2007–08 Philippine Basketball League season

2007–08 PBL season October 20, 2007 – May 28, 2008 7 + 1 Basketball TV (RPN 9) Jayson Castro V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup 2007 PBL V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup Harbour Centre Batang Pier Hapee Toothpaste Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup 2008 PBL Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup Harbour Centre Batang Pier Hapee Toothpaste 2006-07 2008-09 The 2007–08 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL). 2007 V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup Team Standings Win Loss Coach Hapee Toothpaste 7 0 Jun Noel Harbour Centre Batang Pier 6 1 Jorge Gallent RP Team 5 2 Junel Baculi San Mig Coffee 3 4 Koy Banal Toyota-Balintawak Road Kings 3 4 Ariel Vanguardia Mail and More Comets 3 4 Allan Gregorio Pharex Medics 1 6 Gian Carlo Tan Bacchus Energy Drink Raiders 0 7 Lawrence Chongson The Harbour-Philippine team bound for the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, wrapped up their guest stint in the PBL with five wins and two losses against the seven regular ballclubs.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kVQ1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2530%2C17740799 Tiu, 2 others join RP five; Hapee eyes No.4 Philippine Daily Inquirer A unique phase in the tournament called the pool round, gives gasping squads a last shot at advancing to the quarterfinals. Top teams Hapee and Harbour Centre, along with San Mig Coffee were in Pool A. The four lower seeded teams are in Pool B.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3VI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1891%2C4668007 B teams start last-ditch quarterfinal bids today Philippine Daily Inquirer Hapee Toothpaste, who advances to the best-of-three semifinals outright, remain unbeaten for nine games after winning over Harbour and San Mig Coffee in the Pool A round-robin.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4FI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2594%2C6912767 Hapee win streak now at No.9 Philippine Daily Inquirer Hapee vs Toyota-Balintawak (Best-of-three semifinals) #eee December 20 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila Hapee Toothpaste |score1=83 Toyota-Balintawak 80 December 22 The Arena in San Juan, San Juan City Hapee Toothpaste |score1=94 Toyota-Balintawak 91 Hapee wins series, 2–0 Harbour vs San Mig Coffee (Best-of-three semifinals) #eee December 20 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila Harbour Centre Batang Pier 72 San Mig Coffee |score2=80 December 22 The Arena in San Juan, San Juan City Harbour Centre Batang Pier |score1=82 San Mig Coffee 77 #eee December 23 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila Harbour Centre Batang Pier |score1=79 San Mig Coffee 67 Harbour wins series, 2–1 V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup finals #eee December 27 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila Harbour Centre Batang Pier 69 Hapee Toothpaste |score2=72 December 29 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila Harbour Centre Batang Pier |score1=73 Hapee Toothpaste 59 #eee December 30 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila OT Harbour Centre Batang Pier |score1=94 Hapee Toothpaste 88 Harbour wins series, 2–1 Harbour ended Hapee's 12-game winning streak following a 73–59 victory in Game two and tied the series at one game apiece.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qVM1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1052%2C21945226 Perfection foiled Philippine Daily Inquirer The following day in the deciding third game of the best-of-three title series, Harbour Centre came back from 19 points down and forces overtime at 78-all, before winning, 94–88, as Batang Pier captured a record four straight PBL crown. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qlM1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=914%2C22493245 Harbour five nails record fourth crown Philippine Daily Inquirer Harbour Centre's TY Tang was honored as the Finals Most Valuable Player. 2008 Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup Team Standings Win Loss Coach Harbour Centre Batang Pier 13 2 Jorge Gallent Hapee Toothpaste Complete Protectors 10 5 Louie Alas Burger King Whoppers 9 6 Allan Gregorio San Mig Coffee 7 8 Koy Banal Toyota-Otis Sparks 7 8 Ariel Vanguardia Pharex Medics 7 8 Gian Carlo Tan Noosa Shoes 6 9 Leo Isaac Bacchus Energy Drink Raiders 5 10 Lawrence Chongson Nokia RP Youth 0 8 Franz Pumaren Burger King was the former Mail and More while Noosa Shoes is formerly Blu Detergent.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dk5aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DCgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2401%2C5425726 PBL Lipovitan Amino Sports Cup kicks off at the Arena The Manila Times Burger King clinch the third semifinals berth by downing Pharex Medics, 77–71. San Mig Coffee claimed the fourth and last semis ticket by winning against Toyota-Otis Sparks, 68–64. Harbour Centre scored a 3–0 sweep over San Mig Coffee in their best-of-five semifinal series to advance into their familiar territory in the finals. Hapee Toothpaste sealed another championship rematch with Harbour by scoring a 3–1 series victory over Burger King. Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup finals #eee May 21 Batangas City Sports Complex, Batangas City Harbour Centre Batang Pier 73 Hapee Toothpaste |score2=74 May 24 Governor Ayong Maliksi Gym, Trece Martires, Cavite Harbour Centre Batang Pier |score1=93 Hapee Toothpaste 81 #eee May 26 Jose P. Laurel Gym, Tanauan City, Batangas Harbour Centre Batang Pier |score1=90 Hapee Toothpaste 78 May 28 Batangas City Sports Complex, Batangas City Harbour Centre Batang Pier |score1=86 Hapee Toothpaste 73 Harbour wins series, 3–1 Batang Pier made a huge 19–0 run in the second quarter to pull away in Game four and grab a historic fifth consecutive PBL title. League MVP Jason Castro was also voted the finals Most Valuable Player as he led the onslaught that gave Harbour a 41–26 lead over Hapee at halftime. Harbour won the last three games in convincing fashion after losing Game one by one point to the Complete Protectors.http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/content/97872/harbour-centre-grabs-historic-5th-title-at-pbl/story Harbour Centre grab historic 5th title at PBL GMA News Online 2007-08 Season Awards Most Valuable Player: Jayson Castro (Harbour) Finals MVP: Jayson Castro (Harbour) Most Improved Player: Chito Jaime (Toyota-Otis) Fantastic Freshman Award: Gabe Norwood (Hapee) Instant Impact Award: Reed Juntilla (Hapee) True Gentleman Award: Dylan Ababou (Harbour) Mythical First Team Jayson Castro (Harbour) Gabe Norwood (Hapee) Mark Borboran (Hapee) Larry Rodriguez (Hapee) Chad Alonzo (Harbour) Mythical Second Team TY Tang (Harbour) Solomon Mercado (Harbour) Jervy Cruz (Hapee) Bonbon Custodio (Magnolia) Neil Rañeses (Magnolia) References External links Gameface.ph Category:Philippine Basketball League seasons PBL