After failing to defend their Philippine Cup crown , they signed Alex Crisano to supplement their front court and Rahshon Turner as their import for the ' '' 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference ' '' . Despite a different look , the Kings had a slow start losing their first five games with both Turner and Ernest Brown . To stop the losing streak , they replaced Brown with another recruit from the NBA Development League , Chris Alexander whose inside scoring and rebounding helped the Kings win 10 of their next 13 games in the eliminations . The Kings ended on a high note ending the eliminations 10 – 8 with an outright quarterfinals berth . They faced Sta. Lucia in the quarterfinals and completed a 2-game sweep en route to another showdown against Red Bull . In the semis , which everyone predicted to be a 7-game showdown saw the Kings sweep the Barakos that included a 101 – 97 overtime victory in Game 4 . So convincingly was the sweep that they shamed Red Bull all throughout the series . After the last game of the series , the Barakos went all the way to their locker room without congratulating Barangay Ginebra . This gave Ginebra its first series sweep in franchise history , and its 17th finals appearance . This also gave Uichico his 12th finals appearance ( second with Ginebra ) and the third sweep in league history since the 1992 Third Conference when Swift swept 7-Up in the finals . The Game 4 victory extended their winning streak dating back from the eliminations to 12 ( the longest in franchise history )
2008 PBA Fiesta Conference
2008 PBA Fiesta Conference
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel