2000–01 Philippine Basketball League season

2000–01 PBL season March 25, 2000 – June 21, 2001 9 PTV Roger Yap Ren-Ren Ritualo Chester Tolomia Chairman's Cup 2000 PBL Chairman's Cup Welcoat Paints Shark Energy Drink Challenge Cup 2000-01 PBL Challenge Cup Shark Energy Drink Welcoat Paints Alaxan-Chairman's Cup 2001 PBL Chairman's Cup Welcoat Paints Shark Energy Drink 1999-00 2001-02 The 2000–2001 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL). Notable events When the Philippine Basketball League opens its 2000 season on March 25, the league pays tribute to the 12 players whose contributions help the PBL become the top amateur commercial circuit, among the 12 players chosen were Allan Caidic, Jojo Lastimosa, Benjie Paras, Jerry Codinera, Vergel Meneses, Jun Limpot, Marlou Aquino, Johnny Abarrientos, Danny Ildefonso, Alvin Patrimonio, Eric Menk and Sonny Cabatu. New Commissioner Under the leadership of Chino Trinidad, the first tournament of the 2000 season was called Chairman's Cup in honor of the new board chairman Dioceldo Sy of Blu Detergent.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9VU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=aiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2156%2C42107408 Sy tosses in P7-M for PBL opening Philippine Daily Inquirer 2000 Chairman's Cup Qualified for semifinals #Team StandingsWLPCTGB1 Welcoat Paints 8 2 .800 -- 2 Shark Energy Drink 8 2 .800 --3 Blu Detergent 6 4 .600 24 Bingo Pilipino Milyonaryo 6 4 .600 25 ANA Freezers 4 6 .400 46 Dazz Dishwashing Liquid 4 6 .400 47 Montaña Jewels 3 7 .300 58 Ateneo/Hapee 1 9 .100 7 Joining the league in the Chairman's Cup were Ateneo/Hapee toothpaste, coach by former MBA's Manila Metrostars mentor Ricky Dandan, and guest team Bingo Pilipino, handled by former Crispa great Bernie Fabiosa, former pro cager Dante Gonzalgo replaces Jimmy Mariano as head coach of ANA Freezers while Leo Isaac moved over to coach Montaña Jewels. Shark Energy Drink, which bought the franchise of Chowking, and Welcoat easily made it to the finals. Shark finished with a 16-2 won-loss record in the five-team semifinal round while the Paintmasters ended up with a 13-5 card. The won-loss slates of the rest of the semifinalists were Blu Detergent (10–8), Bingo Pilipino (8–10) and ANA (5–13).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zVU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=aiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1431%2C21667395 Shark, Welcoat tangle today in PBL tourney Philippine Daily Inquirer Finals #eee June 20 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Welcoat Paints |score1=69 Shark Energy Drink 62 June 22 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Welcoat Paints |score1=67 Shark Energy Drink 60 #eee June 24 OT Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Welcoat Paints |score1=66 Shark Energy Drink 61 June 27 Makati Coliseum, Makati Welcoat Paints |score1=76 Shark Energy Drink 58 Welcoat wins series, 4-0 Welcoat completed a four-game sweep over Shark Energy Drink in the best-of-seven finals series as coach Junel Baculi won his 4th PBL title, three of them with the Paintmasters, the hot hands of Renren Ritualo and Yancy De Ocampo's dominating inside plays proved too much to handle against the talented Energy Drink Kings, which missed the services of MVP Roger Yap on injury.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=11U1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=aiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3542%2C26864140 Shark's Yap named MVP in PBL meet Philippine Daily Inquirer Coach Baculi masterfully shuffled the backcourt of Welcoat composed of Ritualo, Celino Cruz, Jojo Manalo and Anton Villoria, which frustrated coach Leo Austria's charges.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2lU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=aiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1701%2C28447306 Welcoat completes 4-0 sweep of Shark Philippine Daily Inquirer 2000-2001 Challenge Cup Qualified for semifinals #Team StandingsWLPCTGB1 Shark Energy Drink 8 2 .800 -- 2 Welcoat Paints 7 3 .700 1 3 Montaña Jewels 6 4 .600 24 Blu Sun Power 6 4 .600 2 5 Hapee Toothpaste 5 5 .500 3 6 Ateneo-Pioneer 4 6 .400 47 ANA Freezers 4 6 .400 48 Osaka Iridology 3 7 .300 59 PharmaQuick 2 8 .200 6 Ateneo defeats ANA, 67–61 on January 6, 2001, to clinch the 6th and last semifinals slot.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MH42AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2098%2C30772199 Ateneo nips Ana, earns PBL slot Philippine Daily Inquirer In the one-round semifinals with a win 4-of-5 incentive, Shark (13–2) and Welcoat (11–4) advances in a championship rematch, Blu Sun Power (8–7) and Montaña (7–8) will play in the series for third place. Hapee Toothpaste and Ateneo-Pioneer finishes with similar six wins and nine losses. Finals #eee February 1 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Shark Energy Drink 59 Welcoat Paints |score2=72 February 3 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Shark Energy Drink 86 Welcoat Paints |score2=92 #eee February 6 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Shark Energy Drink |score1=65 Welcoat Paints 50 February 8 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Shark Energy Drink |score1=62 Welcoat Paints 50 #eee February 10 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Shark Energy Drink 75 Welcoat Paints |score2=76 February 13 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Shark Energy Drink |score1=60 Welcoat Paints 54 #eee February 17 Makati Coliseum, Makati Shark Energy Drink |score1=67 Welcoat Paints 54 Shark wins series, 4-3 Shark Energy Drink won their first championship in a come-from-behind 4–3 series victory over multi-titled Welcoat Paintmasters, winning the deciding seventh game, 67–54, and giving coach Leo Austria his first PBL title in three years of coaching. Shark previously lost to Welcoat in the finals via four-game sweep in their very first conference as a rookie team. After dropping the first two games of the series, all signs pointed to another Welcoat sweep after that, but the Power Boosters halted the Paintmasters' string of 12 straight wins with a 65–50 victory in Game three. In his final PBL season, Roger Yap scored 22 points, including 12 in the third period. Contributions from Rysal Castro's perimeter play and Michael Robinson's performance in the final quarter secured the championship campaign for the Power Boosters. 2001 Alaxan-Chairman's Cup Quarterfinalist in Group A Quarterfinalist in Group B #TeamWLPCTGB1 Shark Energy Drink 8 0 1.000 -- 2 ANA Freezers 6 2 .750 23 Welcoat Paints 5 3 .625 34 GIV Beauty Soap 5 3 .625 35 PharmaQuick 5 3 .625 36 Hapee Toothpaste 3 5 .375 57 Ateneo-Pioneer 2 6 .250 6 8 Montaña Jewels 2 6 .250 69 Osaka Iridology 0 8 .000 8 In the quarterfinal round divided into two groups, the top four teams; Shark Energy Drink, ANA Freezers, Welcoat and GIV soap are in Group A, the remaining five teams comprises Group B, after a one-round quarterfinals in each group, Shark (9–2) and ANA Freezers (8–3) will enjoy a twice-to-beat advantage against Welcoat (7–4) and GIV (6–5), which beat PharmaQuick (7–5) in a playoff, 70–68 on June 2, to enter the final four semifinalists.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kqU2AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1452%2C7934081 GIV grabs last slot Philippine Daily Inquirer Semifinals (Twice-to-beat) #eee June 5 Makati Coliseum, Makati Shark Energy Drink 34 GIV Beauty Soap |score2=58 June 7 Makati Coliseum, Makati ANA Freezers 53 Welcoat Paints |score2=72 #eee June 12 Makati Coliseum, Makati 3OT Shark Energy Drink |score1=96 GIV Beauty Soap 93 June 12 Makati Coliseum, Makati ANA Freezers 58 Welcoat Paints |score2=72 In the semifinals twice-to-beat, GIV held Shark Energy Drink to an all-time lowest score of 34 points and force a sudden-death playoff for the finals berth.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=laU2AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1586%2C9451668 GIV stuns Shark, forces rubber match Philippine Daily Inquirer One week later on June 12, Shark enters the championship series against rival Welcoat Paints with a triple-overtime victory over GIV Soap.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nKU2AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2080%2C12520660 Shark, Welcoat arrange showdown Philippine Daily Inquirer Finals #eee June 14 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Welcoat Paints |score1=58 Shark Energy Drink 57 June 16 Makati Coliseum, Makati OT recap Welcoat Paints |score1=80 Shark Energy Drink 79 #eee June 19 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap Welcoat Paints |score1=73 Shark Energy Drink 65 June 21 Makati Coliseum, Makati Welcoat Paints |score1=70 Shark Energy Drink 62 Welcoat wins series, 4-0 For the third time in the finals series, Welcoat and Shark arrange a title showdown, the Paintmasters return to the top and duplicate their 4–0 sweep over the Power Boosters in last year's Chairman's Cup with another four-game sweep, finals MVP Jojo Manalo, Renren Ritualo, Celino Cruz, Brix Encarnacion and Yancy De Ocampo kept the Power Boosters at bay in the title-clinching Game 4 as Welcoat avenged their 4-3 setback to Shark in the Challenge Cup. The victory also reaffirmed the supremacy of Welcoat with four PBL titles, all of which happened via sweeps.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=paU2AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1633%2C16884366 Welcoat sweeps Shark Philippine Daily Inquirer References External links www.philippinebasketball.ph Category:Philippine Basketball League seasons PBL League League