1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup

1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration June 14 - September 10, 1996
TV partner/s Vintage Sports (IBC)
Finals
Champions Alaska Milkmen
  runners-up Formula Shell Zoom Masters
Awards
Best Player Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska)
Best Import Ken Redfield (Formula Shell)
Finals MVP Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska)
Commissioner's Cup
← 1995

1997 →

The 1996 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, is the second conference of the 1996 PBA season. It started on June 14 and ended on September 10, 1996. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'7" height limit.

The Alaska Milkmen won their fifth championship against Formula Shell Zoom Masters.

Contents

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

Group A:

  1. Alaska Milkmen
  2. Ginebra San Miguel
  3. Formula Shell Zoom Masters
  4. Mobiline Cellulars

Group B:

  1. Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
  2. San Miguel Beermen
  3. Sta. Lucia Realtors
  4. Sunkist Orange Bottlers

Imports

Elimination round

Team standings

Qualified for semifinals
Eliminated
# Team W L PCT GB PO
1 Alaska Milkmen 8 2 .800 --
2 Sta. Lucia Realtors 6 4 .600 2
3 Ginebra San Miguel 6 4 .600 2
4 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 5 5 .500 3
5 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 5 5 .500 3
6 Sunkist Orange Bottlers 5 5 .500 3
7 San Miguel Beermen 4 6 .400 4
8 Mobiline Cellulars 1 9 .100 7

Note: Shell automatically advanced to the semifinals due to a higher winning quotient.

Seeding playoffs

July 30 5th seed Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 89, Sunkist Orange Bottlers 76    Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City Vintage

Semifinal round

Team standings

Qualified for finals
Qualified for finals playoff
Qualified for battle-for-third
Eliminated
S Team Cumulative Semifinals
W L GB W L
1 Alaska Milkmen 14 4 –- 6 2
2 Ginebra San Miguel 12 6 -- 6 2
3 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 10 8 -- 5 3
4 Sta. Lucia Realtors 8 10 -- 2 6
5 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 6 12 -- 1 7

Finals seed playoff

August 25 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 89, Ginebra San Miguel 86    Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City Vintage

Bal David sank a three point shot, putting the Gins on with the lead, 86-83 with 17 seconds left in the game. Richie Ticson however also made a three pointer tying the game again, 86-all with 10.5 seconds left.

After calling a timeout to design the last play, Henry James opted to try a three pointer after an inbound pass from Vince Hizon. James' shot was blocked by Benjie Paras and picked up by Kenny Redfield, making a buzzer beating three point shot, thus winning the game for them, 89-86.[1]

Battle for third

August 27 Sta. Lucia Realtors 111, Ginebra San Miguel 106    Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City Vintage
Sta. Lucia wins third place trophy.

Finals

August 27 Alaska Milkmen 82, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 85    Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City Vintage
August 30 Alaska Milkmen 93, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 86    Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage
September 1 Alaska Milkmen 77, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 85    Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City Vintage
September 3 Alaska Milkmen 79, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 76    Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City Vintage
September 6 Alaska Milkmen 70, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 63    Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage
September 8 Alaska Milkmen 85, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 88    Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City Vintage
September 10 Alaska Milkmen 83, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 77    Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City Vintage
Alaska wins series, 4-3

See also

References

  1. ^ Shell knocks out Ginebra, Ismael Amigo, Manila Standard, August 26, 1996

External links