1995 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Basketball competition in the Philippines 1995 Governors Cup Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 4 San Miguel Beermen Norman Black 3 December 5–19, 1995 Vintage Sports (PTV) DZRH 1994 1996 1995 Commissioner's 1996 All-Filipino The 1995 PBA Governors Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 1995 PBA Governors Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the Alaska Milkmen played for the 62nd championship contested by the league.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i40mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4461%2C764558 Alaska Milk renews search for respect Manila Standard The Alaska Milkmen retains the Governor's Cup title and ending frustrations of two bridesmaid finishes during the season, defeating the San Miguel Beermen in a seven-game series, winning the last two games.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k40mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3717%2C3190931 Governors Cup finale Manila Standard Qualification AlaskaSan MiguelFinished 7–3 (.700), tied for 2nd EliminationsFinished 6–4 (.600), tied for 3rd Finished 13–5 (.722), 1st Semifinals Finished 12–6 (.667), 2nd Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7WinsAlaska 93 90 110 100 110 94 99 4San Miguel 85 102 96 108 117 86 86 3VenueCunetaAranetaCunetaCunetaAranetaCunetaCuneta Games summary Game 1 #eee December 5 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen |score1= 93 San Miguel Beermen 85 Sean Chambers 25 Kenny Travis 37 Alaska leads series, 1–0 Alaska outscored San Miguel, 25 to 13 in the final period. Allan Caidic buried his only triple for the game to move the Beermen ahead, 75–69, but the Milkmen countered with a 10–0 run to put them on top, 79–75. Sean Chambers led Alaska with 25 points and his defense on Caidic held the triggerman to just five points on a 2-of-9 shooting. Game 2 #eee December 8 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen 90 San Miguel Beermen |score2= 102 Sean Chambers 23 Kenny Travis 43 Series tied, 1–1 Paul Alvarez teamed up with Gido Babilonia in a crucial 7–2 run that snapped the final 88-all tie. Alvarez led the Beermen's rally from nine points down in the third quarter. Alaska scored just 12 points in the fourth quarter as Sean Chambers was held scoreless by the hustling San Miguel defense. Game 3 #eee December 10 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen |score1= 110 San Miguel Beermen 96 Sean Chambers 38 Kenny Travis 21 Allan Caidic 21 Alaska leads series, 2–1 Alaska exploited every fumble, error and missed San Miguel committed in the third quarter to fuel a breakaway and rout the Beermen. The Milkmen led by as many as 34 points midway in the fourth quarter. Game 4 #eee December 12 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen 100 San Miguel Beermen |score2= 108 Bong Hawkins 27 Kenny Travis 34 Allan Caidic 28 Series tied, 2–2 Allan Caidic played his best game of the series, poured in 28 points and fired three of his six three-pointers in the third period, a short jumper by Paul Alvarez gave the Beermen its biggest lead, 99–84 with 7:33 remaining. Game 5 #eee December 15 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage 2OT recap Alaska Milkmen 110 San Miguel Beermen |score2= 117 Sean Chambers 25 Kenny Travis 48 Allan Caidic 33 San Miguel leads series, 3–2 Kenny Travis scored nine of his 48 points in the second overtime, Travis snapped the final tie at 110-all with his seventh triple with 1:07 left and gave San Miguel the lead for good. The Beermen missed two chances of putting away the Milkmen in regulation and the first extra period. Sean Chambers follow up on Abarrientos layup with 8.7 seconds left in regulation tied the game at 94-all, Jojo Lastimosa's triple with 31 seconds left in the first overtime tied it again at 103-all. Game 6 #eee December 17 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen |score1= 94 San Miguel Beermen 86 Sean Chambers 35 Kenny Travis 36 Series tied, 3–3 Alaska rallied from 16 points down in the first half and from a 41–53 halftime deficit. The Milkmen outscored the Beermen, 28–10 in the third quarter to take a 69–63 lead going into the final 12 minutes. Jojo Lastimosa and Jeffrey Cariaso combined for 13 points that broke a 74-all deadlock and gave the Milkmen their biggest lead, 90–79, with time down to 1:37. Game 7 #eee December 19 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen |score1= 99 San Miguel Beermen 86 31–22 19–23 20–24 29–17 Sean Chambers 28 Kenny Travis 27 Alaska wins series, 4–3. Alaska trailed by four points, the last at 75–79 with eight minutes to go in the final quarter when they held the Beermen to a single free throw for five minutes to put the game away, Jojo Lastimosa bury a triple as the Milkmen regain the upper hand at 80–79, jumpers from the right flank by Bong Hawkins and Johnny Abarrientos gave Alaska an 89–80 lead with 1:36 left. 1995 PBA Governors Cup Champions Alaska Milkmen Third title Rosters Alaska Milkmen 4 Merwin Castelo GF 6 2 San Beda PHI 5 Gilbert Reyes G 5 8 Ateneo PHI 6 Jojo Lastimosa GF 6 1 USJ-R PHI C 7 Roehl Gomez G 6 0 Cebu PHI 12 Dickie Bachmann C 6 5 De La Salle PHI 14 Johnny Abarrientos G 5 8 FEU PHI 16 Bong Hawkins F 6 3 UPHSD PHI 20 Sean Chambers F 6 1 Cal Poly USA I 22 Jeffrey Cariaso GF 6 2 Sonoma State PHI 24 Cris Bolado C 6 7 National-U PHI 31 Giovanni Pineda FC 6 6 Adamson PHI 32 Poch Juinio C 6 5 UP PHI 50 Alex Araneta C 6 6 Ateneo PHI 54 Dondon Ampalayo F 6 3 USJ-R PHI USA Tim Cone PHI Joel Banal PHI Aric del Rosario (I) Import San Miguel Beermen #CE2029 #FFFFFF #000000 #FDD501 5 Franz Pumaren G 5 9 De La Salle PHI 6 Ato Agustin G 5 11 Lyceum PHI 7 Mike Mustre G 6 0 Letran PHI 8 Allan Caidic F 6 2 UE PHI 10 Adriano Polistico C 6 7 Letran PHI 11 Matthew Makalintal G 5 9 Benilde PHI 12 Yves Dignadice F 6 4 STI WNU PHI 15 Bryant Punzalan C 6 6 FEU PHI 16 Rudolf Belmonte G 5 11 UST PHI 18 Art Dela Cruz F 6 2 San Sebastian PHI 21 Kenny Travis GF 6 1 New Mexico State USA I 23 Paul Alvarez F 6 1 San Sebastian PHI 25 Freddie Abuda FC 6 4 Cebu PHI 52 Gido Babilonia C 6 6 UST PHI USA Norman Black PHI Jong Uichico PHI Filomeno Pumaren (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside ReporterGame 1 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Game 2 Sev Sarmenta Andy Jao Game 3 Noli Eala Andy Jao Game 4 Ed Picson Andy Jao Game 5 Sev Sarmenta Quinito Henson Game 6 Ed Picson Andy Jao Game 7 Sev Sarmenta Andy Jao Ronnie Nathanielsz, Anthony Suntay and Butch Maniego References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:1995 PBA season 1995 Category:San Miguel Beermen games Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games PBA Governors' Cup Finals