1996 PBA Governors' Cup

Third and last conference of the 1996 PBA season 1996 Governors' Cup September 29 – December 17, 1996 Vintage Sports (IBC) Marlou Aquino (Ginebra San Miguel) Sean Chambers (Alaska Milkmen) Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska Milkmen) Alaska Milkmen Ginebra San Miguel 1995 PBA Governors' Cup 1995 1997 PBA Governors' Cup 1997 1996 Commissioner's 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1997 All-Filipino 1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup The 1996 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the third and last conference of the 1996 PBA season. It started on September 29 and ended on December 17, 1996. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team. Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: The teams were divided into 2 groups. Group A: Alaska Milkmen Ginebra San Miguel Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys Mobiline Cellulars Group B: Formula Shell Zoom Masters San Miguel Beermen Sta. Lucia Realtors Sunkist Orange Bottlers Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bZQVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5876%2C4014784 Bidding for basketball immortality Jimbo Gulle, Manila Standard, September 27, 1996 The top two teams will automatically qualify to the semifinals, while the next four teams will have a crossover quarterfinal round. Quarterfinals: QF1: #3 vs. #6, with #3 having the twice-to-beat advantage QF2: #4 vs. #5, with #4 having the twice-to-beat advantage Best-of-five semifinals: SF1: QF1 vs. #4 SF2: QF2 vs. #3 Third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals Elimination round Team standings main WL percentage yes yes none complete ALA 8 3 Alaska Milkmen GIN 7 4 Ginebra San Miguel MOB 2 9 Mobiline Cellulars PF 5 6 Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys Head-to-head quotient: Sunkist 1.066, Purefoods 0.986, Sta. Lucia 0.951; 6th-seed playoff: Purefoods 81–76 Sta. Lucia SUN 5 6 Sunkist Orange Bottlers PF SHL 6 5 Formula Shell Zoom Masters Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Shell SLR 5 6 Sta. Lucia Realtors PF SMB 6 5 San Miguel Beermen SHL SF SF 2x 2x QF QF Q before green1 Advance to semifinals blue1 Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals blue2 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals Sixth seed playoff #eee November 17 6th seed Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 81 Sta. Lucia Realtors 76 Bracket 2/1 2 Quarterfinals(Higher seeds twice-to-beat) Semifinals(Best-of-5) Finals(Best-of-7) 4 Shell 100 104 5 Sunkist 107 101 3 San Miguel 91* 89 6 Purefoods 97 86 1 Alaska 3 4 Shell 0 2 Ginebra 3 3 San Miguel 1 1 Alaska 4 2 Ginebra 1 4 Shell 103 3 San Miguel 99*Game went into overtime. Quarterfinals Shell and San Miguel have a twice-to-beat advantage (3) San Miguel vs. (6) Purefoods #eee November 19 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City OT Vintage recap San Miguel Beermen 91 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 97 November 24 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage San Miguel Beermen 89 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 86 San Miguel wins series in two games (4) Shell vs. (5) Sunkist #eee November 19 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Formula Shell 100 Sunkist Orange Bottlers 107 November 24 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Formula Shell 104 Sunkist Orange Bottlers 101 Shell wins series in two games Semifinals (1) Alaska vs. (4) Shell #eee November 26 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen 102 Formula Shell 83 November 29 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen 106 Formula Shell 89 #eee December 1 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 100 Formula Shell 91 Alaska wins series, 3–0 (2) Ginebra vs. (3) San Miguel #eee November 26 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 88 San Miguel Beermen 94 November 29 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City OT Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 115 San Miguel Beermen 111 #eee December 1 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay OT Vintage recap Ginebra San Miguel 94 San Miguel Beermen 93 December 3 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Ginebra San Miguel 122 San Miguel Beermen 106 Ginebra wins series, 3–1 Third place playoff #eee December 8 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage San Miguel Beermen 99 Formula Shell 103 Finals 1996 PBA Governors Cup Finals #eee December 8 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 90 Ginebra San Miguel 79 December 10 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 110 Ginebra San Miguel 105 #eee December 13 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Alaska Milkmen 95 Ginebra San Miguel 82 December 15 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 96 Ginebra San Miguel 97 #eee December 17 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 91 Ginebra San Miguel 83 Alaska wins series, 4–1 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Governors' Cup 1996