1988 Purefoods Hotdogs season
| 1988 Purefoods Hotdogs season |
| Head coach |
Ramon Fernandez
Cris Calilan |
| Owner(s) |
Ayala Corporation |
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| Open Conference Results |
| Record |
15–10
(.600) |
| Place |
2nd |
| Playoff finish |
Finals |
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| All-Filipino Conference Results |
| Record |
14–10
(.583) |
| Place |
2nd |
| Playoff finish |
Finals |
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| Reinforced Conference Results |
| Record |
1–9
(.100) |
| Place |
6th |
| Playoff finish |
N/A |
Stats @ PBA-Online.net |
| Purefoods Hotdogs seasons |
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1989 |
The 1988 Purefoods Hotdogs season was the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
- March 22: Registered the team's first official win, a 119-107 victory over Shell Helix, after an opening day blowout loss to San Miguel Beer.
- May 22: Reach the PBA Open finals with a 111-109 overtime win over arch rival Ginebra San Miguel.
- June 26: Defeated San Miguel Beer, 121-110 in the main game of the PBA All-Filipino Conference Opener.
- July 3: In his second game as a pro, Alvin Patrimonio led Purefoods to a 110-106 win over Shell, as he tasted his first victory in the PBA.
- August 11: Ramon Fernandez scored a conference-high 47 points in leading the Hotdogs to a 132-125 win over San Miguel Beer at the start of the All-Filipino Conference semifinals.
Occurrences
- Amateur standout Alvin Patrimonio finally debut in the PBA on June 30.
- Six games into the All-Filipino, Playing coach Ramon Fernandez gave up his coaching chores to assistant Cris Calilan, Fernandez led the Hotdogs to a 3-3 card after the first round of eliminations.
- Purefoods management bench Ramon Fernandez starting Game 2 of the All-Filipino finals series against Añejo Rum, El Presidente watch his team lose the finals series in Game 4 sitting at courtside.
- Ramon Fernandez was traded to San Miguel Beer in exchange for Abet Guidaben, in a repeat of a similar trade that took place three years ago.
Draft picks
Off-season transactions
Open Conference roster
Coach by Ramon Fernandez
All-Filipino Conference roster
Coach by Ramon Fernandez/Cris Calilan
Reinforced Conference roster
Coach by Cris Calilan
Win-Loss record
| Season Rank |
GP |
Win |
Lost |
Pct. |
| 3rd Overall |
59 |
30 |
29 |
0.508 |
External links
References
Preceded by
Joined the League in 1988 |
Purefoods 1988
1988 |
Succeeded by
Purefoods 1989 |
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B-Meg Llamados
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Formerly the Purefoods TJ Giants and Coney Island Ice Cream Stars • Founded in 1988 • Owned by the San Miguel-Purefoods Company, Inc., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation |
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