2008-09 PBA season
| 2008–09 PBA season | |
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2008_09 PBA season
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| Duration | October 4, 2008 –July 17, 2009 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| TV partner(s) | C/S9, Basketball TV |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Gabe Norwood |
| Picked by | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |
| Conferences | |
| Philippine Cup champions | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
| Runners-up | Alaska Aces |
| Fiesta Conference champions | San Miguel Beermen |
| Runners-up | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| Awards | |
| Season MVP | Jayjay Helterbrand (Ginebra) |
| Top scorer | James Yap (Purefoods) |
| Seasons | |
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< 2007–08
2009–10 >
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| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for quarterfinals | |
| Qualified for wildcards | |
| Eliminated |
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-beat advantage |
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| Qualified for wildcards | |
| Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-win disadvantage |
| Champion | |
| Second place | |
| Third place | |
| Semifinalist | |
| Quarterfinalist | |
| Wildcard qualifier | |
| Elimination round |
The 2008–09 PBA season was the 34th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season formally opened on October 4, 2008 and ended on July 17, 2009.This was the first time that the league will hold their opening ceremonies on a Saturday. The league started the season with the 2008-09 Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference, while capping off the season with the import-laiden 2009 Fiesta Conference.
The first activity of the season was the 2008 PBA Draft last August 31 at the Market! Market! in Taguig City.
The 2008-09 season would be the first season under the PBA's new broadcast contract with Solar Sports. Games would now air on their cable channel Basketball TV, and on the stations of the Radio Philippines Network (who curiously, were the first broadcaster of the PBA) after an intense bidding war between Solar and ABS-CBN.
The season began on October 4 with the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters defeating the Coca Cola Tigers, 98-97.
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
Exhibition games were held prior to Games 4 and 6 of the Philippine Cup Finals between the Smart Gilas (Philippines team that will compete in the FIBA Asia Championship 2011) coached by Rajko Toroman and previously eliminated teams from the Philippine Cup. The games also marked the appearance of the newly renamed Burger King Titans team formerly known as the Air21 Express.
NA* = teams tied for 8th and 9th would have to play an extra game regardless of the results of their classification round games.
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