2006–07 Alaska Aces season

The 2006–07 Alaska Aces season was the 21st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2006–07 Alaska Aces season
Head coach	Tim Cone
General Manager	Joaqui Trillo
Owner(s)	Fred Uytengsu
Philippine Cup results
Record	9–12 (42.9%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Wildcard
Fiesta Conference results
Record	21–11 (65.6%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions (def. Talk 'N Text, 4–3)
Alaska Aces seasons
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Key dates

August 20: The 2006 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

Draft picks

Main article: 2006 PBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Aaron Aban	6"3'	Guard-Forward	Philippines	Letran
2	18	Christian Luanzon	6"4'	Guard	Philippines	UST

Award

Willie Miller won his second Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.^[1]

Roster

2006–07 Alaska Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Mike Cortez 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle F 3 Nic Belasco 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Notre Dame (MD) G 5 Rensy Bajar 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda C 7 Sonny Thoss 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) James Cook G 9 Christian Luanzon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST F 11 Eddie Laure 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson G 13 Willie Miller 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Letran G/F 17 Aaron Aban 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Letran F 21 Reynel Hugnatan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Manila G 22 Jeffrey Cariaso 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sonoma State C 32 Poch Juinio 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Philippines F 35 Tony dela Cruz 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UC Irvine G 50 Dale Singson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UST F 55 John Ferriols 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) USJ–R F 75 Rosell Ellis (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) McNeese State

Head coach Tim Cone Assistant(s) Joel Banal Richard Bachmann Jojo Lastimosa Luigi Trillo Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (I) Import Injured

Philippine Cup

Game log

2007 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 September 28* Red Bull 93–99 Miller (23) Guam 0–1 2 October 4 Coca Cola 99–84 Miller (26) Araneta Coliseum 1–1 3 October 8 Talk 'N Text 93–97 Cortez (24) Araneta Coliseum 1–2 4 October 14 Sta.Lucia 92–98 Miller (21) The Arena in San Juan 1–3 5 October 20 San Miguel 71–81 Miller (30) Ynares Center 1–4 6 October 27 Purefoods 78–82 Belasco (18) Araneta Coliseum 1–5 7 October 29 Brgy.Ginebra 91–98 Miller (18) Araneta Coliseum 1–6
November Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 8 November 5 Air21 122–100 Cariaso (24) Araneta Coliseum 2–6 9 November 10 Sta.Lucia 98–101 Belasco (20) Araneta Coliseum 2–7 10 November 17 Welcoat 97–91 OT Belasco (23) Araneta Coliseum 3–7 11 November 24 Talk 'N Text Cuneta Astrodome 4–7 12 November 26 Red Bull 105–94 Dela Cruz (18) Araneta Coliseum 5–7
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 December 2 San Miguel 99–103 Miller, Belasco (20) General Santos 5–8 14 December 6 Coca Cola 81–85 Miller (18) Araneta Coliseum 5–9 15 December 9 Brgy.Ginebra 101–108 Miller (23) Lucena City 5–10 16 December 15 Air21 100–98 Ynares Center 6–10 17 December 20 Welcoat 96–90 Miller (24) Araneta Coliseum 7–10 18 December 22 Purefoods 96–92 OT Miller (25) Araneta Coliseum 8–10
2006–07 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Game log

2007 PBA Fiesta Conference game log
March Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 March 7 Talk 'N Text 98–94 Miller (27) Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 March 11 Brgy.Ginebra 100–98 Ellis (27) Ellis (16) Araneta Coliseum 2–0 3 March 15 Red Bull 113–124 OT Ellis (27) Olivarez Gym 2–1 4 March 21 Welcoat 99–78 Ellis (18) Araneta Coliseum 3–1 5 March 25 Coca Cola 106–100 Miller (19) Araneta Coliseum 4–1 6 March 31 Purefoods 94–80 Subic Gym, Subic 5–1
April Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 April 4 Air21 104–116 Ellis (38) Araneta Coliseum 5–2 8 April 11 San Miguel 94–84 Miller (25) Araneta Coliseum 6–2 9 April 15 Sta.Lucia 103–88 Miller (21) Ellis (21) Araneta Coliseum 7–2 10 April 20 Talk 'N Text Araneta Coliseum 7–3 11 April 24 San Miguel 96–100 Cuneta Astrodome 7–4
May Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 12 May 6 Welcoat 74–66 Thoss (15) Araneta Coliseum 8–4 13 May 11 Brgy.Ginebra 97–91 Miller (22) Ynares Center 9–4 14 May 13 Coca Cola 90–94 Ellis (23) Araneta Coliseum 9–5 15 May 18 Purefoods 104–92 Ellis (29) Araneta Coliseum 10–5 16 May 23 Air21 117–107 Miller (25) Ynares Center 11–5 17 May 26 Red Bull 103–113 Miller (23) Bacolod 11–6
June Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 June 1 Sta.Lucia Ynares Center 12–6
2006–07 schedule