2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup finals

Basketball cup finals 2008–09 Philippine Cup (1) Alaska Aces Tim Cone 3 (2) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Chot Reyes 4 January 28 – February 11, 2009 Mark Cardona C/S9, BTV See broadcast notes Radyo PBA See broadcast notes Aldaba, Balao, Ngo Herrera, Ferrer, Sambrano Cruz, Ngo, Maurillo Calungcaguin, Aldaba, Quilinguen Cruz, Ferrer, Balao Aldaba, N. Sambrano, R. Mangibin Cruz, Aldaba, Maurillo 2007–08 2009–10 2008 Fiesta 2009 Fiesta The 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Alaska Aces and the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters played for the 96th championship contested by the league. This was the first Philippine Cup finals where no team from the San Miguel Corporation took part since 2000, and the second time the Aces and the Tropang Texters met in the finals, the first was from the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference in which the Aces won in seven games. Background 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup Talk 'N TextAlaskaFinished 11–7 (.611): 2ndElimination round Finished 12–6 (.677): 1stByeWildcard phase ByeQuarterfinalsDef. San Miguel, 4–2 SemifinalsDef. Sta. Lucia, 4–2 Series summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6Game 7Wins Talk 'N Text959192100939993 4Alaska1021007398959489 3VenueAranetaAranetaAranetaAranetaCunetaAranetaAraneta Game 1 #eee January 28 7:30 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Aldaba, Balao, Ngo boxscore Alaska Aces |score2=102 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 95 30–23 14–24 29–25 22–30 Tenorio 27 Castro 18 dela Cruz 14 Carey 15 Miller 9 Cardona 4 Alaska leads series, 1–0 Game 2 January 30 7:00 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Herrera, Ferrer, Sambrano boxscore Alaska Aces |score2=100 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 91 19–25 36–29 24–22 12–24 Devance 24 de Ocampo 20 dela Cruz, Devance 9 Carey 9 Tenorio 10 Cardona, Castro 5 Alaska leads series, 2–0 Game 3 #eee February 1 6:00 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Cruz, Ngo, Maurillo boxscore Alaska Aces 73 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score1=92 Fonacier, Hugnatan, Thoss 13 Cardona 23 Hugnatan 12 Carey 14 Tenorio 6 Castro 7 Alaska leads series, 2–1 Game 4 February 4 7:00 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Calungcaguin, Aldaba, Quilinguen boxscore Alaska Aces 98 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score1=100 Devance 24 Alapag 20 Thoss 11 Carey 9 Miller 9 Castro 5 Series tied, 2–2 Game 5 #eee February 6 7:00 p.m. Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay C/S9 Cruz, Ferrer, Balao Alaska Aces 95 boxscore Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 93 Thoss 20 Cardona 23 Hugnatan 10 de Ocampo 11 Tenorio 12 Castro 7 Alaska leads series, 3–2 Conference best player Willie Miller knocked in a big triple to make up for two crucial errors down the stretch. TNT had a chance to salvage the game but Renren Ritualo misfired his own three-point try then Harvey Carey missed a tip-in in the last eight seconds.Aces silence Texters, gain 3–2 lead, Philstar.com Game 6 February 8 6:00 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Aldaba, Sambrano, N., Mangibin R 13,034 boxscore Alaska Aces 94 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score1=99 Miller 22 Cardona 23 Ferriols 10 Peek 16 Miller 7 Alapag 6 Series tied, 3–3 Game 7 #eee February 11 7:00 p.m. Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Cruz, Aldaba, Maurillo 18,388 boxscore Alaska Aces 89 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |score1=93 Miller 22 Cardona 23 Devance 14 de Ocampo 11 Miller 8 Castro 8 Talk 'N Text wins series, 4–3 Rosters Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 2 Robert Reyes PF 6 6 225 Flagler USA 3 Jimmy Alapag PG 5 9 151 Cal State San Bernardino USA 4 Harvey Carey SF 6 5 197 Sonoma State USA 9 Mark Cardona SG 6 2 205 De La Salle PHI 10 Yousif Aljamal SF 6 5 215 San Beda PHI 11 Pong Escobal SG 6 1 184 San Beda PHI 14 Ren-Ren Ritualo SG 6 2 213 De La Salle PHI 17 Jayson Castro PG 5 10 205 Philippine Christian University PHI 18 Yancy de Ocampo F/C 6 9 217 Saint Francis of Assisi PHI 20 Jared Dillinger Sf 6 5 220 Hawaii USA 24 Gec Chia SG 6 3 214 Ateneo PHI 33 Ranidel de Ocampo PF 6 6 210 Saint Francis of Assisi PHI 34 Ali Peek F/C 6 6 255 Saint Mary's USA 98 Gilbert Lao PF 6 7 225 UST PHI PHI Chot Reyes (Ateneo) PHI Aboy Castro (UP) PHI Nash Racela (De La Salle) PHI Patrick Fran (UST) PHI Bong Ravena (UE) Alaska Aces #C70309 #FFFFFF #000000 #FFFFFF 7 Sonny Thoss C 6 7 205 James Cook PNG 9 LA Tenorio PG 5 8 151 Ateneo PHI 10 Mark Borboran SF 6 4 197 University of the East PHI 11 Willie Miller (basketball player) Miller, Willie PG 5 11 195 Letran PHI 12 Larry Fonacier SG 6 2 170 Ateneo PHI 15 Kelvin dela Peña PG 6 1 180 Mapúa PHI yes 21 Reynel Hugnatan PF 6 4 210 Manila PHI 22 Jeffrey Cariaso SG 6 3 180 Sonoma State USA C 30 Ervin Sotto FC 6 7 210 Saint Francis of Assisi PHI 35 Tony dela Cruz SF 6 5 205 UC Irvine USA 38 Joe Devance SF 6 7 225 UTEP USA 55 John Ferriols PF 6 4 210 USJ-R PHI USA Tim Cone PHI Joel Banal (Mapúa) PHI Jojo Lastimosa (Ateneo) PHI Dickie Bachmann (De La Salle) PHI Luigi Trillo (De La Salle) PHI Bong Hawkins (UPHSD) Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside reportersGame 1 Mico Halili Quinito Henson Dominic Uy & Lia Cruz Game 2 Ed Picson Jason Webb Eric Reyes & Reema ChancoGame 3 Mico Halili Andy Jao Patricia Bermudez-Hizon & Peaches AberinGame 4 Jude Turcuato Quinito Henson Magoo Marjon & Cesca LittonGame 5 Ed Picson Jason Webb Chiqui Reyes & Reema ChancoGame 6 Mico Halili Andy Jao Dominic Uy & Lia CruzGame 7 Jude Turcuato Norman Black Dominic Uy & Cesca Litton*Magoo Marjon Alternate for Ed Picson who mistakenly went to the Araneta Coliseum instead of the Cuneta Astrodome which was the Game 5 venue. Music used in the coverage were "We Made It" by Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park. References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 2009 Category:2008–09 PBA season Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games Category:TNT Tropang 5G games PBA Philippine Cup Finals PBA Philippine Cup Finals