2008 PBA Fiesta Conference

Philippine basketball tournament 2008 Fiesta Conference Pba fiestaconf 2008.jpg 200px March 29 – August 20, 2008 ABC/TV5 (Local)The Filipino Channel (International) Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Chris Alexander (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Eric Menk and Ronald Tubid (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Barangay Ginebra Kings Air21 Express 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference 2007 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference 2009 2007–08 Philippine 2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup 2008–09 Philippine 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup The 2008 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference, also known as the 2008 Smart PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, was the last conference of the 2007-08 PBA season. The tournament began on March 29 with a game between the Coca-Cola Tigers and the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals at Panabo, Davao del Norte. Opening ceremonies were held the day after at the Araneta Coliseum. All ten teams are permitted to acquire one non-Filipino (the "import") of unlimited height as reinforcement. Furthermore, the two worst performers in the elimination round of the previous conference (the Coca-Cola Tigers and the Welcoat Dragons), will also be able to acquire another import but with a height limit of 6 ft 1 in 2 on. Tournament format Double round eliminations. Worst team would be eliminated. Sixth- to ninth-best teams figure in the one-game wildcard playoffs. Sixth seed vs. Ninth seed Seventh seed vs. Eighth seed Winners will figure in a playoff to advance to the quarterfinals. Third- to fifth-best teams, and the winner of the wildcards advance to the best-of-three quarterfinals. Third seed vs. winner of wildcards. Fourth seed vs. fifth seed. The two best teams and the winners of the quarterfinals advance to the best-of-seven semifinals. First seed vs. winner of the third seed/wildcard winner quarterfinal series Second seed vs. winner of the fourth seed/fifth seed quarterfinal series The winners of the semifinals advance to the best-of-seven Finals; the losers figure in a one-game third-place playoff. Elimination round Team standings Schedule table 2 matchup BSK 1 Air21 W/L/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/L/W/OTW/L/W/W/W/W WEL/RBB/PF/Coke/TNT/ALA/BGK/SLR/Coke/MBM/BGK/RBB/SLR/ALA/TNT/WEL/MBM/PF 2 Alaska L/W/L/W/OTL/L/L/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/L/L SLR/BGK/MBM/WEL/RBB/A21/TNT/PF/Coke/RBB/TNT/PF/A21/WEL/SLR/Coke/MBM/BGK 3 Barangay Ginebra L/L/L/L/L/W/L/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/W RBB/ALA/SLR/Coke/MBM/PF/A21/TNT/WEL/A21/MBM/RBB/SLR/PF/Coke/TNT/WEL/ALA 4 Coca-Cola W/W/W/L/W/W/L/W/L/L/W/W/L/W/L/L/L/W TNT/PF/WEL/A21/BGK/SLR/RBB/MBM/ALA/A21/RBB/WEL/PF/TNT/BGK/MBM/ALA/SLR 5 Magnolia OTL/L/W/W/W/L/W/L/W/L/L/W/W/L/W/W/L/W PF/SLR/ALA/TNT/BGK/WEL/RBB/Coke/PF/A21/BGK/TNT/WEL/RBB/SLR/Coke/A21/ALA 6 Purefoods OTW/L/W/L/L/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/L/L/W/L/W/L MBM/Coke/A21/RBB/WEL/BGK/ALA/MBM/TNT/SLR/ALA/Coke/WEL/BGK/RBB/TNT/SLR/A21 7 Red Bull W/W/L/W/OTW/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/W/L/W/L BGK/A21/TNT/PF/ALA/Coke/MBM/SLR/WEL/ALA/Coke/A21/BGK/MBM/PF/WEL/TNT/SLR 8 Sta. Lucia W/W/W/L/L/W/L/W/L/W/L/OTL/L/L/W/L/L/L ALA/MBM/BGK/TNT/Coke/WEL/RBB/A21/TNT/WEL/PF/A21/BGK/MBM/ALA/PF/Coke/RBB 9 Talk 'N Text L/W/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/L/L/W/L/W Coke/WEL/RBB/MBM/SLR/A21/ALA/WEL/BGK/SLR/PF/ALA/MBM/Coke/A21/PF/BGK/RBB 10 Welcoat L/L/L/L/W/W/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/L A21/TNT/Coke/ALA/PF/MBM/SLR/TNT/RBB/BGK/SLR/Coke/MBM/PF/ALA/A21/RBB/BGK Bracket Wildcard phase First round #eee July 9 ABC Alaska Aces 86 Sta. Lucia Realtors 99 Ynares Center, Antipolo July 9 ABC Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 98 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 83 Ynares Center, Antipolo Second round #eee July 11 ABC Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 96 Sta. Lucia Realtors 111 Ynares Center, Antipolo Quarterfinals (3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (9) Sta. Lucia #eee July 13 ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 92 Sta. Lucia Realtors 90 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay July 16 ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 113 Sta. Lucia Realtors 85 Ynares Center, Antipolo Barangay Ginebra wins series, 2–0 (4) Coca-Cola vs. (5) Magnolia #eee July 13 ABC Coca-Cola Tigers 96 Magnolia Beverage Masters 108 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay July 16 ABC Coca-Cola Tigers 91 Magnolia Beverage Masters 90 Ynares Center, Antipolo #eee July 18 ABC Coca-Cola Tigers 60 Magnolia Beverage Masters 78 Ynares Center, Antipolo Magnolia wins series, 2–1 Semifinals (1) Air21 vs. (5) Magnolia #eee July 20 ABC Air21 Express 87 Magnolia Beverage Masters 113 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay July 23 ABC Air21 Express 103 Magnolia Beverage Masters 102 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City #eee July 25 ABC Air21 Express 82 Magnolia Beverage Masters 78 Ynares Center, Antipolo July 27 ABC Air21 Express 102 Magnolia Beverage Masters 104 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City #eee July 30 ABC Air21 Express 82 Magnolia Beverage Masters 72 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City August 1 ABC Air21 Express 99 Magnolia Beverage Masters 91 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Air21 wins series, 4–2 (2) Red Bull vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra #eee July 20 ABC Red Bull Barako 82 Barangay Ginebra Kings 108 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay July 23 ABC Red Bull Barako 104 Barangay Ginebra Kings 111 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City #eee July 25 ABC Red Bull Barako 91 Barangay Ginebra Kings 94 Ynares Center, Antipolo July 27 ABC OT Red Bull Barako 97 Barangay Ginebra Kings 101 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–0 Third place playoff #eee August 6 ABC Red Bull Barako 102 Magnolia Beverage Masters 90 28-22 15-26 27-37 20-17 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Finals 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference finals #eee August 6 ABC 7:20 p.m. 16,028 Aldaba, Ting, Maurillo Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Air21 Express 96 Barangay Ginebra Kings 105 boxscore August 8 ABC 7:20 p.m. Montiel, Ferrer, Pascual Ynares Center, Antipolo Air21 Express 124 Barangay Ginebra Kings 90 boxscore #eee August 10 TV5 6:30 p.m. 15,142 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Air21 Express 97 Barangay Ginebra Kings 87 boxscore August 13 TV5 7:20 p.m. Cruz, Aldaba, Quilinguen Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Air21 Express 77 Barangay Ginebra Kings 90 boxscore #eee August 15 TV5 7:20 p.m. Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Cruz, Calungcaguin, Guevarra Air21 Express 76 Barangay Ginebra Kings 73 boxscore August 17 TV5 6:30 p.m. 18,043 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Air21 Express 75 Barangay Ginebra Kings 80 boxscore #eee August 20 TV5 7:20 p.m. 22,902 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Air21 Express 84 Barangay Ginebra Kings 97 boxscore Barangay Ginebra wins series, 4–3 Awards Finals Most Valuable Player: Ronald Tubid and Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra) Best Player of the Conference: Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra) Best Import of the Conference: Chris Alexander (Barangay Ginebra) Players of the Week: March 29-April 6: Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia) April 7–13: Danny Seigle (Magnolia) April 14–20: Cyrus Baguio (Red Bull) April 22-May 4: Mark Cardona (Talk 'N Text) May 5–11: Asi Taulava (Coca-Cola) & Rob Wainwright (Welcoat) May 12–18: Willie Miller (Alaska) May 19–25: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) May 26-June 1: Gary David (Air21) June 2–8: Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra) June 9–15: Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra) June 16–22: Lordy Tugade (Magnolia) & Ren-Ren Ritualo (Talk 'N Text) June 23–29: Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra) June 30–July 6: Gary David (Air21) & Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) July 7–July 13: Joseph Yeo (Sta. Lucia) July 14–July 20: none July 21–July 27: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) July 28–August 3: Gary David (Air21) 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. # Name Team Debuted 1 USA Calvin Cage Coca-Cola Tigers March 29 vs. Talk 'N Text 2 USA Jason Dixon Coca-Cola Tigers March 29 vs. Talk 'N Text 3 USA Aaron McGhee Talk 'N Text Phone Pals March 29 vs. Coca-Cola 4 USA Steve Thomas Air21 Express March 30 vs. Welcoat 5 USA Jason Keep Welcoat Dragons March 30 vs. Air21 6 USA Cory Santee Welcoat Dragons March 30 vs. Air21 7 MEX Adam Parada Red Bull Barako March 30 vs. Brgy. Ginebra 8 USA Rahshon Turner Barangay Ginebra Kings March 30 vs. Red Bull 9 USA Wesley Wilson Sta. Lucia Realtors April 2 vs. Alaska 10 USA Randy Holcomb Alaska Aces April 2 vs. Sta. Lucia 11 USA Darius Rice Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants April 2 vs. Magnolia 12 USA Jameel Watkins Magnolia Beverage Masters April 2 vs. Purefoods 13 USA Marquis Gainous Welcoat Dragons April 9 vs. Coca-Cola 14 USA Ernest Brown Barangay Ginebra Kings April 12 vs. Sta. Lucia 15 USA George Gervin, Jr. Coca-Cola Tigers April 13 vs. Air21 16 USA Chris Alexander Barangay Ginebra Kings May 2 vs. Purefoods 17 MAR Reda Rhalimi Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants May 10 vs. Alaska 18 USA Donald Copeland Coca-Cola Tigers May 23 vs. Red Bull 19 USA Jamar Brown Sta. Lucia Realtors June 1 vs. Air21 20 USA Lee Benson, Jr. Sta. Lucia Realtors June 13 vs. Magnolia 21 USA Amal McCaskill Magnolia Beverage Masters June 13 vs. Sta. Lucia 22 USA Terrence Leather Talk 'N Text Phone Pals June 13 vs. Air21 23 USA Alex Compton Welcoat Dragons June 18 vs. Air21 24 USA Brandon Dean Coca-Cola Tigers July 13 vs. Magnolia External links Philippine Basketball Association official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070529101108/http://pba.ph/ 2007-05-29 Fiesta Conference Category:PBA Fiesta Conference