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The 2006–07 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants season was the 19th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 19: The 2007 PBA Draft took place at Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	9	Boyet Bautista	5'5"	Point Guard	Philippines	Letran
2	20	Olan Omiping	6'1"	Guard	Philippines	UE

Roster

Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 4 Artadi, Paul 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE C 5 Salvador, Jondan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) St. Benilde F 7 Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G 8 Simon, Peter June 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mindanao C 10 Adducul, Rommel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) San Sebastian G 13 Yap, Roger 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) USJ–R F 15 Pingris, Marc 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) PSBA G 18 Yap, James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UE F 21 Raymundo, Kerby (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Letran F 28 Yee, Richard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST F 35 Chandler, Marquin (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) San José State G 40 Castillo, Noy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) The Citadel

Head coach Ryan Gregorio Assistant coach(es) Koy Banal Ronnie Magsanoc Dayong Mendoza Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (I) Import Injured

Records

Philippine Cup

The Giants finished 5th in the standings.^[1]

Fifth-seed playoff

On January 3, the Purefoods Chunkee Giants defeated the Sta. Lucia Realtors, 92–78, at the Cuneta Astrodome. Purefoods advances to the quarterfinals, while Sta. Lucia has to go through the wildcard phase.

Bracket

Quarterfinals: (4) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Purefoods

Defeating the Realtors on the fifth-seed game, the Giants availed themselves of a week's rest to prepare for the Phone Pals. With the elimination round series split at 1–1, with the last game needing three overtimes to finish, the series was seen as opposites with Purefoods having a deliberate-type of offense while Talk 'N Text going for the uptempo style of play.

In the first game of the series, Marc Pingris of Purefoods top-scored with 19 points to draw first blood. However, Pingris himself suffered a broken nose as the Giants were routed. At the dying moments of the game, Purefoods' Paul Artadi and Jimmy Alapag of the Phone Pals had an altercation, and both were ejected from the game; Alapag himself was suspended for Game 3 for punching Artadi in the face. In the third game however, with Pingris wearing a face mask, he was again injured in the second quarter, this time in the left ankle. He did not return, and the Giants were routed by the Phone Pals to lead 2–1.

The Phone Pals dethrone the Giants as Purefoods ran out of gas in Game 4. Talk 'N Text would face first-seed Barangay Ginebra, a team they've beaten twice in two meetings at the semifinals.

Fiesta Conference

Bracket

Transactions

Trades

References