2007–08 Philippine Basketball League season

The 2007–08 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL).

2007–08 PBL season
DurationOctober 20, 2007 – May 28, 2008
Number of teams7 + 1
TV partner(s)Basketball TV (RPN 9)
Season MVPJayson Castro
V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup championsHarbour Centre Batang Pier
  V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup runners-upHapee Toothpaste
Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup championsHarbour Centre Batang Pier
  Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup runners-upHapee Toothpaste

2007 V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup

Team StandingsWinLossCoach
Hapee Toothpaste70Jun Noel
Harbour Centre Batang Pier61Jorge Gallent
RP Team52Junel Baculi
San Mig Coffee34Koy Banal
Toyota-Balintawak Road Kings34Ariel Vanguardia
Mail and More Comets34Allan Gregorio
Pharex Medics16Gian Carlo Tan
Bacchus Energy Drink Raiders07Lawrence 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)

December 22
Hapee Toothpaste 94, Toyota-Balintawak 91
Hapee wins series, 2–0

Harbour vs San Mig Coffee (Best-of-three semifinals)

December 23
Harbour Centre Batang Pier 79, San Mig Coffee 67
Harbour wins series, 2–1

V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup finals

December 30
Harbour Centre Batang Pier 94, Hapee Toothpaste 88 (OT)
Harbour wins series, 2–1

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 StandingsWinLossCoach
Harbour Centre Batang Pier132Jorge Gallent
Hapee Toothpaste Complete Protectors105Louie Alas
Burger King Whoppers96Allan Gregorio
San Mig Coffee78Koy Banal
Toyota-Otis Sparks78Ariel Vanguardia
Pharex Medics78Gian Carlo Tan
Noosa Shoes69Leo Isaac
Bacchus Energy Drink Raiders510Lawrence Chongson
Nokia RP Youth08Franz 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 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

References

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