2008 PBA Fiesta Conference

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This article documents a current basketball tournament. Information may change as the event progresses.

The 2008 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference or known as the 2008 Smart PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, is the last conference of the 2007-08 PBA season. The tournament began on March 29 with a game between the Coca-Cola Tigers and the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals at Panabo, Davao del Norte. Opening ceremonies were held the day after at the Araneta Coliseum.

All ten teams are permitted to acquire one non-Filipino (the "import") of unlimited height as reinforcement. Furthermore, the two worst performers in the elimination round of the previous conference (the Coca-Cola Tigers and the Welcoat Dragons), will also be able to acquire another import but with a height limit of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m).

Contents 1 List of imports 2 Tournament format 3 Elimination round 3.1 Team standings 3.2 Schedule 4 Awards 5 External links

[edit] List of imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.

#	Name	Team	Debuted
1	Calvin Cage	Coca-Cola Tigers	March 29 vs. Talk 'N Text
2	Jason Dixon	Coca-Cola Tigers	March 29 vs. Talk 'N Text
3	Aaron McGhee	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	March 29 vs. Coca-Cola
4	Stephen Thomas	Air21 Express	March 30 vs. Welcoat
5	Jason Keep	Welcoat Dragons	March 30 vs. Air21
6	Cory Santee	Welcoat Dragons	March 30 vs. Air21
7	Adam Parada	Red Bull Barako	March 30 vs. Brgy. Ginebra
8	Rahshon Turner	Barangay Ginebra Kings	March 30 vs. Red Bull
9	Wesley Wilson	Sta. Lucia Realtors	April 2 vs. Alaska
10	Randy Holcomb	Alaska Aces	April 2 vs. Sta. Lucia
11	Darius Rice	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	April 2 vs. Magnolia
12	Jameel Watkins	Magnolia Beverage Masters	April 2 vs. Purefoods
13	Marquis Gainous	Welcoat Dragons	April 9 vs. Coca-Cola
14	Ernest Brown	Barangay Ginebra Kings	April 12 vs. Sta. Lucia
15	George Gervin, Jr.	Coca-Cola Tigers	April 13 vs. Air21
16	Chris Alexander	Barangay Ginebra Kings	May 2 vs. Purefoods
17	Reda Rhalimi	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	May 10 vs. Alaska
18	Donald Copeland	Coca-Cola Tigers	May 23 vs. Red Bull
19	Jamar Brown	Sta. Lucia Realtors	June 1 vs. Air21
20	Lee Benson, Jr.	Sta. Lucia Realtors	June 13 vs. Magnolia
21	Amal McCaskill	Magnolia Beverage Masters	June 13 vs. Sta. Lucia
22	Terrence Leather	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	June 13 vs. Air21

[edit] Tournament format

• Double round eliminations. Worst team would be eliminated.
• Sixth- to ninth-best teams figure in the one-game wildcard playoffs.
  • Sixth seed vs. Ninth seed
  • Seventh seed vs. Eighth seed
  • Winners will figure in a playoff to advance to the quarterfinals.
• Third- to fifth-best teams, and the winner of the wildcards advance to the best-of-three quarterfinals.
  • Third seed vs. winner of wildcards.
  • Fourth seed vs. fifth seed.
• The two best teams and the winners of the quarterfinals advance to the best-of-seven semifinals.
  • First seed vs. winner of the third seed/wildcard winner quarterfinal series
  • Second seed vs. winner of the fourth seed/fifth seed quarterfinal series
• The winners of the semifinals advance to the best-of-seven Finals; the losers figure in a one-game third-place playoff.

[edit] Elimination round

[edit] Team standings

	Qualified for semifinals
	Qualified for quarterfinals
	Qualified for wildcards
	Eliminated

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Coca-Cola Tigers	9	5	0.643	--
Red Bull Barako	9	5	0.643	--
Air21 Express	9	6	0.600	0.5
Alaska Aces	8	6	0.571	1.0
Magnolia Beverage Masters	8	7	0.533	1.5
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	7	8	0.467	2.5
Sta. Lucia Realtors	6	8	0.429	3.0
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	6	8	0.429	3.0
Barangay Ginebra Kings	6	8	0.429	3.0
Welcoat Dragons	4	11	0.267	5.5

Legend: GB = games behind; PCT = winning percentage.

[edit] Schedule

	Win
	Loss
	OT win
	OT loss

Team	Game number
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Air21	WEL	RBB	PF	Coke	TNT	ALA	BGK	SLR	Coke	MBM	BGK	RBB	SLR	ALA	TNT	WEL	MBM	PF
Alaska	SLR	BGK	MBM	WEL	RBB	A21	TNT	PF	Coke	RBB	TNT	PF	A21	WEL	SLR	BGK	Coke	MBM
Brgy. Ginebra	RBB	ALA	SLR	Coke	MBM	PF	A21	TNT	WEL	A21	MBM	RBB	SLR	PF	Coke	ALA	BGK	WEL
Coca-Cola	Coke	PF	WEL	A21	BGK	SLR	RBB	MBM	ALA	A21	RBB	WEL	PF	TNT	BGK	MBM	ALA	SLR
Magnolia	PF	SLR	ALA	TNT	BGK	WEL	RBB	Coke	PF	A21	BGK	TNT	WEL	RBB	SLR	Coke	A21	ALA
Purefoods	MBM	Coke	A21	RBB	WEL	BGK	ALA	MBM	TNT	SLR	ALA	Coke	WEL	BGK	RBB	TNT	SLR	A21
Red Bull	BGK	A21	TNT	PF	ALA	Coke	MBM	SLR	WEL	ALA	Coke	A21	BGK	MBM	PF	SLR	WEL	TNT
Sta. Lucia	ALA	MBM	BGK	TNT	Coke	WEL	RBB	A21	TNT	WEL	PF	A21	BGK	MBM	ALA	RBB	PF	Coke
Talk 'N Text	Coke	WEL	RBB	MBM	SLR	A21	ALA	WEL	BGK	SLR	PF	ALA	MBM	Coke	A21	PF	BGK	RBB
Welcoat	A21	TNT	Coke	ALA	PF	MBM	SLR	TNT	RBB	BGK	SLR	Coke	MBM	PF	ALA	A21	RBB	BGK

[edit] Awards

• Finals Most Valuable Player:
• Best Player of the Conference:
• Best Import of the Conference:
• Players of the Week:
  • March 29-April 6: Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia)
  • April 7-13: Danny Seigle (Magnolia)
  • April 14-20: Cyrus Baguio (Red Bull)
  • April 22-May 4: Mark Cardona (Talk 'N Text)
  • May 5-11: Asi Taulava (Coca-Cola) & Rob Wainwright (Welcoat)
  • May 12-18: Willie Miller (Alaska)
  • May 19-25: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra)
  • May 26-June 1: Gary David (Air21)
  • June 2-6: Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra)

[edit] External links

• Philippine Basketball Association official website

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Preceded by 2007

PBA Fiesta Conference 2008

Succeeded by (incumbent)

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