2007–08 Red Bull Barako season
2007–08 Red Bull Barako season | |
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Head coach | Yeng Guiao |
General Manager | Tony Chua |
Owner(s) | Tony Chua |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 11–7 (61.1%) |
Place | 4th |
Playoff finish | 3rd place |
Fiesta Conference results | |
Record | 11–7 (61.1%) |
Place | 2nd |
Playoff finish | 3rd place |
Red Bull Barako seasons | |
The 2007–08 Red Bull Barako season was the eight season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).[1][2]
Key dates
[edit]- August 19: The 2007 PBA draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.
Draft picks
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
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2 | 15 | Jojo Duncil | 6"1' | Guard | ![]() |
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Roster
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Season
[edit]Philippine Cup
[edit]Team standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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 |
Notes:
Schedule
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Wildcard phase (single elimination) | Wildcard phase (single elimination) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Talk 'N Text | 73 | 3 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Coca-Cola | 81 | 3 | Alaska | 2 | 2 | Sta. Lucia | 4 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Coca-Cola | 109 | 9 | Coca-Cola | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Air21 | 102 | 2 | Sta. Lucia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Brgy. Ginebra | 110 | 1 | Purefoods | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Air21 | 119 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Purefoods | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Red Bull | 2 | 4 | Red Bull | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Magnolia | 0 | 3 | Alaska | 104 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Red Bull | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals: (4) Red Bull vs. (5) Magnolia
[edit]Elimination round games: Red Bull won both games, 94-88 and 107-95.
Magnolia and Red Bull renewed their playoffs rivalry with Red Bull forcing the upset, as Magnolia was rated as the top team during the preseason, with Red Bull being decimated by one-sided trades (ironically to Magnolia). Cyrus Baguio had a coming-out party as he scored a career-high 31 points to win Game 1 for the Bulls. Junthy Valenzuela outplayed former Red Bull players Lordy Tugade and Enrico Villanueva to sweep the Beverage Masters.
The Bulls now clinch their sixth consecutive semifinals appearance.
Semifinals: (1) Purefoods vs. (4) Red Bull
[edit]Elimination round games: Red Bull won both games, 87-74 and 97-84.
Purefoods, owing to a couple of weeks' rest blew out Red Bull which had defeated last season's finalists in Game 1.[3] However, Red Bull came back in Game 2 to put up a defensive stand in the fourth quarter to tie the series, 2-2. Team captain Junthy Valenzuela kept the Giants at bay when they were making a run in the final minutes, scoring 2 crucial baskets.[4] Purefoods then did their own pull-away at Game 3, crashing the boards at will; Marc Pingris rebounded a career-high 19 boards.[5]
With a 1-3 series deficit looming, Red Bull again kept a pace with Purefoods in Game 4; however James Yap injured his groin in the first quarter after scoring ten points and didn't return. Purefoods managed to hold-off Red Bull until Cyrus Baguio drove to the basket after a pick-and-roll for an unmolested lay-up to tie the game 86-all. Peter June Simon missed his baseline jumper as time ran out to force overtime. In the extra period, Red Bull made an 11-2 run care of three pointers from Celino Cruz and Francis Adriano to tie the series once again.[6]
After the injury to Yap, Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio announced prior to Game 5 that Yap would be day-to-day.[7] However, Yap started on Game 5 and Purefoods raced to a 40-17 lead after the first quarter. Red Bull crept up the lead and eventually cut down the lead to two with a minute to go thanks to a trey from Mick Pennisi. In the ensuing possession, Pingris was fouled on the act of shooting; Pingris missed both of his freethrows to give Red Bull another chance. After the time out and with both teams in penalty, Valenzuela was fouled. Valenzuela converted the first but missed the second, which led to a Kerby Raymundo rebound that sealed the win for the Giants.[8]
Needing to win twice in a row to enter the finals, Red Bull started Game 6 with a 20-1 blast that caught Purefoods flatfooted. The Bulls then cruised on, with Mike Hrabak and Pennisi shooting treys to tie the series for last time, at 3-all.[9] However, Purefoods started out Game 7 strong but the Barakos answered every Giants run to keep pace; however, thanks to misses from the perimeter by Red Bull and Purefoods' transition defense, the Giants were able to clinch their league-leading 12th All-Filipino Cup finals appearance.
Third-place playoff
[edit]Fiesta Conference
[edit]Team standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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 |
Notes:
Schedule
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Alaska | 85 | 3 | Brgy. Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Sta. Lucia | 99 | 3 | Brgy. Ginebra | 2 | 2 | Red Bull | 0 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Sta. Lucia | 111 | 9 | Sta. Lucia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Talk 'N Text | 96 | 3 | Brgy. Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Talk 'N Text | 98 | 1 | Air21 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Purefoods | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Air21 | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Coca-Cola | 1 | 5 | Magnolia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Magnolia | 2 | 2 | Red Bull | 102 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Magnolia | 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Semifinals: (2) Red Bull vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra
[edit]Third place playoff
[edit]August 6
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Red Bull Barako 102, Magnolia Beverage Masters 90 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 28-22, 15-26, 27-37, 20-17 |
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]2007[10] | To Red Bull Barako
Rommel Adducul |
To San Miguel Beermen
Enrico Villanueva |
2007[11] | To Red Bull Barako
Chris Calaguio, Francis Adriano, Brandon Cablay |
To San Miguel Beermen
Larry Fonacier |
2007 | To Red Bull Barako
Don Camaso |
To Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
Rommel Adducul, Brandon Cablay |
Additions
[edit]Player | Signed | New team |
Carlo Sharma | 2006 | Shell Turbo Chargers |
Subtractions
[edit]Player | New team |
EJ Feihl | Welcoat Dragons |
Migs Noble | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |
References
[edit]- ^ "Philippine Basketball Association – MAGNOLIA BEEFS UP FRONTLINE, ALASKA STRENGTHENS BACKCOURT". pba.ph. March 23, 2008. Archived from the original on March 26, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ Episode 14: Larry Fonacier | Kuwentong Gilas 2.0, retrieved January 11, 2023
- ^ PUREFOODS CLOBBERS BATTLE-WEARY RED BULL, PBA.ph
- ^ BARAKOS SURVIVE GIANTS’ LAST-DITCH RALLY TO LEVEL SERIES, PBA.ph
- ^ SPLENDID BOARDWORK GIVES PUREFOODS 2-1 EDGE, PBA.ph
- ^ RED BULL WINS GAME 4 IN OT AS PUREFOODS LOSES JAMES YAP TO INJURY, PBA.ph
- ^ CRUCIAL WEDNESDAY DOUBLEHEADER AT THE BIG DOME, PBA.ph
- ^ PUREFOODS ESCAPES WITH NAILBITER OF A WIN, PBA.ph
- ^ RED BULL FORGES DO-OR-DIE GAME 7, PBA.ph
- ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson. "Fonacier to join Ateneo pals in SMB?". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Cordero, Abac. "Red Bull sends Fonacier to SMB for three players". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.