2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
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| Dates | February 15–March 2, 2008 | ||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Dennis Espino | ||||||||||||||
| Television | ABC | ||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Go to Broadcast Notes | ||||||||||||||
| Radio network | Radyo PBA | ||||||||||||||
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| Game 1: | Calungcaguin, Herrera, Maurillo |
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| Game 2: | Cruz, Aldaba, Canizares |
| Game 3: | Calungcaguin, Herrera, G. Ferrer |
| Game 4: | Aldaba, Ferrer, Maurillo |
| Game 5: | Aldaba, Montiel, Quilinguen |
| Game 6: | Cruz, Montiel, Aldaba |
| Game 7: | Cruz, Calungcaguin, Herrera |
The 2007–08 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals is the best-of-7 championship series of the 2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The series is a best of seven affair and is the 95th championship disputed in the league. The teams competing are first-seed Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and the second-seed Sta. Lucia Realtors. The Realtors are in their first Philippine Cup Finals stint.
Purefoods and SLR engaged in a battle of attrition in the first three quarters but the Realtors pulled away late in the third quarter. Thanks to defense that led into transition offense, Kelly Williams collected 14 of his game-high 24 points to outscore the Giants 30-23 in the fourth quarter to claim Game 1.
Just like in Game 1, Purefoods and SLR fought a close game until the fourth quarter when Sta. Lucia's younger players led a 12-2 run to close out the game; Joseph Yeo scored 16 while Miranda added 14 plus 6 assists.
Purefoods found their finishing kick in the fourth quarter to prevent a sweep of the championship series to clinch their first win. With Peter June Simon being the third scoring option, Simon led the Giants through the third quarter with his outside sniping. James Yap and Kerby Raymundo finished off Simon's work in the fourth quarter. Williams got cold in the payoff quarter that prevented SLR's comeback.
Prior to the game, Kelly Williams was awarded with the Best Player of the Conference Award, beating out Kerby Raymundo of Purefoods, Willie Miller of Alaska, Asi Taulava of Coca-Cola and Arwind Santos of Air21. Williams is the first Realtor to win the award
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