1996 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Basketball tournament 1996 Governors Cup Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 4 Ginebra San Miguel Robert Jaworski 1 December 8–17, 1996 Johnny Abarrientos Vintage Sports (IBC) DZRH 1995 1997 1996 Commissioner's 1997 All-Filipino The 1996 PBA Governors Cup finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1996 PBA Governors Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Alaska Milkmen and Ginebra San Miguel played for the 65th championship contested by the league. The Alaska Milkmen captured the coveted grandslam, winning their finals series over Ginebra San Miguel, 4 games to 1. Johnny Abarrientos won on his first PBA finals MVP in Governors Cup finals. Qualification AlaskaGinebraFinished 8–3 (.727), 1st EliminationsFinished 7–4 (.636), 2ndQualified outright Quarterfinals Qualified outrightdefeated Formula Shell, 3–0Best-of-5 semifinalsdefeated San Miguel, 3–1 Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Wins Alaska 90 110 95 96 91 4Ginebra 79 105 82 97 83 1VenueCunetaCunetaAranetaCunetaCuneta Games summary Game 1 #eee December 8 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=90 Ginebra San Miguel 79 Alaska leads series, 1–0 The Ginebras fumbled despite taking small leads in the first three quarters, the Gins had 27 turnovers compared to the Milkmen's 15, those turnovers keyed Alaska's fourth quarter run that limited Ginebra to a low output. Game 2 #eee December 10 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=110 Ginebra San Miguel 105 Alaska leads series, 2–0 The Milkmen led 104–91 with 3:40 to go, the Gins tried to rally with Fred Cofield hitting a triple to spark a 12–2 run and pulled Ginebra up close, 103–106, time down to 45.6 seconds.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=554VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zgoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4953%2C1636595 Alaska now 2 wins shy of Grandslam Manila Standard Game 3 #eee December 13 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=95 Ginebra San Miguel 82 Alaska leads series, 3–0 Alaska broke the game wide open with an 82–66 lead in the final quarter. Ginebra shot a dismal 33 percent from the floor.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=554VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zgoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6359%2C2166413 Grandslam beckons Alaska Manila Standard Game 4 #eee December 15 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 96 Ginebra San Miguel |score2=97 Alaska leads series, 3–1 New Ginebra import Derrick Rucker banked in the marginal basket with 29.7 seconds to go, after Jojo Lastimosa's short jumper drew Alaska to within 97–96, with 14.2 seconds left, Rucker's inbound pass was intercepted by Poch Juinio but the Milkmen failed to get a shot on time.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6Z4VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zgoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4983%2C2460782 Ginebra holds off Alaska Manila Standard Game 5 #eee December 17 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=91 Ginebra San Miguel 83 Jojo Lastimosa 22, Sean Chambers 21 Derek Rucker 34 Alaska wins series, 4–1 Johnny Abarrientos engineered a searing 11–0 blast from a 62–69 deficit to a 73–69 lead for Alaska at the end of the third quarter. Abarrientos' jumper gave the Milkmen an 89–82 lead going into the last two minutes of the final period Then Johnny Abarrientos on his first Finals MVP and Alaska captures on his 3 peat grand slam champion 6th title.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TqFOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zgoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6140%2C2756695 Amazing Alaska completes Grand Slam Manila Standard 1996 PBA Governors Cup Champions Alaska Milkmen Sixth title Rosters n 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 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 17 Kevin Ramas C 6 4 Mapua 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 USA Tim Cone PHI Joel Banal PHI Aric del Rosario (I) Import n Ginebra San Miguel #EB1B22 #FFFFFF #FDD501 #000000 1 Bal David G 5 9 UST PHI 3 Derek Rucker G 6 0 Davidson College USA I 6 Noli Locsin F 6 3 De La Salle PHI 7 Robert Jaworski G 6 0 UE PHI 9 Macky De Joya F 6 3 San Beda PHI 11 Jayvee Gayoso GF 6 2 Ateneo PHI 12 Vince Hizon G 6 2 Ateneo PHI 13 Marlou Aquino C 6 9 Adamson PHI 15 Michael Orquillas G 6 2 Cebu PHI 16 Benny Cheng F 6 3 Mapua PHI 18 Wilmer Ong FC 6 4 USLS PHI 25 Pido Jarencio G 5 10 UST PHI 33 Fred Cofield G 6 3 Eastern Michigan USA I 34 EJ Feihl C 7 0 Adamson PHI 52 Robert Jaworski, Jr. G 6 2 Ateneo PHI PHI Robert Jaworski PHI Rino Salazar PHI Philip Cezar (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play AnalystGame 1 Noli Eala Quinito HensonGame 2 Ed Picson Quinito HensonGame 3 Chino Trinidad Yeng GuiaoGame 4 Noli Eala Andy JaoGame 5 Ed Picson Quinito Henson References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:1996 PBA season 1996 Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel games PBA Governors' Cup Finals