2007–08 Philippine Basketball League season
The 2007–08 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL).
| 2007–08 PBL season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | October 20, 2007 – May 28, 2008 |
| Number of teams | 7 + 1 |
| TV partner(s) | Basketball TV (RPN 9) |
| Season MVP | Jayson Castro |
| V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup champions | Harbour Centre Batang Pier |
| V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup runners-up | Hapee Toothpaste |
| Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup champions | Harbour Centre Batang Pier |
| Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup runners-up | Hapee Toothpaste |
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
Hapee vs Toyota-Balintawak (Best-of-three semifinals)
Harbour vs San Mig Coffee (Best-of-three semifinals)
V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup finals
Harbour ended Hapee's 12-game winning streak following a 73-59 victory in Game two and tied the series at one game apiece.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
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
May 21 |
| Harbour Centre Batang Pier 73, Hapee Toothpaste 74 |
Batangas City Sports Complex, Batangas City |
May 24 |
| Harbour Centre Batang Pier 93, Hapee Toothpaste 81 |
Governor Ayong Maliksi Gym, Trece Martires, Cavite |
May 26 |
| Harbour Centre Batang Pier 90, Hapee Toothpaste 78 |
Jose P. Laurel Gym, Tanauan City, Batangas |
May 28 |
| Harbour Centre Batang Pier 86, Hapee Toothpaste 73 | ||
| Harbour wins series, 3–1 |
Batangas City Sports Complex, Batangas City |
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.[7]
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
- "Tiu, 2 others join RP five; Hapee eyes No.4". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- "B teams start last-ditch quarterfinal bids today". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- "Hapee win streak now at No.9". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- "Perfection foiled". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- "Harbour five nails record fourth crown". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- "PBL Lipovitan Amino Sports Cup kicks off at the Arena". The Manila Times.
- "Harbour Centre grab historic 5th title at PBL". GMA News Online.