Marvin Cruz

{{short description|Filipino basketball player}}

{{Philippine name|Lu|Cruz}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| image = Marvin Cruz.jpg

| caption = Cruz in 2008

| name = Marvin Cruz

| number =

| position =

| league =

| team =

| nationality = Filipino

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|12|31|mf=y}}{{cite web|url=http://air21express.redmediacrm.com/teamprofile/marvin-cruz/ |title=Welcome to the Air21 Express Basketball Team » Marvin Cruz |accessdate=2011-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214051439/http://air21express.redmediacrm.com/teamprofile/marvin-cruz/ |archivedate=2010-12-14 }}

| birth_place = Manila, Philippines

| height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8

| career_position = Point guard

| weight_lbs = 160

| high_school = UPIS (Quezon City)

| college = UP

| draft_year_pba = 2007

| draft_round_pba = 2

| draft_pick_pba = 14

| draft_team_pba = Air21 Express{{cite web | url=http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=PHI&PlayerID=94425 | title=Marvin Cruz Player Profile, North Port Batang Pier, News, Stats - Asia-Basket }}

| career_start = 2007

| career_end = 2013

| years1 = 2007–2009

| team1 = Air21 Express / Burger King Whoppers

| years2 = 2009–2010

| team2 = Coca-Cola Tigers

| years3 = 2010–2011

| team3 = Barako Bull Energy Boosters

| years4 = 2011–2012

| team4 = Bangkok Cobras

| years5 = 2013

| team5 = GlobalPort Batang Pier

| medal_templates =

{{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}}

{{MedalCountry | {{PHI}} }}{{MedalGold|2007 Nakhon Ratchasima| Team}}

}}

Marvin Lu Cruz (born December 31, 1984) is a Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the older brother of Mark Cruz.

Player Achievements

=RP-Harbour Team=

Cruz once played as starting point guard for the SEABA gold winner RP-Harbour Team.

He led the PBL in assists and made the Mythical Five, then he also made the All-Tournament team in the PBL Silver Cup while playing for Toyota Balintawak.

With UP Integrated School, he led his team to its first-ever UAAP juniors title in 2002, when he was also named Finals Most Valuable Player. He was also a Mythical Five member in the 69th UAAP season.

PBA career statistics

{{PBA player statistics legend}}

{{Cite web |title=Marvin Cruz Player Profile - PBA-Online.net |url=http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Marvin-Cruz/90/ |website=PBA-Online.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009112521/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Marvin-Cruz/90/ |archive-date=October 9, 2015 }}

=Season-by-season averages=

{{PBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align=left| {{pbay|2007}}

| align=left| Air21

| 49 || 10.5 || .434 || .263 || .672 || 1.0 || 1.2 || .4 || .0 || 3.7

|-

| align=left| {{pbay|2008}}

| align=left| Air21 / Burger King

| 41 || 11.8 || .372 || .071 || .795 || 1.6 || 1.9 || .4 || .0 || 3.5

|-

| align=left| {{pbay|2009}}

| align=left| Coca-Cola

| 37 || 17.3 || .543 || .667 || .692 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 1.0 || .0 || 4.6

|-

| align=left| {{pbay|2010}}

| align=left| Barako Bull

| 13 || 16.3 || .239 || .200 || .588 || 2.5 || 2.0 || .6 || .0 || 2.5

|-

| align=left| {{pbay|2012}}

| align=left| GlobalPort

| 5 || 8.4 || .286 || .000 || — || .4 || .2 || .4 || .0 || .8

|-class=sortbottom

| align=center colspan=2 | Career

| 145 || 13.1 || .424 || .235 || .703 || 1.7 || 1.8 || .6 || .0 || 3.7

{{end}}

References