The Flavor Specialists got off to a rousing start with import Walker Russell, a six-year NBA veteran providing the spark and rookies Zaldy Realubit and Hernani Demigillo adding muscle underneath and trade recruits Manny Victorino and Marte Saldaña scoring the much needed points.
[5] June 29: The Tivolis eked out a 113–108 victory over San Miguel as they snapped the Beermen's three-game winning skein in the All-Filipino Conference.
November 2: Allan Caidic shattered the all-time high scoring mark for locals by erupting with 68 points in Presto's 175–159 victory over Alaska Milk at the start of the Reinforced Conference semifinal round.
Caidic reset Atoy Co's record in individual scoring in one quarter by one point as he finished with 27 and became the league's undoubted top three-point gunner with a record 15 triples, breaking Hills Bros' import Jose Slaughter's 14 hits that was registered two years ago, Caidic also tied Ricardo Brown's output of 41 points in a half in an amazing display of marksmanship that had the capacity crowd roaring in approval and with Caidic's 15 triples, Presto set an all-time high of 18 three-pointers with Bailey converting two and Bernardo Carpio had one, Terrance Bailey also set an all-time high of 20 assists in that game.
[7] November 12: Terrance Bailey riddled the hotdogs' defenses with smashing drives and stunning dunks and Allan Caidic came alive with 11 points in the fourth quarter as Presto's 1-2 punch led the Tivolis to a come-from-behind 161–153 victory over Purefoods.