2008–09 Coca-Cola Tigers season
# 2008–09 Coca-Cola Tigers season

The 2008–09 Coca-Cola Tigers season was the seventh 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.

## Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Reserve | Inactive |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| C | Asi Taulava | Mark Telan | Lawrence Bonus | |
| PF | James Penny | Ricky Calimag | Jason Misolas | |
| SF | Nic Belasco | Cesar Catli | | M.C. Caceres |
| SG | Ronjay Buenafe | Mark Macapagal | Rodney Santos | |
| PG | Alex Cabagnot | Aries Dimaunahan | Ronjay Enrile | R.J. Rizada |

## Philippine Cup

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alaska Aces | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Air21 Express | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Red Bull Barako | 5 | 13 | .278 | 7 | |

* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +16, Rain or Shine −3, Sta. Lucia −13
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Air21

### Game log

2009 PBA Philippine Cup game log :

October

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

October 4

Talk 'N Text

97–98

Buenafe (20)

Taulava (14)

Cabagnot (7)

Araneta Coliseum

0–1

2

October 11

Alaska

62–69

Taulava (21)

Taulava, Belasco (9)

Cabagnot (4)

Negros Occidental

0–2

3

October 15

Purefoods

103-102

Taulava, Belasco (20)

Telan (16)

Taulava (8)

Araneta Coliseum

1–2

4

October 17

Air21

84–95

Belasco (22)

Taulava (16)

Buenafe (7)

Araneta Coliseum

1–3

5

October 22

Sta. Lucia

82–83

Taulava (24)

Taulava (15)

Cabagnot, Belasco (4)

Araneta Coliseum

1–4

6

October 26

Rain or Shine

112-96

Taulava (30)

Belasco (13)

Cabagnot (8)

Araneta Coliseum

2–4 :

November

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

7

November 2

Red Bull

97-92

Taulava (17)

Telan (10)

Cabagnot, Taulava (3)

Araneta Coliseum

3–4

8

November 8

Ginebra

77–81

Belasco (22)

Belasco (14)

Cabagnot (7)

Lucena City

3–5

9

November 12

San Miguel

86–89

Cabagnot, Telan (14)

Telan (11)

Cabagnot, Taulava (4)

Cuneta Astrodome

3–6

10

November 15

Air21

101–111

Cabagnot (19)

Taulava (25)

Cabagnot (11)

Cuneta Astrodome

3–7

11

November 21

Purefoods

93-72

Buenafe (18)

Taulava (12)

Cabagnot (5)

Araneta Coliseum

4–7

12

November 23

Rain or Shine

84-73

Taulava (16)

Telan (11)

Cabagnot (11)

Cuneta Astrodome

5–7

13

November 27

Ginebra

77–84

Telan (17)

Taulava (14)

Buenafe (3)

Olivarez Gym

5–8 :

December

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

14

December 5

Alaska Aces

83–99

Taulava (20)

Taulava (15)

Dimaunahan (6)

Araneta Coliseum

5–9

15

December 7

Talk 'N Text

82–90

Macapagal (31)

Taulava (22)

Taulava, Enrile (5)

Araneta Coliseum

5–10

16

December 12

San Miguel

105-91

Belasco (23)

Belasco (15)

Cabagnot (6)

Araneta Coliseum

6–10

17

December 14

Sta. Lucia

69–90

Telan (20)

Telan (15)

Arigo, Dimaunahan (4)

Araneta Coliseum

6–11

18

December 19

Red Bull

88-86

Arigo (31)

Telan (14)

Cabagnot (7)

Ynares Center

7–11 :

2008–09 schedule :

## Statistics

### Philippine Cup

| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Fiesta Conference

| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

## Awards and records

### Records

Note: Coca-Cola Tigers Records Only

| Record | Stat | Holder | Date/s |
| - | - | - | - |
| Most points in one game | 31 | Mark Macapagal vs. Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | December 7, 2008 |
| Most points in one game | 31 | 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 |
