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2008–09 Coca-Cola Tigers season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| team | Coca-Cola Tigers |
| PBAyear | 2008–09 |
| coach | Kenneth Duremdes |
| 1c-name | Philippine Cup |
| 1c-wins | 7 |
| 1c-losses | 11 |
| 1c-place | 9 |
| 1c-playoffs | 1st wildcard round |
| (lost to San Miguel 89–99) | |
| 2c-name | Fiesta Conference |
| 2c-wins | 7 |
| 2c-losses | 9 |
| 2c-place | N/A |
| 2c-playoffs | wildcard (lost to Sta.Lucia 88–94) |
| owners | Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. |
| manager | Bo Perasol |
| pol_team | 4 |
| prevseason | 2007–08 |
| nextseason | 2009–10 |
| 1c-name = Philippine Cup | 1c-wins = 7 | 1c-losses = 11 | 1c-place = 9 | 1c-playoffs = 1st wildcard round (lost to San Miguel 89–99) | 2c-name = Fiesta Conference | 2c-wins = 7 | 2c-losses = 9 | 2c-place = N/A | 2c-playoffs = wildcard (lost to Sta.Lucia 88–94) The 2008–09 Coca-Cola Tigers season was the 7th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
- August 30: The 2008 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.
- September 1: The free agency period started.
Draft picks
Main article: 2008 PBA Draft
Roster
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Depth chart
Philippine Cup
Standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1 | October 4 | Talk 'N Text | 97–98 | Buenafe (20) | Taulava (14) | Cabagnot (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2 | October 11 | Alaska | 62–69 | Taulava (21) | Taulava, Belasco (9) | Cabagnot (4) | Negros Occidental | 0–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | October 15 | Purefoods | 103-102 | Taulava, Belasco (20) | Telan (16) | Taulava (8) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | October 17 | Air21 | 84–95 | Belasco (22) | Taulava (16) | Buenafe (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–3 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5 | October 22 | Sta. Lucia | 82–83 | Taulava (24) | Taulava (15) | Cabagnot, Belasco (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | October 26 | Rain or Shine | 112-96 | Taulava (30) | Belasco (13) | Cabagnot (8) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 | November 2 | Red Bull | 97-92 | Taulava (17) | Telan (10) | Cabagnot, Taulava (3) | Araneta Coliseum | 3–4 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 8 | November 8 | Ginebra | 77–81 | Belasco (22) | Belasco (14) | Cabagnot (7) | Lucena City | 3–5 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 9 | November 12 | San Miguel | 86–89 | Cabagnot, Telan (14) | Telan (11) | Cabagnot, Taulava (4) | Cuneta Astrodome | 3–6 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 10 | November 15 | Air21 | 101–111 | Cabagnot (19) | Taulava (25) | Cabagnot (11) | Cuneta Astrodome | 3–7 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 | November 21 | Purefoods | 93-72 | Buenafe (18) | Taulava (12) | Cabagnot (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 4–7 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | November 23 | Rain or Shine | 84-73 | Taulava (16) | Telan (11) | Cabagnot (11) | Cuneta Astrodome | 5–7 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 13 | November 27 | Ginebra | 77–84 | Telan (17) | Taulava (14) | Buenafe (3) | Olivarez Gym | 5–8 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 14 | December 5 | Alaska Aces | 83–99 | Taulava (20) | Taulava (15) | Dimaunahan (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 5–9 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 15 | December 7 | Talk 'N Text | 82–90 | Macapagal (31) | Taulava (22) | Taulava, Enrile (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 5–10 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 16 | December 12 | San Miguel | 105-91 | Belasco (23) | Belasco (15) | Cabagnot (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 6–10 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 17 | December 14 | Sta. Lucia | 69–90 | Telan (20) | Telan (15) | Arigo, Dimaunahan (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 6–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 18 | December 19 | Red Bull | 88-86 | Arigo (31) | Telan (14) | Cabagnot (7) | Ynares Center | 7–11
Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1 | December 28 | San Miguel | 89–99 | Taulava (20) | Taulava (14) | Cabagnot (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 0–1
Fiesta Cup
Standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1 | March 4 | Ginebra | 103–110 | Sullinger (28) | Sullinger, Taulava (11) | Taulava (5) | Ynares Center | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | March 6 | Barako | 62–69 | Sullinger, Buenafe (18) | Taulava (14) | Cabagnot (8) | Cuneta Astrodome | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3 | March 11 | Talk 'N Text | 111-133 | Sullinger (32) | Taulava (17) | Cabagnot (7) | Cuneta Astrodome | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | March 15 | San Miguel | 96–106 | Sullinger (23) | Taulava (8) | Buenafe (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–3 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5 | March 20 | Burger King | 109–127 | Sullinger (32) | Sullinger (16) | Cabagnot (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–4 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 6 | March 26 | Purefoods | 80-89 | Penny (26) | Penny, Taulava (14) | Cabagnot (6) | Ynares Sports Arena | 1–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 | April 12 | Alaska Aces | 89-85 | Penny (36) | Penny (10) | Cabagnot, Taulava (3) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–5 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 8 | April 29 | Purefoods | 85-92 | Penny, Belasco (17) | Penny (13) | Cabagnot (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 | May 3 | Barako | 120–106 | Penny (36) | Taulava (10) | Cabagnot (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 3–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | May 6 | Sta. Lucia | 88–79 | Taulava (24) | Taulava (20) | Cabagnot (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 4–6 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 11 | May 9 | Talk 'N Text | 100-103 | Taulava (26) | Taulava (17) | Cabagnot, Taulava (4) | Bohol | 4–7 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | May 15 | Rain or Shine | 94–91 | Penny (30) | Penny (13) | Cabagnot (4) | Ynares Center | 5–7 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 13 | May 20 | Ginebra | 85-122 | Buenafe (21) | | | Araneta Coliseum | 5–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | May 22 | San Miguel | 105–89 | Buenafe (30) | Taulava (14) | Penny (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 6–8
Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | May 24 | Alaska | 81–74 | Penny (29) | Penny (18) | Cabagnot (7) | Ynares Center | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1 | May 31 | Sta. Lucia | 88–94 | Penny (33) | Penny (17) | Cabagnot (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–1
Statistics
| Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="10%" | Player | Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="6%" | GP | Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="6%" | MPG | Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="6%" | FG% | Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="6%" | 3FG% | Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="6%" | FT% | Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="6%" | RPG | Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="6%" | APG | Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="6%" | SPG | Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="6%" | BPG | Coca-Cola Tigers | border=2}}" width="6%" | PPG | Leo Avenido | 7 | 7.7 | .353 | .200 | 1.000 | 1.9 | .6 | .0 | .0 | 2.7 | Nic Belasco | 32 | 32.1 | .393 | .265 | .699 | 7.7 | 1.3 | .3 | .3 | 11.8 | Lawrence Bonus | 2 | 12 | .286 | .000 | .000 | 3.5 | .5 | .5 | .0 | 2.0 | Ronjay Buenafe | 32 | 23.4 | .406 | .357 | .825 | 2.8 | 1.6 | .8 | .1 | 11.1 | Alex Cabagnot | 32 | 37.0 | .356 | .240 | .667 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 1.4 | .4 | 10.8 | M.C. Caceres | 2 | 4.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | Ricky Calimag | 27 | 11.4 | .402 | .400 | .737 | 2.4 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 4.1 | Cesar Catli | 14 | 15.3 | .333 | .315 | .000 | 2.7 | .5 | .1 | .1 | 4.2 | Aries Dimaunahan | 31 | 10.4 | .372 | .283 | .500 | 1.3 | 1.4 | .5 | .1 | 1.7 | Ronjay Enrile | 9 | 9.1 | .300 | .250 | .000 | .9 | 1.1 | .0 | .0 | 2.3 | Kalani Ferreria | 1 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | Mark Macapagal | 35 | 22.1 | .396 | .314 | .746 | 2.7 | 1.1 | .9 | .2 | 8.4 | Jason Misolas | 21 | 9.3 | .310 | .333 | .500 | 2.3 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 1.1 | James Penny | 11 | 42.7 | .493 | .190 | .647 | 13.1 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 26.1 | R.J. Rizada | 37 | 17.2 | .504 | .389 | .512 | 2.7 | 1.2 | .3 | .1 | 5.5 | Rodney Santos | 12 | 7.8 | .303 | .167 | 1.000 | .8 | .4 | .0 | .0 | 2.4 | Dale Singson | 5 | 8.2 | .385 | .286 | .500 | 1.4 | 1.0 | .4 | .0 | 2.4 | James Sullinger | 5 | 39.8 | .558 | .235 | .500 | 10.2 | 1.8 | .8 | .2 | 26.6 | Asi Taulava | 32 | 36.7 | .439 | .308 | .552 | 12.8 | 3.0 | .4 | .5 | 16.9 | Mark Telan | 35 | 28.3 | .500 | .214 | .624 | 6.9 | 1.4 | .3 | .5 | 9.2 |
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Awards and records
Awards
- Asi Taulava - Mythical First Team, All-Defensive Team
Records
Note: Coca-Cola Tigers Records Only
| Record | Stat | Holder | Date/s | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most points in one game | 31 | Mark Macapagal vs. Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | December 7, 2008 | |
| John Arigo vs. Red Bull Barako | December 19, 2008 | |||
| Most rebounds in one game | 25 | Asi Taulava vs. Air21 Express | November 15, 2008 | |
| Most assists in one game | 11 | Alex Cabagnot | 2 Occasions | |
| Most blocks in one game | 2 | Mark Telan vs. Barangay Ginebra Kings | November 27, 2008 | |
| Most steals in one game | 5 | Alex Cabagnot vs. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | October 26, 2008 | |
| Most minutes played in one game | 50 | Asi Taulava vs. Purefoods TJ Giants | October 15, 2008 |
Transactions
Free Agents
Additions
| Rodney Santos | November | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
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Subtractions
| Froilan Baguion | November | San Miguel Beermen |
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References
References
- (August 30, 2008). "Welcoat to get Norwood as top PBA draft choice".
- "Coca-Cola Tigers 2008-09 PBA Season".
- "2008-09 PBA Season".
- (December 7, 2008). "PBA: Talk ‘N Text books third win, moves up in standings".
- (December 19, 2008). "PBA: Coca-Cola shuts wild card door on Red Bull".
- (November 15, 2008). "Air21's scoring duo tow Express to romp of Coke".
- Villar, Joey. (November 24, 2008). "Tigers' double-double feat cripples Painters".
- (October 15, 2008). "PBA: Coca Cola beats Purefoods in double OT".
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