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2008–09 PBA season
DurationOctober 4, 2008 –July 17, 2009
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)C/S9, Basketball TV
2008 PBA Draft
Top draft pickGabe Norwood
Picked byRain or Shine Elasto Painters
Season MVPJayjay Helterbrand (Ginebra)
Philippine Cup championsTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
  Philippine Cup runners-upAlaska Aces
Fiesta Conference championsSan Miguel Beermen
  Fiesta Conference runners-upBarangay Ginebra Kings
Seasons

The 2008–09 PBA season was the 34th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season formally opened on October 4, 2008[1] and ended on July 17, 2009.This was the first time that the league will hold their opening ceremonies on a Saturday. The league started the season with the 2008-09 Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference, while capping off the season with the import-laiden 2009 Fiesta Conference.

The first activity of the season was the 2008 PBA Draft last August 31 at the Market! Market! in Taguig City.

Pre-season events

For trades done on draft day, see 2008 PBA Draft.

Broadcast contracts

The 2008-09 season would be the first season under the PBA's new broadcast contract with Solar Sports. Games would now air on their cable channel Basketball TV, and on the stations of the Radio Philippines Network (who curiously, were the first broadcaster of the PBA) after an intense bidding war between Solar and ABS-CBN.[2]

Team re-brandings

Major trades

Opening ceremonies

The season began on October 4 with the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters defeating the Coca Cola Tigers, 98-97.

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:[3]

Team Muse
Air21 Express Karla Henry
Alaska Aces Isabelle Daza
Barangay Ginebra Kings Iwa Moto
Coca-Cola Tigers Pokwang
Purefoods TJ Giants Iya Villania
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Priscilla Meirreles
Red Bull Barako Marianna del Rio
San Miguel Beermen 5 SMB models
Sta. Lucia Realtors
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Ruffa Mae Quinto

2008-09 Philippine Cup

Main article: 2008-09 PBA Philippine Cup

Elimination round

Qualified for semifinals
Qualified for quarterfinals
Qualified for wildcards
Eliminated
# Team W L PCT GB PD
1 Alaska Aces 12 6 .667 --
2 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 11 7 .611 1
3 Barangay Ginebra Kings 10 8 .556 2 +16
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 10 8 .556 2 −3
5 Sta. Lucia Realtors 10 8 .556 2 −13
6 San Miguel Beermen 9 9 .500 3
7 Purefoods TJ Giants 8 10 .444 4 +11
8 Air21 Express 8 10 .444 4 −11
9 Coca-Cola Tigers 7 11 .389 5
10 Red Bull Barako 5 13 .278 7

Playoffs

Wildcard phase
(single elimination)		Wildcard phase
(single elimination)		Quarterfinals
(best-of-3)		Semifinals
(best-of-7)		Finals
(best-of-7)
7Purefoods822Talk 'N Text4
8Air21943Ginebra16San Miguel2
8Air21866San Miguel2
6San Miguel1052Talk 'N Text4
6San Miguel991Alaska3
9Coca-Cola89
1Alaska4Third place
4Rain or Shine05Sta. Lucia2
5Sta. Lucia26San Miguel97
5Sta. Lucia (OT)99
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Finals results

Smart Gilas exhibition games

Exhibition games were held prior to Games 4 and 6 of the Philippine Cup Finals between the Smart Gilas (Philippines team that will compete in the FIBA Asia Championship 2011) coached by Rajko Toroman and previously eliminated teams from the Philippine Cup. The games also marked the appearance of the newly renamed Burger King Titans team formerly known as the Air21 Express.

2009 Fiesta Conference

Main article: 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference

Notable events

  • Red Bull Barako changed their name to Barako Bull Energy Boosters.
  • The former Air21 Express were renamed as the Burger King Titans. However, with the failure of several business deals that would have changed the franchise's upper management, the Titans renamed into the Burger King Whoppers by their seventh game into the conference, retaining their old management headed by the Lina family.
  • The May 16 game between the Barangay Ginebra Kings and the Alaska Aces held at the Albay Astrodome in Legaspi was canceled when the playing court was judged as too slippery, with Ginebra leading 9–2, and 8:04 remaining in the first quarter. The game was stopped twice and the stoppages lasted two hours before the game was canceled. The game was restarted at the Araneta Coliseum on May 22.[4]

Elimination round

Qualified for semifinals
Qualified for wildcards with
the twice-to-beat advantage
Qualified for wildcards
Qualified for wildcards with the
twice-to-win disadvantage
# Team W L PCT GB PD PO
1 San Miguel Beermen 11 3 .786 –-
2 Barangay Ginebra Kings 8 6 .571 3 −7*
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 6 .571 3 +15*
4 Burger King Whoppers 8 6 .571 3 −8
5 Sta. Lucia Realtors 7 7 .500 4 +7
6 Purefoods TJ Giants 7 7 .500 4 +3
7 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 7 .500 4 −10
8 Coca-Cola Tigers 6 8 .429 5 NA*
9 Alaska Aces 6 8 .429 5 NA*
10 Barako Bull Energy Boosters 2 12 .143 9

NA* = teams tied for 8th and 9th would have to play an extra game regardless of the results of their classification round games.

Playoffs

Wildcard phaseQuarterfinals
(Best-of-3)		Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#4 twice to beat)
4Burger King96
1San Miguel4
9Alaska90
4Burger King24Burger King2
(Single-elimination)
5Sta. Lucia1
5Sta. Lucia94
1San Miguel4
8Coca-Cola88
2Ginebra3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine96
2Ginebra4Third place playoff
10Barako Bull88
3Rain or Shine23Rain or Shine2
(Single-elimination)
6Purefoods14Burger King132
6Purefoods (2OT)126
3Rain or Shine118
7Talk 'N Text123
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Finals results

Philippines-Australia goodwill series

An Australian team was invited to a two-game series between the national team, with the winner of a game being awarded P75,000 (about A$4,340).[5]

April 3
Powerade-Team Pilipinas  87–63 Australia Motolite-Australia Great White Sharks
April 5
Powerade-Team Pilipinas  93–89 (OT) Australia Motolite-Australia Hoopdreamz

2009 PBA All-Star Weekend

Main article: 2009 PBA All-Star Weekend

The 2009 PBA All-Star Weekend was held from April 22 to April 26 at three different cities, particularly: Victorias, Negros Occidental (April 22), Panabo, Davao del Norte (April 24), and Quezon City (April 26). The winners were:

All-Star Games

April 22
Powerade-Team Pilipinas 98, North All-Stars 80
Scoring by quarter: 28–23, 24–25, 25–10, 25–22
Pts: Mick Pennisi 15 Pts: Jhamar Thorpe 16
April 24
Powerade-Team Pilipinas 103, South All-Stars 99
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 23–28, 33–13
Pts: Jared Dillinger 12 Pts: Peter June Simon 19
April 26
6:30 p.m.
PBA All-Stars 97, Powerade-Team Pilipinas 89
Scoring by quarter: 24-23, 22-23, 25-25, 26-18
Pts: David Noel 18 Pts: Arwind Santos 18
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 9,000+

David Noel named the All-Star Game MVP.

Individual awards

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

Cumulative standings

Champion
Second place
Third place
Semifinalist
Quarterfinalist
Wildcard qualifier
Elimination round
Team GP W L PCT Best finish
San Miguel Beermen 61 36 25 .590 Champions
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 47 26 21 .553 Champions
Barangay Ginebra Kings 51 28 23 .549 Runners-up
Alaska Aces 46 25 21 .543 Runners-up
Sta. Lucia Realtors 45 24 21 .533 Third place
Burger King Whoppers/Titans/Air21 Express 45 23 22 .511 Third place
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 45 23 22 .511 Semifinalist
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 37 17 20 .459 Quarterfinalist
Coca-Cola Tigers 34 13 21 .382 Wildcard phase
Barako Bull Energy Boosters/Red Bull Barako 33 7 26 .212 Wildcard phase

Elimination/classification rounds

Team W L PCT
San Miguel Beermen 20 12 .625
Barangay Ginebra Kings 18 14 .563
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 18 14 .563
Alaska Aces 18 14 .563
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 18 14 .563
Sta. Lucia Realtors 17 15 .531
Burger King Whoppers/Titans/Air21 Express 16 16 .500
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 15 17 .469
Coca-Cola Tigers 13 19 .406
Barako Bull Energy Boosters/Red Bull Barako 7 25 .219

Playoffs

Team W L PCT
San Miguel Beermen 16 13 .552
Sta. Lucia Realtors 7 6 .538
Burger King Whoppers/Titans/Air21 Express 7 6 .538
Barangay Ginebra Kings 8 8 .500
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 8 7 .533
Alaska Aces 7 7 .500
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 2 3 .400
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 8 .385
Barako Bull Energy Boosters/Red Bull Barako 0 1 .000
Coca-Cola Tigers 0 2 .000

References

  1. ^ Williams named MVP; Reyes picked top rookie, The Philippine Star. Accessed August 14, 2008.
  2. ^ Macamay, Zean (2008-05-28). "Solar gets it". People's Journal. Retrieved 2008-06-02. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ PBA opens its 34th season, GMANews.tv, October 4, 2008
  4. ^ "GINEBRA – ALASKA TIFF IN LEGAZPI HALTED". May 17, 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) [dead link]
  5. ^ Powerade-Team Pilipinas off to a rousing debut, GMANews.tv
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