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2008–09 Sta. Lucia Realtors season

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2008–09 Sta. Lucia Realtors season
Head coachBoyet Fernandez
Owner(s)Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record10–8 (55.6%)
Place5th
Playoff finishSemifinals (lost to Alaska, 2-4)
Fiesta Conference results
Record7–7 (50%)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals (lost to Burger King, 1–2)
Sta. Lucia Realtors seasons

The 2008–09 Sta. Lucia Realtors season was the 16th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team wasn't able to defend their Philippine Cup trophy after losing to Alaska Aces in six games.[1][2]

Key dates

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August 31: The 2008 PBA Draft took place at Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

Draft picks

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Round Pick Player Height Position Nationality College
1 10 Kelvin Gregorio 6'3" Forward  Philippines UE
2 14 Chito Jaime 6'4" Power Forward  Philippines AMA
2 19 Christian Cabatu  Philippines Benilde

Roster

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2008–09 Sta. Lucia Realtors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 3 Philippines Omolon, Nelbert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Philippine Christian
F 7 Philippines Gregorio, Kelvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) UE
G 8 Philippines Mendoza, Paolo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Philippines
G 10 United States Reyes, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Cal State Fullerton
C 13 Philippines Aquino, Marlou 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Adamson
F/C 14 Philippines Daa, Dennis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Centro Escolar Las Piñas
F/C 16 Philippines Espino, Dennis (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UST
G 18 Philippines Yeo, Joseph 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle
F 19 Philippines Mamaclay, Melvin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Adamson
F 21 United States Williams, Kelly 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Oakland
G 25 Philippines Bughao, Ronnie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda
F 28 Philippines Gonzales, Norman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Beda
G 32 Philippines Miranda, Dennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Far Eastern
G 41 Philippines Coronel, Christian 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Adonis Tierra
  • Philippines Cholo Martin
  • Philippines Jaime Serrano, Jr

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Imports
  • Injured Injured

Records

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Philippine Cup

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 12 6 .667 Advance to semifinals
2 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 11 7 .611 1
3 Barangay Ginebra Kings 10 8 .556[a] 2 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 10 8 .556[a] 2
5 Sta. Lucia Realtors 10 8 .556[a] 2
6 San Miguel Beermen 9 9 .500 3 Advance to wildcard round
7 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 8 10 .444[b] 4
8 Air21 Express 8 10 .444[b] 4
9 Coca-Cola Tigers 7 11 .389 5
10 Red Bull Barako 5 13 .278 7
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +16, Rain or Shine −3, Sta. Lucia −13
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Air21

Schedule

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Air21 ExpressROSTNTBGKCokeSLRALAPFSMBROSCokeRBBSMBPFBGKSLRRBBALATNT
Alaska AcesSMBCokeRBBROSTNTA21BGKSLRPFSMBROSTNTSLRCokeRBBBGKA21PF
Barangay Ginebra KingsSLRA21RBBSMBPFALAROSCokeTNTPFSLRCokeRBBA21ALATNTSMBROS
Coca-Cola TigersTNTALAPFA21SLRROSRBBBGKSMBA21PFROSBGKALATNTSMBSLRRBB
Purefoods Tender Juicy GiantsRBBSMBCokeSLRROSBGKA21TNTALARBBBGKCokeSMBA21ROSSLRTNTALA
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersA21RBBSMBALAPFCokeTNTBGKA21SLRALACokeRBBSLRPFTNTSMBBGK
Red Bull BarakoPFROSALABGKSMBTNTCokeSLRPFTNTA21ROSBGKSMBALAA21CokeSLR
Sta. Lucia RealtorsBGKTNTPFCokeA21SMBALARBBROSSMBBGKTNTALAROSA21PFCokeRBB
San Miguel BeermenALAPFROSTNTBGKRBBSLRA21CokeALASLRPFA21TNTRBBCokeROSBGK
Talk 'N Text Phone PalsCokeA21SLRSMBALARBBROSPFBGKRBBALASLRSMBCokeROSPFBGKA21
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Bracket

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Wildcard phase
(single elimination)
Wildcard phase
(single elimination)
Quarterfinals
(best-of-3)
Semifinals
(best-of-7)
Finals
(best-of-7)
7Purefoods822Talk 'N Text4
8Air21943Ginebra16San Miguel2
8Air21866San Miguel2
6San Miguel1052Talk 'N Text4
6San Miguel991Alaska3
9Coca-Cola89
1Alaska4Third place
4Rain or Shine05Sta. Lucia2
5Sta. Lucia26San Miguel97
5Sta. Lucia (OT)99

Quarterfinals: (4) Rain or Shine vs (5) Sta. Lucia

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January 9
Sta. Lucia Realtors 92, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 85
Sta. Lucia wins series, 2–0

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.

Semifinals: (1) Alaska vs (5) Sta. Lucia

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January 25
Sta. Lucia Realtors 83, Alaska Aces 87
Alaska wins series, 4–2

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.

Fiesta Conference

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Standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 11 3 .786 Advance to semifinals
2 Barangay Ginebra Kings 8 6 .571[a] 3
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 6 .571[a] 3 Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
4 Burger King Whoppers 8 6 .571[a] 3
5 Sta. Lucia Realtors 7 7 .500[b] 4 Knockout in the wildcard round
6 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 7 7 .500[b] 4
7 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 7 .500[b] 4
8 Coca-Cola Tigers 6 8 .429[c] 5
9 Alaska Aces 6 8 .429[c] 5 Twice-to-win in the wildcard round
10 Barako Bull Energy Boosters 2 12 .143 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10
  3. ^ a b Eighth seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska

Results

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  • Results above and to the left of the gray boxes are first round games; those below and to the right are second round games.
Team ALA BBE BGK BKW COKE PF ROS SMB SLR TNT
Alaska Aces 90–92 82–81 88–106 85–89 94–84 94–96 89–93 90–100 122–124
Barako Bull Energy Boosters 90–100 103–111 110–123 103–106 92–96 83–93 92–99 91–100 135–132
Barangay Ginebra Kings 75–76 106–110 110–103 107–105 93–107 80–95 76–80 97–90
Burger King Whoppers 99–89 94–100 127–109 78–82 112–118 105–114 96–84 105–118
Coca-Cola Tigers 120–106 85–122 89–80 94–91* 91–106 88–79 111–133
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 74–80 86–96 92–85 102–94* 103–122 93–91 131–121
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 103–97 89–94 110–90 95–102 100–109 96–102
San Miguel Beermen 91–84 105–107* 89–105 72–82 92–90 98–87
Sta. Lucia Realtors 98–88 98–101 104–95 90–82 92–98 106–100
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 115–122* 129–135** 103–00 116–118* 97–91
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

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Wildcard phaseQuarterfinals
(Best-of-3)
Semifinals
(Best-of-7)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#4 twice to beat)
4Burger King96
1San Miguel4
9Alaska90
4Burger King24Burger King2
(Single-elimination)
5Sta. Lucia1
5Sta. Lucia94
1San Miguel4
8Coca-Cola88
2Ginebra3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine96
2Ginebra4Third place playoff
10Barako Bull88
3Rain or Shine23Rain or Shine2
(Single-elimination)
6Purefoods14Burger King132
6Purefoods (2OT)126
3Rain or Shine118
7Talk 'N Text123

Wildcard phase

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Quarterfinals: (4) Burger King vs. (5) Sta. Lucia

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June 14
Burger King Whoppers 120, Sta. Lucia Realtors 72
Burger King wins series 2–1

Transactions

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Subtractions

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Player Date Reason
Philip Butel 2009 Fiesta Waived

Imports recruited

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Player Debuted Final
Anthony Johnson February 28 June 14

References

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  1. ^ Henson, Joaquin M. "Unsung heroes". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  2. ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson. "Aces, Texters vow to end it to avoid rubber". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-01.