# 2009–10 Coca-Cola Tigers season

The 2009–10 Coca-Cola Tigers season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* August 2: The 2009 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
| 2 | 14 | Francis Allera | 6 ft. 4 in. | Forward | Philippines | UST |
| 2 | 20 | PJ Walsham | 6 ft. 5 in. | Forward | Philippines | De La Salle |

## Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Asi Taulava | Dennis Espino | Ken Bono |
| PF | Norman Gonzales | Larry Rodriguez | Ricky Calimag |
| SF | William Antonio | Mark Macapagal | |
| SG | Gary David | R.J. Rizada | Francis Allera |
| PG | Chico Lanete | Marvin Cruz | Paolo Mendoza |

## Philippine Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Aces | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Burger King Whoppers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 3 | 15 | .167 | 10 | |
| — | Smart Gilas (G) | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.5 | Guest team |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 2–0 San Miguel
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Purefoods 1–1 Barangay Ginebra; Purefoods 0, Barangay Ginebra 0; overall point differential: Purefoods +85, Barangay Ginebra +75
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Burger King 1–1, Coca-Cola; Burger King +10, Coca-Cola −10
* ↑ Smart Gilas's results do not count in the standings.

#### Game log
##### Eliminations

2010 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 16
Sta. Lucia
76-95
Cabagnot (18)
Taulava (11)
Taulava (5)
Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
October 18
Barako Bull
73-81
Espino (15)
Rodriguez (18)
Cabagnot (5)
Araneta Coliseum
0–2
3
October 23
Alaska
79-100
Cabagnot (15)
Cabagnot (8)
Cabagnot, Cruz (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
0–3
4
October 30
Purefoods
93-79
N. Gonzales (17)
W. Gonzales (7)
Cabagnot (6)
Araneta Coliseum
1–3 :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 6
Smart Gilas*
93-98
Cuneta Astrodome
6
November 11
Talk 'N Text
94-103
Espino (21)
Espino (13)
Espino (4)
Araneta Coliseum
1–4
7
November 18
Burger King
97-106
Cabagnot (20)
N. Gonzales (7)
Cabagnot (5)
Araneta Coliseum
1–5
8
November 21
San Miguel
84-107
Macapagal (18)
Espino (8)
Ross (6)
Cebu City
1–6
9
November 25
Rain or Shine
84-92
Macapagal (16)
Rodriguez (13)
Cabagnot (9)
Araneta Coliseum
1–7
10
November 27
Barangay Ginebra
104-113
Macapagal (27)
Cabagnot, Bono (7)
Cabagnot, Ross (6)
Ynares Center
1–8 :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
December 2
Purefoods
79-88
Rodriguez (21)
Rodriguez (9)
Ross (4)
Araneta Coliseum
1–9
12
December 5
Talk 'N Text
104-107
Macapagal (23)
Espino (9)
Cabagnot (4)
General Santos
1–10
13
December 11
Sta. Lucia
92-98
Cabagnot (15)
Taulava (10)
Cabagnot (5)
Ynares Center
1–11
14
December 13
Burger King
106-94
Rodriguez (21)
Espino (11)
Cabagnot (13)
Araneta Coliseum
2–11
15
December 20
Alaska
103-92
Macapagal (19)
Taulava (12)
Taulava, Cabagnot (6)
Araneta Coliseum
3–11
16
December 25
Barangay Ginebra
97-106
Espino (21)
Taulava (16)
Cabagnot (7)
Cuneta Astrodome
3–12 :
January
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
January 13
San Miguel
118-107
Taulava (27)
Taulava (15)
Ross (10)
Araneta Coliseum
4–12
18
January 15
Rain or Shine
105-83
Ross (18)
Taulava (14)
Taulava (8)
Araneta Coliseum
5–12
19
January 20
Barako Bull
91-89
Taulava (20)
Taulava (11)
Ross (7)
Cuneta Astrodome
6–12 :
2009–10 schedule :

##### Playoffs

2010 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :
Wildcard
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 24
Burger King
118-112
Macapagal (22)
Taulava (16)
Taulava (7)
Ynares Center
1–0
2
January 27
Rain or Shine
84-99
David (20)
Taulava (19)
Ross (4)
Ynares Center
1–1 :
2009–10 schedule :

## Fiesta Conference
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 15 | 3 | .833 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Derby Ace Llamados | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 8 | 10 | .444 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 5 | 13 | .278 | 10 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Air21 Express | 4 | 14 | .222 | 11 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Energy Coffee Masters | 3 | 15 | .167 | 12 | |
* 1 2 Second seed playoff: San Miguel 88, Derby Ace 83
* 1 2 Fifth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 115, Rain or Shine 88

#### Game log

2010 PBA Fiesta Conference game log :
March
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
March 24
Barako
97-74
David (17)
Taulava (9)
Rizada (4)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
March 27
San Miguel
108-98
David (19)
Taulava (8)
Rizada (5)
Gingoog
2–0
3
March 31
Air21
100-96
David (21)
Rizada (8)
David (4)
Araneta Coliseum
3–0 :
April
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
April 4
Ginebra
91-98
David (25)
David (8)
Ross (3)
Araneta Coliseum
3–1
5
April 14
Derby Ace
79-76
David (18)
Taulava (9)
Lanete (4)
Araneta Coliseum
4–1
6
April 16
Rain or Shine
80-91
Espino (11)
Taulava (11)
Taulava, Cruz, Gonzales (2)
Araneta Coliseum
4–2
7
April 21
Talk 'N Text
91-115
Lanete (17)
Taulava (6)
David (5)
Araneta Coliseum
4–3 :
May
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
May 1
Sta. Lucia
94-108
David (26)
Taulava (6)
Lanete (7)
Cuneta Astrodome
4–4
9
May 7
Alaska
103-104
David (31)
Taulava (13)
David, Taulava (3)
Araneta Coliseum
4–5
10
May 14
Talk 'N Text
93-103
David (21)
Taulava (13)
Lanete (5)
Araneta Coliseum
4–6
11
May 19
Alaska
98-108
David (23)
Taulava (10)
Ross (6)
Araneta Coliseum
4–7
12
May 23
Derby Ace
91-104
David (26)
Gonzales (9)
Gonzales, Mendoza (2)
Araneta Coliseum
4–8
13
May 30
Barako
105-100
David (25)
Taulava (14)
Mendoza (3)
Araneta Coliseum
5–8 :
June
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
June 4
Air21
102-104
David (29)
Taulava (17)
Mendoza (6)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
5–9
15
June 13
Ginebra
96-95
David (16)
Taulava (10)
Cruz (4)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
6–9
16
June 16
San Miguel
89-86
Taulava (15)
Cruz (9)
Cruz (7)
Araneta Coliseum
7–9
17
June 25
Sta. Lucia
87-76
David (22)
Taulava (10)
Cruz (6)
AC-tent
8–9
18
June 27
Rain or Shine
90-101
David (16)
Taulava (18)
David (6)
Araneta Coliseum
8–10 :
2009–10 schedule :
Locals only

## Transactions
### Pre-season

| Coca-Cola Tigers | Players Added Via Draft Francis Allera PJ Walsham Via Free Agency Norman Gonzales (From Sta. Lucia) Via Trade Ken Bono (From San Miguel) Jojo Duncil (From Barako Bull) Dennis Espino (From Sta. Lucia) Larry Rodriguez (From Barako Bull) Chris Ross (To Burger King) | Players Lost Via Free Agency Leo Avenido Lawrence Bonus M.C. Caceres (To Barako Bull) Kalani Ferreria Mark Telan (To Rain or Shine) Via Trade Nic Belasco (To Talk 'N Text) Ronjay Buenafe (To Burger King) Jason Misolas (From Sta. Lucia) |

### Season

| Jan. 04, 2010 | To Burger KingAlex Cabagnot Wesley Gonzales | To Coca ColaGary David Chico Lanete |
| May 19, 2010 | To Sta. LuciaChris Ross | To Coca ColaPaolo Mendoza |

#### Imports recruited

| Team | Player | Debuted | Final |
| Coca-Cola Tigers | James Penny (1/3) | March 24, 2010 | May 7, 2010 |
| Coca-Cola Tigers | Rashad Bell (2/3) | May 14, 2010 | June 4, 2010 |
| Coca-Cola Tigers | John Williamson (3/3) | June 13, 2010 | July 4, 2010 |