2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup finals

Basketball cup finals Philippine Cup 2007–08 Purefoods TJ Giants Ryan Gregorio 3 Sta. Lucia Realtors Boyet Fernandez 4 February 15 – March 2, 2008 Dennis Espino ABC Radyo PBA Calungcaguin, Herrera, Maurillo Cruz, Aldaba, Canizares Calungcaguin, Herrera, G. Ferrer Aldaba, Ferrer, Maurillo Aldaba, Montiel, Quilinguen Cruz, Montiel, Aldaba Cruz, Calungcaguin, Herrera 2006–07 2008–09 2007 Fiesta 2008 Fiesta The 2007–08 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup finals is the best-of-7 championship series of the 2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The series is a best of seven affair and is the 94th championship disputed in the league. The teams competing are the second-seed Sta. Lucia Realtors and the first-seed Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants. The Realtors are in their first Philippine Cup finals stint. Qualification PurefoodsSta. LuciaFinished 12–6 (0.667) Elimination round Finished 12–6 (0.667) – 2nd2–0 against Sta. Lucia – 1st TiebreakerBye Wildcard phaseByeQuarterfinalsDef. Red Bull Barako – 4–3SemifinalsDef. Alaska Aces – 4–3 Rosters Sta. Lucia Realtors 3 Nelbert Omolon F 6 4 Philippine Christian University PHI 8 Paolo Mendoza G 5 11 UP PHI 9 Philip Butel C 6 7 UE PHI 10 Ryan Reyes G 6 2 Cal State Fullerton USA 13 Marlou Aquino C 6 9 Adamson PHI 14 Dennis Daa F 6 5 Las Piñas PHI 16 Dennis Espino FC 6 6 UST PHI C 18 Joseph Yeo G 5 11 De La Salle PHI 19 Melvin Mamaclay F 6 5 Adamson PHI 21 Kelly Williams F 6 7 Oakland USA 25 Ronnie Bughao G 5 11 San Beda PHI 28 Norman Gonzales F 6 4 San Beda PHI 32 Dennis Miranda G 6 0 FEU PHI 40 Christian Coronel G 5 11 San Sebastian PHI PHI Boyet Fernandez PHI Adonis Tierra PHI Cholo Martin PHI Jaime Serrano, Jr Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 1 Chico Lanete G 6 0 Lyceum PHI 5 Jondan Salvador C 6 5 Saint Benilde PHI 6 Omanzie Rodriguez FC 6 6 Mapua PHI 7 Rey Evangelista F 6 3 UST PHI 8 Peter June Simon G 6 1 Mindanao PHI 9 Robert Sanz F 6 3 Philippine Christian University PHI 10 Rommel Adducul C 6 6 San Sebastian PHI 13 Roger Yap G 6 0 USJ-R PHI 15 Marc Pingris F 6 4 PSBA PHI 18 James Yap G 6 3 UE PHI 20 Ardy Larong F 6 2 USJ-R PHI 21 Kerby Raymundo F 6 6 Letran PHI C 24 Brandon Cablay G 6 0 Vanguard USA yes 28 Richard Yee F 6 4 UST PHI 40 Noy Castillo G 6 0 The Citadel USA PHI Ryan Gregorio PHI Koy Banal PHI Ronnie Magsanoc PHI Dayong Mendoza Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6Game 7Wins Sta. Lucia109112107988881100 4Purefoods97101118106768988 3VenueAranetaAranetaAranetaAranetaAranetaAranetaAraneta Games summary Game 1 #eee February 15 7:20 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Calungcaguin, Herrera, Maurillo Sta. Lucia Realtors |score1=109 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 97 boxscore 19–26 27–29 33–19 30–23 Williams 24 J. Yap 22 Williams 12 Pingris 11 Reyes 5 R. Yap 4 Sta. Lucia leads series, 1–0 Purefoods and SLR engaged in a battle of attrition in the first three quarters but the Realtors pulled away late in the third quarter. Thanks to defense that led into transition offense, Kelly Williams collected 14 of his game-high 24 points to outscore the Giants 30–23 in the fourth quarter to claim Game 1.Realtors thwart Giants, Philippine Headline News Online Game 2 #eee February 17 6:30 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Cruz, Aldaba, Canizares Sta. Lucia Realtors |score1=112 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 101 boxscore 28–26 25–27 28–28 31–20 Williams 23 J. Yap 28 Williams 11 Pingris 11 Miranda 6 Raymundo 8 Sta. Lucia leads series, 2–0 Just like in Game 1, Purefoods and SLR fought a close game until the fourth quarter when Sta. Lucia's younger players led a 12–2 run to close out the game; Joseph Yeo scored 16 while Miranda added 14 plus 6 assists.STA. LUCIA IN COMMAND, 2–0, PBA.ph Game 3 #eee February 20 7:00 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Calungcaguin, Herrera, G. Ferrer Sta. Lucia Realtors 107 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants ||score2=118 boxscore 26–28 30–31 24–27 27–32 Yeo 22 J. Yap 27 Williams 14 Adducul 10 Yeo 3 Raymundo 6 Sta. Lucia leads series, 2–1 Purefoods found their finishing kick in the fourth quarter to prevent a sweep of the championship series to clinch their first win. With Peter June Simon being the third scoring option, Simon led the Giants through the third quarter with his outside sniping. James Yap and Kerby Raymundo finished off Simon's work in the fourth quarter. Williams got cold in the payoff quarter that prevented SLR's comeback.Giants throw entire weight over Realtors, Philstar.com Game 4 #eee February 22 7:00 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Aldaba, Ferrer, Maurillo Sta. Lucia Realtors 98 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants ||score2=106 boxscore 28–27 23–34 37–22 10–23 Omolon 19 J. Yap 32 Williams 12 Adducul 13 Miranda 9 Raymundo 5 Series tied, 2–2 Prior to the game, Kelly Williams was awarded with the Best Player of the Conference Award, beating out Kerby Raymundo of Purefoods, Willie Miller of Alaska, Asi Taulava of Coca-Cola and Arwind Santos of Air21. Williams is the first Realtor to win the awardWILLIAMS NAMED BEST PLAYER OF THE CONFERENCE However, the award has a jinx in which the awardee will lose the game in which he was awarded. Sta. Lucia tried to prevent that as they led by a point after the first quarter in which Raymundo and Pingris were assessed with two technical fouls each due to excessive complaining. Purefoods led by 10 thanks to a buzzer-beater by Roger Yap when the shot clock expired prior to half-time. Sta. Lucia closed the gap in the third quarter thanks to Nelbert Omolon's and Dennis Miranda's three-point shooting. With the two teams exchanging turnovers at the fourth quarter, the Giants seized the initiative when James Yap scored 4 points in the last 2:03 to break the last deadlock at 95-all; Yap scored a conference-high 32 points. Purefoods managed to hold on to tie the series 2–2.PBA: Giants tie Realtors at 2-all in finals series, GMA News. Game 5 #eee February 24 6:30 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Aldaba, Montiel, Quilinguen Sta. Lucia Realtors |score1=88 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 76 boxscore 15–19 22–20 25–11 26–26 Williams 20 Raymundo 20 Williams 16 Pingris 9 Aquino, Miranda 4 Raymundo 7 Sta. Lucia leads series, 3–2 With both Yeo and Yap suspended, the two teams had less options for offense which led to the lowest scoring first quarter of the series. Purefoods opened the game on a better note, however, when they led by as much as 11 points in the first half. The Realtors crept back into the game thanks to points off Purefoods' turnovers. Simon got cold and Raymundo had a tough time against SLR's zone defense. With Sta. Lucia erecting a double-digit lead, Purefoods managed to cut to seven but Chico Lanete's turnover in a fastbreak attempt ended the Giants' hopes of a comeback. SLR had good games from veterans Dennis Espino and Paolo Mendoza who stepped up in Yeo's absence.STA. LUCIA A WIN AWAY FROM 1ST ALL-FILIPINO TITLE, PBA.ph Game 6 #eee February 27 7:00 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Cruz, Montiel, Aldaba Sta. Lucia Realtors 81 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants ||score2=89 boxscore 15–22 15–18 29–17 22–32 Espino 22 J. Yap 30 Williams 17 Pingris 21 Miranda 5 Raymundo 11 Series tied, 3–3 Both Yeo and Yap returned from the suspensions in the pivotal Game 6; the TJ Giants are on a do-or-die situation while the Realtors can clinch the title with a win. The teams took the opening quarter strong but Purefoods pulled away after a tight first few minutes. SLR caught up with them at the second quarter but thanks to Purefoods' rebounding, they inflated their lead by up to ten points at half-time. The Realtors stepped their offense on the third quarter, even leading at some points. But James Yap scored 20 of his 30 teams in the payoff period to lead Purefoods into a Game 7. Williams had a lackluster offensive game although he grabbed 17 rebounds; but it was Marc Pingris who grabbed the most boards, with a series high 21 rebounds.Yap led Giants to victory, forged winner-take-all Game 7, Philippine Headline News Online Game 7 #eee March 2 6:30 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC 18,167 Cruz, Calungcaguin, Herrera Sta. Lucia Realtors |score1=100 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 88 boxscore 18–21 26–24 27–25 29–18 Espino 29 Simon 27 Williams 15 Pingris 13 Yeo 5 R. Yap 4 Sta. Lucia wins series, 4–3 With the Araneta Coliseum unavailable for February 29 due to a Ne-Yo concert, the final game was conducted on March 2. YouTube singing sensation Charice Pempengco sang the national anthem prior the game. Sta. Lucia started with a 6–1 blast but Purefoods caught up with them and took the lead at the end of the first quarter. Sta. Lucia and the TJ Giants kept it close as neither team led by more than double figures by half-time. When the third quarter started, Sta. Lucia ignited a run that saw their lead reach 10 points; Simon then led the comeback for Purefoods as the Giants caught up once again to arrange a close fourth quarter. The game was close until the seven-minute mark when Ryan Reyes scored a three-point field goal; James Yap, not to be outdone, shot a trey but it rattled out of rim. The #1 draft pick on the 1995 PBA Draft Dennis Espino then led the 13–2 run as Purefoods' outside shots rattled in-and-out of the rim for a Sta. Lucia pull-away. Giants coach Ryan Gregorio used up all of his timeouts but the Realtors managed to convert their inside jumpers. Espino scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to prevent a Purefoods incursion to assure the Sta. Lucia franchise their first Philippine Cup championship and their second championship overall. Espino was adjudged as the finals MVP.Realtors bag All-Filipino Cup title, The Manila Times. 2007–08 Philippine Cup Champions Sta. Lucia Realtors Second title Finals Most Valuable Player Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia Realtors) Statistics +Scoring by quarterTeam 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalPurefoods 169 183 149 174 675Sta. Lucia 149 168 203 175 695 Purefoods Name GP2FG%3FG%FG%FT%RebAstTOStlBlkFlsPtsRommel Adducul 757.1--57.155.68.40.31.50.140.573.65.6Noy Castillo 650.035.738.950.01.60.80.60.000.002.44.4Rey Evangelista 377.8100.080.00.003.70.00.30.330.002.05.7Chico Lanete 629.436.432.175.01.70.61.60.570.001.43.6Ardy Larong 40.050.033.350.00.00.00.30.000.252.51.0Marc Pingris 754.5--54.573.911.60.91.70.291.434.39.3Kerby Raymundo 744.114.338.686.78.06.03.60.711.003.618.6Omanzie Rodriguez 260.0--60.0100.00.80.20.20.200.000.42.0Jondan Salvador 753.3--53.350.04.40.21.20.400.003.63.4Robert Sanz 466.725.052.281.80.30.00.80.170.002.01.6Peter June Simon 748.133.341.474.42.40.61.30.140.002.618.4James Yap 643.932.340.270.64.32.22.70.170.832.720.7Roger Yap 751.430.046.766.74.82.31.71.000.502.88.8Richard Yee 2--------1.00.01.50.000.003.00.0 Sta. Lucia Name GP2FG%3FG%FG%FT%RebAstTOStlBlkFlsPtsMarlou Aquino 641.70.040.850.03.61.41.90.140.431.97.0Philip Butel 1------50.00.00.00.00.000.000.01.0Christian Coronel 566.70.028.6--0.60.80.40.400.002.20.8Dennis Daa 644.4100.047.477.83.20.00.70.170.172.54.3Dennis Espino 761.20.056.980.04.01.02.10.000.713.016.3Norman Gonzales 744.440.042.169.21.60.00.00.290.002.14.1Melvin Mamaclay 10.00.00.0100.03.02.01.00.000.002.02.0Paolo Mendoza 644.436.440.058.31.62.00.10.710.002.36.7Dennis Miranda 745.950.046.383.32.94.01.60.860.143.49.3Nelbert Omolon 756.344.453.058.34.00.72.40.860.864.613.1Ryan Reyes 737.015.830.890.56.92.31.11.570.143.48.9Kelly Williams 737.015.830.858.510.42.32.00.710.432.415.3Joseph Yeo 650.036.845.579.43.32.01.50.380.001.914.0 Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Coach's Corner Courtside ReportersGame 1 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Norman Black Dominic Uy and Paolo TrilloGame 2 Mico Halili Jason Webb Norman Black Patricia Bermudez-HizonGame 3 Mico Halili Rado Dimalibot Norman Black Dominic Uy and Paolo TrilloGame 4 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Norman Black Magoo Marjon and Patricia Bermudez-HizonGame 5 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Norman Black Dominic Uy and Paolo TrilloGame 6 Mico Halili Jason Webb Norman Black Richard del Rosario, Dominic Uy, Eric Reyes, Paolo Trillo and Marga VargasGame 7 Richard del Rosario Jason Webb Norman Black Dominic Uy, Eric Reyes and Marga Vargas Suspensions and other issues James Yap suspension With Game 3 already decided, James Yap committed a flagrant foul (penalty 1) against Joseph Yeo. Yeo was driving to the basket when he passed the ball to a teammate; after that, Yap slapped Yeo in the face to mete a flagrant foul. Commissioner Sonny Barrios suspended Yap for a game and fined the 2005–06 MVP P20,000. Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio remarked it as a "damning decision" while Realtors coach Boyet Fernandez said it was a "big boost" for his team. Yap served his suspension at Game 5 since notification to Gregorio arrived in the late evening. In a related event, Purefoods alternate governor Rene Pardo resigned as chairman of the PBA ethics committee as a direct offshoot of the team’s disgruntlement on the way Barrios handled the James Yap case. Pardo said that, Barrios, who suspended Yap on the same day the commissioner met with some top Sta. Lucia officials at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel, "the timing was awful. It should have been with some sense of propriety that the lunch offer was turned down." Barrios on his part didn't see anything wrong with the lunch meeting since the meeting was done at a public place. Meanwhile, San Miguel Corporation pulled out their ads from the Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC)'s TV coverage. No reason was given. The league's technical head, Perry Martinez, went on an indefinite leave of absence after voicing his disagreement over Yap's suspension, due to "health issues." Joseph Yeo suspension With SLR on a fouling spree to conserve time on Game 4, Yeo committed a flagrant foul (penalty 2) when he hit Noy Castillo in the face. Yeo and Castillo then had a shouting spree before Castillo missed his two free throws. This would assure that Yeo will miss Game 5 along with James Yap. 2006–07 PBA Philippine Cup finals 2007–08 2008–09 References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070529101108/http://pba.ph/ 2007-05-29 Category:2007–08 PBA season 2008 Category:Sta. 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