2007–08 Coca-Cola Tigers season
2007–08 Coca-Cola Tigers season | |
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Head coach | Binky Favis |
General Manager | JB Bailon |
Owner(s) | Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 7–11 (38.9%) |
Place | 9th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinals |
Fiesta Conference results | |
Record | 10–8 (55.6%) |
Place | 4th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinals |
Coca-Cola Tigers seasons | |
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,[1] Mark Telan was acquired by giving up draft picks,[2] while Joseph Yeo was traded to Sta. Lucia Realtors in exchange of Mark Isip and Cesar Catli.[3][4]
In mid-season, Tigers acquired Asi Taulava from Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in exchange for Ali Peek. The move made Phone Pals[5] the "team to beat" for the 2008 Fiesta Conference.[6][7][8] But with that, the Tigers finished 4th place in the Fiesta Conference, but lost in the quarterfinals against Magnolia Beverage.[9]
Key dates
- August 19: The 2007 PBA Draft took place in Market! Market!, Taguig.
Draft picks
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
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Records
Philippine Cup
Team standings
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 12 | 6 | .667[a] | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 12 | 6 | .667[a] | — | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 7 | .611[b] | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
4 | Red Bull Barako | 11 | 7 | .611[b] | 1 | |
5 | Magnolia Beverage Masters | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | |
6 | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
7 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4 | |
8 | Air21 Express | 7 | 11 | .389[c] | 5 | |
9 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 7 | 11 | .389[c] | 5 | |
10 | Welcoat Dragons | 3 | 15 | .167 | 9 |
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Sta. Lucia
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Red Bull (Alaska +29)
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Air21 2–0 Coca-Cola
Schedule
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss
Bracket
Wildcard phase (single elimination) | Wildcard phase (single elimination) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Talk 'N Text | 73 | 3 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Coca-Cola | 81 | 3 | Alaska | 2 | 2 | Sta. Lucia | 4 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Coca-Cola | 109 | 9 | Coca-Cola | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Air21 | 102 | 2 | Sta. Lucia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Brgy. Ginebra | 110 | 1 | Purefoods | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Air21 | 119 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Purefoods | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Red Bull | 2 | 4 | Red Bull | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Magnolia | 0 | 3 | Alaska | 104 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Red Bull | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Wildcard phase
First round
Second round
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.[10]
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.[11]
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.[12]
Quarterfinals
(3) Alaska vs. (9) Coca-Cola
Elimination round games: Alaska won both games, 117-106 and 98-94.
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 Sonny Thoss overran the potent Coke frontcourt by converting outside shots.
Fiesta Conference
Team standings
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Air21 Express | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Red Bull Barako | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 10 | 8 | .556[a] | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
4 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 10 | 8 | .556[a] | 2 | |
5 | Magnolia Beverage Masters | 10 | 8 | .556[a] | 2 | |
6 | Alaska Aces | 9 | 9 | .500[b] | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
7 | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | 9 | 9 | .500[b] | 3 | |
8 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4 | |
9 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5 | |
10 | Welcoat Dragons | 4 | 14 | .222 | 8 |
Notes:
- ^ a b c Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +14, Coca-Cola +4, Magnolia −18
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Talk 'N Text (Alaska +9)
Schedule
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Air21 Express | WEL | RBB | PF | Coke | TNT | ALA | BGK | SLR | Coke | MBM | BGK | RBB | SLR | ALA | TNT | WEL | MBM | PF |
Alaska Aces | SLR | BGK | MBM | WEL | RBB | A21 | TNT | PF | Coke | RBB | TNT | PF | A21 | WEL | SLR | Coke | MBM | BGK |
Barangay Ginebra Kings | RBB | ALA | SLR | Coke | MBM | PF | A21 | TNT | WEL | A21 | MBM | RBB | SLR | PF | Coke | TNT | WEL | ALA |
Coca-Cola Tigers | TNT | PF | WEL | A21 | BGK | SLR | RBB | MBM | ALA | A21 | RBB | WEL | PF | TNT | BGK | MBM | ALA | SLR |
Magnolia Beverage Masters | PF | SLR | ALA | TNT | BGK | WEL | RBB | Coke | PF | A21 | BGK | TNT | WEL | RBB | SLR | Coke | A21 | ALA |
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | MBM | Coke | A21 | RBB | WEL | BGK | ALA | MBM | TNT | SLR | ALA | Coke | WEL | BGK | RBB | TNT | SLR | A21 |
Red Bull Barako | BGK | A21 | TNT | PF | ALA | Coke | MBM | SLR | WEL | ALA | Coke | A21 | BGK | MBM | PF | WEL | TNT | SLR |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | ALA | MBM | BGK | TNT | Coke | WEL | RBB | A21 | TNT | WEL | PF | A21 | BGK | MBM | ALA | PF | Coke | RBB |
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | Coke | WEL | RBB | MBM | SLR | A21 | ALA | WEL | BGK | SLR | PF | ALA | MBM | Coke | A21 | PF | BGK | RBB |
Welcoat Dragons | A21 | TNT | Coke | ALA | PF | MBM | SLR | TNT | RBB | BGK | SLR | Coke | MBM | PF | ALA | A21 | RBB | BGK |
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss
Bracket
Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Alaska | 85 | 3 | Brgy. Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Sta. Lucia | 99 | 3 | Brgy. Ginebra | 2 | 2 | Red Bull | 0 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Sta. Lucia | 111 | 9 | Sta. Lucia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Talk 'N Text | 96 | 3 | Brgy. Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Talk 'N Text | 98 | 1 | Air21 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Purefoods | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Air21 | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Coca-Cola | 1 | 5 | Magnolia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Magnolia | 2 | 2 | Red Bull | 102 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Magnolia | 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals
(4) Coca-Cola vs. (5) Magnolia
Transactions
Trades
Off-season
Off-season | To Coca-Cola Tigers Mark Telan | To Air21 Express 1st round picks in the 2007 draft |
Off-season | To Coca-Cola Tigers Mark Isip, Cesar Catli | To Sta. Lucia Realtors Joseph Yeo |
Off-season | To Coca-Cola Tigers Mark Macapagal | To Barangay Ginebra Kings Chris Pacana |
Fiesta Conference
2008 | To Coca-Cola Tigers Asi Taulava | To Air21 Express Ali Peek |
Additions
Player | Signed |
Egay Echavez | 2007 |
Ronjay Buenafe | |
Aries Dimaunahan | 2008 |
Imports recruited
Italics are the imports who stayed for the rest of the conference
Player | Debuted |
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![]() | March 4 vs. Welcoat |
![]() | March 29 vs. Talk 'N Text |
![]() | April 13 vs. Air21 |
![]() | May 23 vs. Red Bull |
![]() | Coca-Cola Tigers |
References
- ^ Cordero, Abac (2007-11-28). "Asi shipped to Tigers for Peek, top pick". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ "Telan ipinamigay sa Coke". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Tigers streak past Realtors, 94-79". GMA News Online. 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Yeo now a Realtor, PBA.ph. Accessed September 23, 2007.
- ^ Zaldivar, A. C. (December 1, 2007). "Depensa ang kailangan". Philstar.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
- ^ Zaldivar, A. C. (April 19, 2008). "Bawi time". Philstar.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
- ^ "Williams PBA MVP". Philstar.com. August 14, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
- ^ "Yap, Taulava PBA top gun, rebound king". Philstar.com. September 13, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
- ^ Castillo, Grace. "Magnolia Close Out Series With Coca-Cola". Arab News.
- ^ COCA-COLA ELIMINATES TALK 'N TEXT, PBA.ph
- ^ ARBOLEDA, DE OCAMPO STAR AS AIR21 DETHRONES GINEBRA, PBA.ph
- ^ MIRACLE RIDE GOES ON, COCA-COLA MAKES IT TO QUARTERS, PBA.ph