B-Meg Llamados already up by 20 points in the fourth quarter of a semifinal match, struggling Ginebra import Jackson Vroman lost his cool and shoved B-Meg center Yancy De Ocampo in the face. The Ginebra import was called for a flagrant foul penalty 1 only,[52] dodging what would have merited an automatic ejection and possibly a one-game suspension.[53]
- In a playoff game for the last Finals seat in the 2011-12 Governors’ Cup played on July 20, 2012, B-Meg’s Peter June Simon nailed a putback off a missed attempt by import Marqus Blakely with 2.5 seconds left in the gameclock to lift his team over Barangay Ginebra, 74-72.[33]
- On November 4, 2012, a matchup between San Mig Coffee and Barangay Ginebra San Miguel was featured as the main game of a rare PBA triple-header.[54] San Mig Coffee won the game, 78-68, cruising to its third straight win while also dealing their archrivals their fifth consecutive loss.[55]
- A season-opening match between the two teams highlighted a unique three-game PBA All-Filipino Cup 2013 opening day on November 17, 2013. Each game was played in the major cities representing the Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao regions. That game, which Ginebra won, was played in Manila.[56]
- The first encounter between the two ballclubs at the Mall of Asia Arena on January 5, 2014 attained the record of most spectators in a PBA game played at the said arena with 20,596. San Mig Super Coffee eventually won that game, 79-83.[57]
- In the dying seconds of Game 1 of the 2013-14 Philippine Cup Semifinals, the inbound pass of Barangay Ginebra's Mac Baracael was stolen by Joe Devance, after which San Mig Super Coffee guard Mark Barroca quickly ran down the court and sank the go-ahead one-hander to give his team an 85-83 win.[58]
Trivia
- Though Robert Jaworski coached Ginebra until the 1998 season, he played his very last official PBA game on May 25, 1997 at the Cuneta Astrodome in Game Six of the All-Filipino Cup Finals against Purefoods, which Gordon’s Gin lost.[15] Jaworski was exactly 51 years, 2 months and 17 days old when he played his last PBA game.[59]
- Only three teams played for the championship in the three conferences of the 1997 PBA Season: Purefoods, Gordon’s Gin, and Alaska. The teams also won one title each that season: Purefoods beating Gordon’s Gin in the All-Filipino Cup, Gordon’s Gin beating Alaska in the Commissioner’s Cup, and Alaska beating Purefoods in the Governors’ Cup. Alaska had a Grand Slam season the previous year.[5]
- Fifteen of the 25 Greatest Players in the PBA, at some point of their careers, played for either the Ginebra or the Purefoods franchise.
- The Purefoods franchise team has won 15 of its last 24 games against Ginebra over the past three years.
See also
- Philippine Basketball Association
- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
- San Mig Coffee Mixers
- Añejo–Purefoods rivalry
References
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