2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup

December 2022 December 2022 2007–08 Philippine Cup pba_philcup_0708.png 200px October 14, 2007 – March 2, 2008 ABC (Local)The Filipino Channel (International) Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia Realtors) Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia Realtors) Sta. Lucia Realtors Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 2006–07 PBA Philippine Cup 2006–07 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup 2008–09 2007 Fiesta 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference 2008 Fiesta 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference The 2007–08 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2007–08 Smart PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2007–08 PBA season. The tournament was formally opened on October 14, 2007, and ended on March 2, 2008. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team. The winner will receive the Jun Bernardino Trophy. The Sta. Lucia Realtors needed the maximum seven games to defeat the #1 seed Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants to win their first All-Filipino conference championship. Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:TOP GUNS BACK IN HARNESS WHEN 33RD SEASON OPENS ON OCT. 14, PBA.ph. Accessed September 24, 2007. Double-round robin eliminations; 18 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among points differences of the tied teams or by classification games. #10 team will be eliminated Teams seeded #6, #7, #8 and #9 play in a single-elimination tournament to determine the wildcard qualifier: #6 vs. #9 teams #7 vs. #8 teams Winners of the first round meet each other to determine the wildcard winner #3, #4 and #5 teams automatically advance to the best-of-3 quarterfinals: #3 team vs. winner of wildcard playoffs #4 vs. #5 teams #1 and #2 teams automatically advance to the best-of-7 semifinals: Winner of first quarterfinal vs. #1 Winner of second quarterfinal vs. #2 The winners in the semifinals advance to the best-of-7 finals. The losers dispute the third-place trophy in a one-game playoff. Elimination round Team standings Schedule table 2 matchup BSK 1 Air21 L/OTW/L/W/L/L/W/W/L/W/L/L/L/L/W/L/W/L MBM/ALA/RBB/Coke/SLR/PF/BGK/TNT/RBB/WEL/BGK/ALA/PF/TNT/Coke/MBM/WEL/SLR 2 Alaska L/OTL/W/OTW/W/L/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/L/L/W/W/W TNT/A21/Coke/BGK/WEL/MBM/RBB/PF/WEL/Coke/BGK/SLR/A21/SLR/MBM/RBB/TNT/PF 3 Barangay Ginebra W/L/L/OTL/L/W/L/L/W/W/L/W/L/W/L/W/W/L RBB/TNT/WEL/ALA/PF/SLR/A21/MBM/Coke/WEL/ALA/A21/SLR/MBM/Coke/PF/RBB/TNT 4 Coca-Cola W/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/W/W/W/W/W/L/L/L/W WEL/ALA/MBM/A21/PF/SLR/TNT/BGK/ALA/SLR/RBB/MBM/WEL/BGK/A21/PF/RBB/TNT 5 Magnolia W/W/L/W/L/W/L/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/W A21/SLR/PF/Coke/TNT/ALA/WEL/BGK/RBB/PF/TNT/RBB/Coke/BGK/ALA/A21/SLR/WEL 6 Purefoods W/W/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/L/L/W/W/L/W/L/L SLR/TNT/MBM/WEL/BGK/Coke/A21/RBB/ALA/SLR/MBM/TNT/WEL/A21/BGK/Coke/ALA/RBB 7 Red Bull L/W/W/W/OTL/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/L/W/L/L/W/W BGK/WEL/A21/SLR/TNT/ALA/PF/MBM/TNT/A21/Coke/MBM/SLR/WEL/ALA/BGK/Coke/PF 8 Sta. Lucia L/L/W/L/W/L/W/W/L/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W PF/MBM/TNT/RBB/A21/BGK/Coke/WEL/PF/Coke/ALA/BGK/RBB/ALA/TNT/WEL/MBM/A21 9 Talk 'N Text W/L/W/L/W/OTW/OTL/W/L/L/L/W/W/W/L/L/W/L ALA/PF/BGK/SLR/MBM/RBB/WEL/Coke/A21/RBB/MBM/PF/WEL/A21/SLR/ALA/BGK/Coke 10 Welcoat L/L/W/L/L/OTW/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/L Coke/RBB/BGK/PF/ALA/TNT/MBM/SLR/ALA/BGK/A21/PF/TNT/Coke/RBB/SLR/A21/MBM Bracket Wildcard phase First round #eee January 18 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 73 Coca-Cola Tigers 81 January 18 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 110 Air21 Express 119 Second round #eee January 20 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Air21 Express 102 Coca-Cola Tigers 109 Coca-Cola and Talk 'N Text met in the first wildcard round, with the two teams making a mid-season trade, with Asi Taulava going to the Tigers while Ali Peek and draft picks going to the Phone Pals. Coke, which had previously denied the Phone Pals of a playoff for the last quarterfinal berth by winning their last elimination round game 2 days earlier, started out strong; the Phone Pals failed to answer to the challenge as they were beaten by the #9 seeds. COCA-COLA ELIMINATES TALK 'N TEXT, PBA.ph Air21 on the other hand faced defending champions Barangay Ginebra Kings, which were decimated by injuries to Billy Mamaril, Mark Caguioa and personal commitments by Rudy Hatfield (Hatfield didn't return) early in the season caused several losses and they had to settle for a wildcard berth. Behind the shooting of team captain Wynne Arboleda, Air21 raced to an early lead. Ginebra cut down the deficit, but while Caguioa was on a fastbreak attempt, Niño Canaleta blocked his shot that virtually ended Ginebra's title defense. ARBOLEDA, DE OCAMPO STAR AS AIR21 DETHRONES GINEBRA, PBA.ph On the final wildcard game, Arboleda wasn't able to sustain his shooting as Taulava and Mark Telan had career games to advance to the quarterfinals to face the Alaska Aces. MIRACLE RIDE GOES ON, COCA-COLA MAKES IT TO QUARTERS, PBA.ph Quarterfinals (3) Alaska vs. (9) Coca-Cola Elimination round games: Alaska won both games, 117-106 and 98-94. #eee January 23 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Alaska Aces 89 Coca-Cola Tigers 82 January 25 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Alaska Aces 110 Coca-Cola Tigers 100 Alaska wins series, 2–0 Alaska ended Coca-Cola's run as the worst-seeded wildcard winner as they were eliminated by the #3 seed. Reigning Most Valuable Player Willie Miller made short work of the Tigers backcourt as Joachim Thoss overran the potent Coke frontcourt by converting outside shots. (4) Red Bull vs. (5) Magnolia Elimination round games: Red Bull won both games, 94-88 and 107-95. #eee January 23 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Red Bull Barako 107 Magnolia Beverage Masters 104 January 25 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Red Bull Barako 112 Magnolia Beverage Masters 94 Red Bull wins series, 2–0 Magnolia and Red Bull renewed their playoffs rivalry with Red Bull forcing the upset, as Magnolia was rated as the top team during the preseason, with Red Bull being decimated by one-sided trades (ironically to Magnolia). Cyrus Baguio had a coming-out party as he scored a career-high 31 points to win Game 1 for the Bulls. Junthy Valenzuela outplayed former Red Bull players Lordy Tugade and Enrico Villanueva to sweep the Beverage Masters. The Bulls now clinch their sixth consecutive semifinals appearance. Semifinals (1) Purefoods vs. (4) Red Bull Elimination round games: Red Bull won both games, 87-74 and 97-84. #eee January 27 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 103 Red Bull Barako 84 January 30 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 89 Red Bull Barako 93 #eee February 1 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 99 Red Bull Barako 90 February 3 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC OT Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 88 Red Bull Barako 97 #eee February 6 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 96 Red Bull Barako 95 February 8 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 97 Red Bull Barako 123 #eee February 10 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 83 Red Bull Barako 71 Purefoods wins series, 4–3 Purefoods, owing to a couple of weeks' rest blew out Red Bull which had defeated last season's finalists in Game 1.PUREFOODS CLOBBERS BATTLE-WEARY RED BULL, PBA.ph However, Red Bull came back in Game 2 to put up a defensive stand in the fourth quarter to tie the series, 2-2. Team captain Junthy Valenzuela kept the Giants at bay when they were making a run in the final minutes, scoring 2 crucial baskets.BARAKOS SURVIVE GIANTS’ LAST-DITCH RALLY TO LEVEL SERIES, PBA.ph Purefoods then did their own pull-away at Game 3, crashing the boards at will; Marc Pingris rebounded a career-high 19 boards.SPLENDID BOARDWORK GIVES PUREFOODS 2-1 EDGE, PBA.ph With a 1-3 series deficit looming, Red Bull again kept a pace with Purefoods in Game 4; however James Yap injured his groin in the first quarter after scoring ten points and didn't return. Purefoods managed to hold-off Red Bull until Cyrus Baguio drove to the basket after a pick-and-roll for an unmolested lay-up to tie the game 86-all. Peter June Simon missed his baseline jumper as time ran out to force overtime. In the extra period, Red Bull made an 11-2 run care of three pointers from Celino Cruz and Francis Adriano to tie the series once again.RED BULL WINS GAME 4 IN OT AS PUREFOODS LOSES JAMES YAP TO INJURY, PBA.ph After the injury to Yap, Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio announced prior to Game 5 that Yap would be day-to-day.CRUCIAL WEDNESDAY DOUBLEHEADER AT THE BIG DOME, PBA.ph However, Yap started on Game 5 and Purefoods raced to a 40-17 lead after the first quarter. Red Bull crept up the lead and eventually cut down the lead to two with a minute to go thanks to a trey from Mick Pennisi. In the ensuing possession, Pingris was fouled on the act of shooting; Pingris missed both of his freethrows to give Red Bull another chance. After the time out and with both teams in penalty, Valenzuela was fouled. Valenzuela converted the first but missed the second, which led to a Kerby Raymundo rebound that sealed the win for the Giants.PUREFOODS ESCAPES WITH NAILBITER OF A WIN, PBA.ph Needing to win twice in a row to enter the finals, Red Bull started Game 6 with a 20-1 blast that caught Purefoods flatfooted. The Bulls then cruised on, with Mike Hrabak and Pennisi shooting treys to tie the series for last time, at 3-all.RED BULL FORGES DO-OR-DIE GAME 7, PBA.ph However, Purefoods started out Game 7 strong but the Barakos answered every Giants run to keep pace; however, thanks to misses from the perimeter by Red Bull and Purefoods' transition defense, the Giants were able to clinch their league-leading 12th All-Filipino Cup finals appearance. (2) Sta. Lucia vs. (3) Alaska Elimination round games: Sta. Lucia won both games, 94-88 and 101-96. #eee January 27 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Sta. Lucia Realtors 94 Alaska Aces 107 January 30 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Sta. Lucia Realtors 86 Alaska Aces 77 #eee February 1 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Sta. Lucia Realtors 91 Alaska Aces 82 February 3 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Sta. Lucia Realtors 80 Alaska Aces 93 #eee February 6 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Sta. Lucia Realtors 96 Alaska Aces 90 February 8 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Sta. Lucia Realtors 87 Alaska Aces 106 #eee February 10 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Sta. Lucia Realtors 92 Alaska Aces 84 Sta. Lucia wins series, 4–3 Unlike Purefoods which capitalized their long rest, Sta. Lucia had a rusty Game 1 that led to an Alaska blowout.ALASKA GUARDS SHOW WAY IN GAME 1 WIN OVER RUSTY REALTORS, PBA.ph However, Sta. Lucia then had their own blowout game in Game 2 to tie the series.STA. LUCIA LEANS ON DEFENSE TO PULL EVEN, PBA.ph Kelly Williams' dunk at the end of Game 2 was criticized by Alaska coach Tim Cone as a "lack of class". With her Cebuana mother watching, Williams had a 27-point explosion to pull the Realtors ahead, 2-1.SLR MAKES IT BACK-TO-BACK OVER ALASKA, GOES AHEAD 2-1, PBA.ph Alaska then turned their offensive game going in Game 4 to tie the series with a 90-83 Game 4 win, leading by as much as 26 points in some stages before the Realtors staged a comeback to cut the lead to two points. Reigning MVP Willie Miller converted three-pointers when the Sta. Lucia came close as he matched Williams' Game 3 output of 27 points to lead all scorers.ALASKA SQUARES SERIES AT 2-2, PBA.ph The pattern of early blowouts then a furious comeback continued as Sta. Lucia held off Alaska to lead the series, 3-2. Veteran Paolo Mendoza relived his collegiate days as he scored 19 points mostly in the early going. John Ferriols and sophomore Aaron Aban then led another comeback by the Aces to cut down the lead to two. Alaska's Jeffrey Cariaso was ejected from the game after he was assessed with two technical fouls that led to a cold period between the two teams in the final 6 minutes. With the score unchanged, Willie Miller converted a three-point play to tie at 90-all but the Realtors then scored the last 5 points of the game to put them one step closer to their first All-Filipino conference finals stint.REALTORS A WIN SHY OF FIRST-EVER ALL-FILIPINO FINALS, PBA.ph Like Red Bull, Alaska blew out their Game 6, with Miller and Tony dela Cruz each scoring more 20 points with 4 others reaching double figures.ACES LIVE TO FIGHT FOR ANOTHER DAY, PBA.ph However, like Red Bull, they were closed out by the #2 seeds as the Realtors pounded on the end game, with Dennis Miranda nailing the trey that put the game out reach.HISTORY ANEW FOR STA. LUCIA, PBA.ph The franchise qualifies for their first ever All-Filipino conference finals stint. Third place playoff #eee February 15 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Alaska Aces 104 Red Bull Barako 125 Red Bull wins 3rd place trophy. Finals 2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup finals #eee February 15 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 97 Sta. Lucia Realtors 109 February 17 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 101 Sta. Lucia Realtors 112 #eee February 20 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 118 Sta. Lucia Realtors 107 February 22 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 106 Sta. Lucia Realtors 98 #eee February 24 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 76 Sta. Lucia Realtors 88 February 27 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 89 Sta. Lucia Realtors 81 #eee March 2 ABC Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 88 Sta. Lucia Realtors 100 Sta. Lucia wins series, 4–3 Broadcast notes The Associated Broadcasting Company broadcast all of the games in Philippine TV. Their finals broadcasters are: 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 Furthermore, the ABS-CBN News Channel carried the finals live overseas. Sports Radio 918 carried the games live on AM radio. Featured songs include "How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty and "Shadow of the Day" by Linkin Park. Awards Finals Most Valuable Player: Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia) Best Player of the Conference: Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia) Players of the Week: October 14–21: James Yap (Purefoods) October 22–28: Junthy Valenzuela (Red Bull) October 29 – November 4: Willie Miller (Alaska) November 5–11: Froilan Baguion (Welcoat) November 12–18: Lordy Tugade (Magnolia) and Nic Belasco (Welcoat) November 19–25: James Yap (Purefoods, 2nd time) and Junthy Valenzuela (Red Bull, 2nd time) November 26 – December 2: Jeffrey Cariaso (Alaska) and Asi Taulava (Coca-Cola) December 3–9: Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia) December 10–16: Asi Taulava (Coca-Cola, 2nd time) December 17–23: Ryan Reyes (Sta. Lucia; rookie) December 24–30: Sunday Salvacion (Brgy. Ginebra) December 31 – January 6: James Yap (Purefoods, 3rd time) and Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia, 2nd time) January 7–13: Nelbert Omolon (Sta. Lucia) January 14–20: Asi Taulava (Coca-Cola, 3rd time) and Mark Telan (Coca-Cola) January 21–27: Willie Miller (Alaska, 2nd time) January 28 – February 3: Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia, 3rd time) and Junthy Valenzuela (Red Bull, 3rd time) February 4–10: James Yap (Purefoods, 4th time) Stats leaders + Category Player Team Stat Points per game Willie Miller Alaska Aces 23.1 Rebounds per game Asi Taulava Coca-Cola Tigers 14.7 Assists per game Jayjay Helterbrand Barangay Ginebra Kings 6.8 Steals per game Dondon Hontiveros Magnolia Beverage Masters 1.70 Blocks per game Ali Peek Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 1.71 Field goal percentage Samigue Eman Magnolia Beverage Masters .609 Free throw percentage Ren-Ren Ritualo Talk 'N Text Phone Pals .909 Three-point field goal percentage Gec Chia Air21 Express .438 Turnovers per game Mark Telan Coca-Cola Tigers 3.8 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ August 9, 2017 Philippine Cup Category:PBA Philippine Cup