2008-09 PBA Philippine Cup
| 2008-09 PBA Philippine Cup | |
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| Duration | October 4, 2008 – February 11, 2009 |
| TV partner(s) |
C/S9, Basketball TV (Local) The Filipino Channel (International) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
| Runners-up | Alaska Aces |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Willie Miller (Alaska) |
| Finals MVP | Mark Cardona (Talk 'N Text) |
| PBA Philippine Cup chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
| Outright semifinals | |
| Advance to the best-of-3 quarterfinals | |
| Advance to the wildcard round | |
| Eliminated |
| Win | |
| Loss | |
| OT win | |
| OT loss |
The 2008-09 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2008-09 KFC PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2008-09 PBA season. The tournament started on October 4, 2008 and ended on February 11, 2009. The new conference will have games on Thursdays and Saturdays. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which bans an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.
The tournament featured the first ever regular season game played in Singapore. It was played at the Singapore Indoor Stadium between the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the San Miguel Beermen on November 30.
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:
In a battle of the two teams owned by the San Miguel Corporation, the Beermen escaped with a one-point win at game 1. The Kings averted elimination when the Beermen collapsed at Game 2, but Dondon Hontiveros lead the charge at game 3's fourth quarter to prevent a second-consecutive PBA championship for Ginebra as the Beermen closed out the Kings in a sold-out Cuneta Astrodome.
In their first playoff appearance since joining the league in 2006, the Elasto Painters were overwhelmed in Game 1 by the defending champions, who played with the comebacking Ryan Reyes who just came from injury. Fracas involving Rain or Shine's Gabe Norwood and Solomon Mercado at the end of the first game caused Norwood to be suspended in Game 2, and Mercado on Game 3 if it happens. The short-handed Elasto Painters wound up short in Game 2 as they were eliminated.
In a rematch of the 2007-08 semifinals series, the Aces won two consecutive game to lead the series 2–0. However, the Realtors won Game 3 to cut the series lead. But Alaska, seeking to prevent what happened last year, won Game 4 to take a commanding 3–1 series lead. Sta. Lucia won Game 5 but they came out short in Game 6 with Willie Miller having an all-around performance to lead the Aces to a rematch of the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals against Talk 'N Text.
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