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2007–08 Coca-Cola Tigers season
Head coachBinky Favis
Owner(s)Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines
Philippine Cup results
Record7–11 (38.9%)
Place9th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Fiesta Conference results
Record10–8 (55.6%)
Place4th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Coca-Cola Tigers seasons

The 2007–08 Coca-Cola Tigers season was the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Mark Telan was acquired by giving up draft picks,[1] while Joseph Yeo was traded to Sta. Lucia Realtors in exchange of Mark Isip and Cesar Catli.[2][3]

In mid-season, Tigers acquired Asi Taulava from Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in exchange for Ali Peek. The move made Phone Pals[4] made them the "team to beat" for the 2008 Fiesta Conference.[5][6][7]

Key dates[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

Main article: 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[edit]

2007–08 Coca-Cola Tigers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 3 Philippines Miranda, Dennis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern
SG 5 Philippines Rizada, R.J 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Far Eastern
G 6 Philippines Catli, Cesar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern
PF 7 Philippines Caceres, M.C. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) PSBA
SG 8 Philippines Buenafe, Ronjay (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Emilio Aguinaldo
F 12 Philippines Isip, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Far Eastern
F/C 13 Philippines Telan, Mark 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) De La Salle
F 19 Philippines Duremdes, Kenneth 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Adamson
PG 21 Philippines Enrile, Ronjay 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran
F 24 Philippines Calimag, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda
F 31 United States Arigo, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) North Florida
G 34 United States Antonio, William 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Chaminade
G 55 Philippines Cabagnot, Alex 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Hawaii–Hilo
G/F 80 Philippines Macapagal, Mark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian
C 88 United States Taulava, Asi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) BYU–Hawaii
F/C Philippines Gavino, Mike 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UP Diliman
SG Philippines Dimaunahan, Aries 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UST
Philippines Echavez, Egay
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Import
  • Injured Injured

Records[edit]

Philippine Cup[edit]

Team standings[edit]

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
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
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Sta. Lucia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Red Bull (Alaska +29)
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Air21 2–0 Coca-Cola

Schedule[edit]

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Air21 ExpressMBMALARBBCokeSLRPFBGKTNTRBBWELBGKALAPFTNTCokeMBMWELSLR
Alaska AcesTNTA21CokeBGKWELMBMRBBPFWELCokeBGKSLRA21SLRMBMRBBTNTPF
Barangay Ginebra KingsRBBTNTWELALAPFSLRA21MBMCokeWELALAA21SLRMBMCokePFRBBTNT
Coca-Cola TigersWELALAMBMA21PFSLRTNTBGKALASLRRBBMBMWELBGKA21PFRBBTNT
Magnolia Beverage MastersA21SLRPFCokeTNTALAWELBGKRBBPFTNTRBBCokeBGKALAA21SLRWEL
Purefoods Tender Juicy GiantsSLRTNTMBMWELBGKCokeA21RBBALASLRMBMTNTWELA21BGKCokeALARBB
Red Bull BarakoBGKWELA21SLRTNTALAPFMBMTNTA21CokeMBMSLRWELALABGKCokePF
Sta. Lucia RealtorsPFMBMTNTRBBA21BGKCokeWELPFCokeALABGKRBBALATNTWELMBMA21
Talk 'N Text Phone PalsALAPFBGKSLRMBMRBBWELCokeA21RBBMBMPFWELA21SLRALABGKCoke
Welcoat DragonsCokeRBBBGKPFALATNTMBMSLRALABGKA21PFTNTCokeRBBSLRA21MBM
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Bracket[edit]

Wildcard phase
(single elimination)		Wildcard phase
(single elimination)		Quarterfinals
(best-of-5)		Semifinals
(best-of-7)		Finals
(best-of-7)
6Talk 'N Text733Alaska3
9Coca-Cola813Alaska22Sta. Lucia4
9Coca-Cola1099Coca-Cola0
8Air211022Sta. Lucia4
7Brgy. Ginebra1101Purefoods3
8Air21119
1Purefoods4Third place
4Red Bull24Red Bull3
5Magnolia03Alaska104
4Red Bull125
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Wildcard phase[edit]

First round[edit]
Second round[edit]

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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

Quarterfinals[edit]

(3) Alaska vs. (9) Coca-Cola[edit]

Elimination round games: Alaska won both games, 117-106 and 98-94.

January 25
Coca-Cola Tigers 100, Alaska Aces 110
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 Sonny Thoss overran the potent Coke frontcourt by converting outside shots.

Fiesta Conference[edit]

Team standings[edit]

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
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
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +14, Coca-Cola +4, Magnolia −18
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Talk 'N Text (Alaska +9)

Schedule[edit]

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Air21 ExpressWELRBBPFCokeTNTALABGKSLRCokeMBMBGKRBBSLRALATNTWELMBMPF
Alaska AcesSLRBGKMBMWELRBBA21TNTPFCokeRBBTNTPFA21WELSLRCokeMBMBGK
Barangay Ginebra KingsRBBALASLRCokeMBMPFA21TNTWELA21MBMRBBSLRPFCokeTNTWELALA
Coca-Cola TigersTNTPFWELA21BGKSLRRBBMBMALAA21RBBWELPFTNTBGKMBMALASLR
Magnolia Beverage MastersPFSLRALATNTBGKWELRBBCokePFA21BGKTNTWELRBBSLRCokeA21ALA
Purefoods Tender Juicy GiantsMBMCokeA21RBBWELBGKALAMBMTNTSLRALACokeWELBGKRBBTNTSLRA21
Red Bull BarakoBGKA21TNTPFALACokeMBMSLRWELALACokeA21BGKMBMPFWELTNTSLR
Sta. Lucia RealtorsALAMBMBGKTNTCokeWELRBBA21TNTWELPFA21BGKMBMALAPFCokeRBB
Talk 'N Text Phone PalsCokeWELRBBMBMSLRA21ALAWELBGKSLRPFALAMBMCokeA21PFBGKRBB
Welcoat DragonsA21TNTCokeALAPFMBMSLRTNTRBBBGKSLRCokeMBMPFALAA21RBBBGK
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Bracket[edit]

Wildcard phase
(Single elimination)		Wildcard phase
(Single elimination)		Quarterfinals
(Best-of-5)		Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
6Alaska853Brgy. Ginebra4
9Sta. Lucia993Brgy. Ginebra22Red Bull0
9Sta. Lucia1119Sta. Lucia0
7Talk 'N Text963Brgy. Ginebra4
7Talk 'N Text981Air213
8Purefoods83
1Air214Third place
4Coca-Cola15Magnolia2
5Magnolia22Red Bull102
5Magnolia90
This box:

Quarterfinals[edit]

(4) Coca-Cola vs. (5) Magnolia[edit]
July 18
Magnolia Beverage Masters 78, Coca-Cola Tigers 60
Magnolia wins series 2–1

Transactions[edit]

Trades[edit]

Off-season[edit]

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[edit]

2008 To Coca-Cola Tigers
Asi Taulava 		To Air21 Express
Ali Peek

Additions[edit]

Player Signed
Egay Echavez 2007
Ronjay Buenafe
Aries Dimaunahan 2008

Imports recruited[edit]

Italics are the imports who stayed for the rest of the conference

Player Debuted
United States Calvin Cage March 4 vs. Welcoat
United States Jason Dixon March 29 vs. Talk 'N Text
United States George Gervin, Jr. April 13 vs. Air21
United States Donald Copeland May 23 vs. Red Bull
United States Brandon Dean Coca-Cola Tigers

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Telan ipinamigay sa Coke". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  2. ^ "Tigers streak past Realtors, 94-79". GMA News Online. 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  3. ^ Yeo now a Realtor, PBA.ph. Accessed September 23, 2007.
  4. ^ Zaldivar, A. C. (December 1, 2007). "Depensa ang kailangan". Philstar.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  5. ^ Zaldivar, A. C. (April 19, 2008). "Bawi time". Philstar.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  6. ^ "Williams PBA MVP". Philstar.com. August 14, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "Yap, Taulava PBA top gun, rebound king". Philstar.com. September 13, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  8. ^ COCA-COLA ELIMINATES TALK 'N TEXT, PBA.ph
  9. ^ ARBOLEDA, DE OCAMPO STAR AS AIR21 DETHRONES GINEBRA, PBA.ph
  10. ^ MIRACLE RIDE GOES ON, COCA-COLA MAKES IT TO QUARTERS, PBA.ph
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