2007–08 Coca-Cola Tigers season

Powerade Tigers Coca-Cola Tigers 2007–08 Binky Favis Philippine Cup 7 11 9th Quarterfinals Fiesta Conference 10 8 4th Quarterfinals Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines JB Bailon 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 Coca-Cola Tigers season was the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). After JB Bailon replaced Hector Calma as manager one season ago,Cordero Abac 2007-11-28 Asi shipped to Tigers for Peek, top pick https://www.philstar.com/sports/2007/11/28/30104/asi-shipped-tigers-peek-top-pick 2024-07-28 Philstar.com Mark Telan was acquired by giving up draft picks,Telan ipinamigay sa Coke https://www.philstar.com/palaro/2007/08/11/12027/telan-ipinamigay-sa-coke 2024-07-13 Philstar.com while Joseph Yeo was traded to Sta. Lucia Realtors in exchange of Mark Isip and Cesar Catli. 2007-12-02 Tigers streak past Realtors, 94-79 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/content/71014/tigers-streak-past-realtors-94-79/story/ 2024-07-13 GMA News Online enYeo now a Realtor, PBA.ph. Accessed September 23, 2007. In mid-season, Tigers acquired Asi Taulava from Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in exchange for Ali Peek. The move made Phone PalsZaldivar A. C. December 1, 2007 Depensa ang kailangan https://www.philstar.com/palaro/2007/12/01/30674/depensa-ang-kailangan October 21, 2022 Philstar.com the "team to beat" for the 2008 Fiesta Conference.Zaldivar A. C. April 19, 2008 Bawi time https://www.philstar.com/palaro/2008/04/19/57006/bawi-time October 21, 2022 Philstar.comAugust 14, 2008 Williams PBA MVP https://www.philstar.com/palaro/2008/08/14/79112/williams-pba-mvp October 21, 2022 Philstar.comSeptember 13, 2008 Yap, Taulava PBA top gun, rebound king https://www.philstar.com/sports/2008/09/13/400274/yap-taulava-pba-top-gun-rebound-king October 21, 2022 Philstar.com But with that, the Tigers finished 4th place in the Fiesta Conference, but lost in the quarterfinals against Magnolia Beverage.Castillo Grace Magnolia Close Out Series With Coca-Cola https://www.arabnews.com/node/313916 Arab News Key dates August 19: The 2007 PBA Draft took place in Market! Market!, Taguig. Draft picks 2007 PBA Draft Tigers did not have any draft pick, as Magnolia Beverage Masters, Air21 Express, and Sta. Lucia Realtors owned the team's draft picks because of trades. Roster Coca-Cola Tigers 2007–08 1 Mark Isip F 6 4 215 FEU PHI 5 R.J Rizada SG 6 2 185 FEU PHI 6 Cesar Catli GF 6 3 185 FEU PHI 7 M.C. Caceres PF 6 5 205 PSBA PHI 8 Aries Dimaunahan PG 6 0 185 UST PHI 9 Ronjay Buenafe SG 6 2 185 EAC PHI R 12 Egay Echavez PG 5 9 Misamis Institute of Technology PHI 13 Mark Telan FC 6 7 210 De La Salle PHI 15 Jason Misolas FC 6 3 195 Letran PHI 16 Mike Gavino FC 6 5 UP Diliman PHI 19 Kenneth Duremdes F 6 4 190 Adamson PHI 21 Ronjay Enrile PG 6 1 168 Letran PHI 24 Ricky Calimag F 6 5 210 San Beda PHI 31 John Arigo F 6 5 185 North Florida USA 34 William Antonio G 6 3 190 Chaminade USA 55 Alex Cabagnot G 6 0 180 Hawaii–Hilo PHI 81 Mark Macapagal GF 6 2 185 San Sebastian PHI 88 Asi Taulava C 6 9 245 BYU–Hawaii TON PHI Binky Favis PHI Mon Jose PHI George Ella (R) Rookie (I) Import Records Philippine Cup Team standings Schedule table 2 matchup BSK 1 Air21 Express 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 Aces 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 Kings 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 Tigers 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 Beverage Masters 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 Tender Juicy Giants 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 Barako 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 Realtors 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 Phone Pals 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 Dragons 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 Coca-Cola Tigers 81 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 73 Second round #eee January 20 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Coca-Cola Tigers 109 Air21 Express 102Coca-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 Coca-Cola Tigers 82 Alaska Aces 89January 25 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay ABC Coca-Cola Tigers 100 Alaska Aces 110 Alaska wins series, 2–0Alaska 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 Sonny Thoss overran the potent Coke frontcourt by converting outside shots. Fiesta Conference Team standings Schedule table 2 matchup BSK 1 Air21 Express 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 Aces 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 Kings 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 Tigers 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 Beverage Masters 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 Tender Juicy Giants 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 Barako 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 Realtors 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 Phone Pals 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 Dragons 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 Quarterfinals (4) Coca-Cola vs. (5) Magnolia #eee July 13 ABC Magnolia Beverage Masters 108 Coca-Cola Tigers 96 Cuneta Astrodome, PasayJuly 16 ABC Coca-Cola Tigers 91 Magnolia Beverage Masters 90 Ynares Center, Antipolo#eee July 18 ABC Magnolia Beverage Masters 78 Coca-Cola Tigers 60 Ynares Center, Antipolo Magnolia wins series 2–1 Transactions Trades Off-season Off-seasonTo Coca-Cola Tigers Mark TelanTo Air21 Express 1st round picks in the 2007 draft Off-seasonTo Coca-Cola Tigers Mark Isip, Cesar CatliTo Sta. Lucia Realtors Joseph Yeo Off-seasonTo Coca-Cola Tigers Mark MacapagalTo Barangay Ginebra Kings Chris Pacana Fiesta Conference 2008To Coca-Cola Tigers Asi TaulavaTo Talk N' Text Phone Pals Ali Peek Additions Player Signed Egay Echavez2007Ronjay BuenafeAries Dimaunahan2008 Imports recruited Italics are the imports who stayed for the rest of the conference Player Debuted USA Calvin Cage March 4 vs. Welcoat USA Jason DixonMarch 29 vs. Talk 'N TextUSA George Gervin, Jr.April 13 vs. Air21USA Donald CopelandMay 23 vs. Red BullUSA Brandon DeanCoca-Cola Tigers References Category:Powerade Tigers seasons Coca-Cola