2007 PBA Fiesta Conference


The 2007 Philippine Basketball Association 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. 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.
#NameTeamDebuted
1Alex ComptonWelcoat DragonsMarch 4 vs. Coca-Cola
2Charles Clark IIIWelcoat DragonsMarch 4 vs. Coca-Cola
3Anthony JohnsonCoca-Cola TigersMarch 4 vs. Welcoat
4Jesse KingPurefoods Tender Juicy GiantsMarch 4 vs. Red Bull
5James PennyRed Bull BarakoMarch 4 vs. Purefoods
6Shawn DanielsAir21 ExpressMarch 7 vs. Sta. Lucia
7Marcellus ChristianAir 21 ExpressMarch7 vs. Barangay Ginebra
8Rosell EllisAlaska AcesMarch 7 vs. Talk 'N Text
9Rock WinstonSta. Lucia RealtorsMarch 7 vs. Air21
10James SullingerTalk 'N Text Phone PalsMarch 7 vs. Alaska
11Vidal MassiahSan Miguel BeermenMarch 9 vs. Red Bull
12Rod NealyBarangay Ginebra KingsMarch 11 vs. Alaska
13Paul McMillanSan Miguel BeermenMarch 17 vs. Coca-Cola
14Marquin ChandlerPurefoods Tender Juicy GiantsMarch 21 vs. San Miguel
15Galen YoungSan Miguel BeermenApril 11 vs. Alaska
16Rob SandersWelcoat DragonsApril 15 vs. San Miguel
17Jeff VaremCoca-Cola TigersApril 20 vs. Barangay Ginebra
18Wayland WhiteWelcoat DragonsMay 2 vs. Barangay Ginebra
19Jamaal WilliamsSta. Lucia RealtorsMay 2 vs. Air21
20Rashad BellCoca-Cola TigersMay 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

Team standings

Seeding playoffs

Ties were held for the second and fifth seeds; since the ties were at critical positions, classification games will be held to determine which team will clinch the higher seed, and the privileges that go along with it.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Barangay Ginebra-San Miguel series

Talk 'N Text-Air21 series

Semifinals

Red Bull-Talk 'N Text series

Alaska-San Miguel series

Third-place playoff

Finals

Prior to Game 1, Sandwich performed "Laban kung Laban," the TV theme song of the PBA.

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Game 6

Game 7

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 to lead the Aces to a Game 6 win and to force a Game 7.