''PBA on ABC'' (later renamed as ''PBA on TV5'') is a Philippine television sports presentation show broadcast by ABC/TV5. It aired from February 22, 2004 to August 20, 2008, replacing '' Ispup'' and ''Friday Box Office'' and was replaced by '' Lokomoko'', '' Lipgloss'' and ''

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''. The consist of branding used for presentation of

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...

History

Due to poor performance and disappointing ratings, the PBA disbanded a broadcasting consortium between the National Broadcasting Network and the

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after the 2003 season, and took bids on a new broadcast contract for the league. In January 2004, the PBA began a contract with the

Associated Broadcasting Company TV5 Network Inc., commonly referred to as TV5, is a Philippine media company headquartered in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. It primarily operates in radio and television broadcasting and manages several subsidiaries and affiliates in various me ...

to broadcast PBA games for one year, beating bids from

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and former

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owner Bobong Velez’s attempt to form

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’s sports division. The new ABC operation picked up talent from the former NBN/IBC coverage, including Mico Halili, Quinito Henson, Paolo Trillo and Norman Black. Ed Picson was also hired by ABC, after a two-year hiatus from covering the PBA due to a fallout between him and Viva TV in 2002. After the 2004-05 PBA Philippine Cup, the league and the network extended the contract for the 2005 Fiesta Conference. After the contract expired in 2005, despite a low amount of money offered, the league chose ABC over

, who had a much bigger bid than the former. ABC and the PBA then signed a three-year deal that expired after the 2007-08 season. Citing financial constraints, ABC backed out of bidding for a new contract for the 2008-09 season's PBA coverage.

, through local network RPN, would the new broadcast partner of the PBA for the following season. Even though the network would be dropping the PBA, ABC still rebranded their PBA coverage during their on August 9, 2008 relaunch as TV5 in the middle of the

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finals (which would also be the final games shown by the network). The final PBA game shown on ABC/TV5 was Game 7 of the Fiesta Conference finals between the Air21 Express and Barangay Ginebra Kings on August 20, 2008. Mico Halili and Jason Webb were the commentators for its last run.

Commentators

Play-by-play

*Charlie Cuna *

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*Mon Liboro * Ed Picson *Benjie Santiago (

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) * Boyet Sison *Hans Montenegro