1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals

Basketball cup finals 1996 All-Filipino Cup Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 4 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Chot Reyes 1 May 17–26, 1996 Jojo Lastimosa Vintage Sports (IBC) DZRH 1995 1997 1995 Governors 1996 Commissioner's The 1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Alaska Milkmen and Purefoods TJ Hotdogs played for the 63rd championship contested by the league. The Alaska Milkmen won against Purefoods TJ Hotdogs, 4 games to 1, for their first ever back-to-back championships as they became the 9th team to win the All-Filipino crown. Qualification PurefoodsAlaskaFinished 8–6 (.571), tied for 3rd EliminationsFinished 10–4 (.714), 1st Finished 14–8 (.636), 1st Semifinals Finished 13–9 (.591), 2ndPlayoff Won against Ginebra, 96–83 Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Wins Alaska 78 86 87 75 93 4Purefoods 77 79 99 62 92 1VenueCunetaCunetaAranetaCunetaAraneta Games summary Game 1 #eee May 17 7:30 pm Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=78 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 77 23–18 24–20 22–15 9–24 Jojo Lastimosa 24 Alvin Patrimonio 20 Bong Hawkins 8 Alvin Patrimonio 9 Hawkins 5 Patrimonio, Racela 6 Alaska leads series, 1–0 The Milkmen were apparently in control of the ballgame after having a comfortable 69–51 lead in the third quarter by having a 7–0 run. In the fourth quarter, Alaska then became scoreless for three minutes after Jun Reyes' field goal, allowing Purefoods to put together an 11–0 scoring run, reducing the lead by one point with 46.7 seconds remaining after Poch Juinio was called on illegal defense. Purefoods also kept possession after Alvin Patrimonio's free throw but he missed a jumper that could have given his team the lead. All hope wasn't lost for Purefoods as Jojo Lastimosa split his charities from Jerry Codinera's foul with 16 seconds remaining. Rey Evangelista rebounded another Patrimonio miss and was fouled by Hawkins with 2.9 seconds left. Evangelista also split his charities allowing Alaska to escape with a one-point lead, 78–77.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mJkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ggsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5978%2C2801941 Alaska tops Purefoods in Game One Jimbo Gulle, Manila Standard, May 18, 1996 Glenn Capacio of Purefoods will be suspended for Game 2 and will be fined P5000 for slapping Alaska forward Bong Hawkins during the third quarter. Capacio slapped Hawkins after he was hit in the face by Hawkins' shoulder in trying to set a pick for Jeffrey Cariaso.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mZkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ggsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4337%2C2939014 Alaska eyes 2–0 lead vs Purefoods Jimbo Gulle, Manila Standard, May 19, 1996 Game 2 #eee May 19 6:00 pm Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen |score1=86 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 79 13–16 21–16 29–21 23–26 Jojo Lastimosa 22 Alvin Patrimonio 26 Hawkins 12 Evangelista 11 Abarrientos 6 Codiñera, 3 others, 4 Alaska leads series, 2–0 Jojo Lastimosa led a 17–7 burst midway through the third period, during which he hit two jumpers, a pair of free throws and a three-pointer to give Alaska its biggest lead, 59–44. Purefoods, behind Alvin Patrimonio and Olsen Racela, answered back to come to within 68–63 with nine minutes remaining, the hotdogs were then held scoreless in the next six minutes and the milkmen took advantage on an 8–0 burst to erect a 76–63 lead with still 3:26 to go. Game 3 #eee May 21 7:00 pm Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen 87 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs |score2=99 21–27 14–25 26–26 26–21 Bong Hawkins 19 Jerry Codiñera 18 Bong Hawkins 8 Edmund Reyes 9 Johnny Abarrientos 9 Dindo Pumaren 7 Alaska leads series, 2–1 Purefoods opened the game with a 19–6 run and never looked back, posting leads of as many as 23 points. The Hotdogs took a 52–35 lead at the half and a 20–7 blast after Alaska drew to within 58–48 gave the Hotdogs their biggest lead, 78–55, with two minutes left in the third quarter. Game 4 #eee May 24 7:00 pm Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Alaska Milkmen |score1=75 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 62 23–12 14–20 22–16 16–14 Abarrientos, Hawkins 18 Codiñera 13 Bong Hawkins 18 Jerry Codiñera 11 Abarrientos 8 Patrimonio, 3 others, 3 Alaska leads series, 3–1 The Hotdogs forced the Milkmen to seven turnovers in the second quarter, enabling them to trimmed down the 23–12 Alaska lead at the end of the first period to just 37–32 at halftime. Bong Hawkins, Johnny Abarrientos and Jojo Lastimosa presided over a 9–2 run midway through the third quarter to pad the Milkmen's lead back to 12 points at 62–50. Game 5 #eee May 26 6:00 pm Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage OT Alaska Milkmen |score1=93 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 92 Alaska wins series, 4–1 Jeffrey Cariaso sank two decisive free throws with six-tenths of a second remaining in overtime to squeeze out a one-point victory for Alaska and win their first All-Filipino title. Cariaso was fouled by Bong Ravena, who tried to intercept Jun Reyes' inbound but instead tagged Cariaso's arm and drew a foul, Ravena had earlier scored on a layup to give the Hotdogs a 91–89 lead and blocked Jojo Lastimosa to set up Alvin Patrimonio's free throw off Bong Hawkins that pushed Purefoods up, 92–91 with only 10.3 seconds to go.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oZkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ggsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5294%2C4210311 Alaska bags AFC crown Manila Standard, May 27, 1996 1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup Champions Alaska Milkmen Fourth title Rosters Alaska Milkmen 4 Merwin Castelo GF 6 2 186 San Beda PHI 5 Gilbert Reyes G 5 8 160 Ateneo PHI 6 Jojo Lastimosa GF 6 1 180 USJ-R PHI 7 Roehl Gomez G 6 0 180 Cebu PHI 12 Dickie Bachmann FC 6 5 200 De La Salle PHI 14 Johnny Abarrientos G 5 8 150 FEU PHI 16 Bong Hawkins F 6 3 220 UPHSD PHI 17 Kevin Ramas C 6 4 240 Mapua PHI 22 Jeffrey Cariaso GF 6 2 190 Sonoma State PHI 24 Cris Bolado C 6 7 260 National-U PHI 31 Giovanni Pineda F 6 6 190 Adamson PHI 32 Poch Juinio C 6 5 215 UP PHI USA Tim Cone PHI Joel Banal PHI Aric del Rosario n Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs #0055AF #FFFFFF #F10D0D #FFFFFF 1 Bong Ravena GF 6 2 195 UE PHI 5 Edmund Reyes F 6 3 198 UST PHI 7 Rey Evangelista F 6 4 180 UST PHI 9 Rodney Santos GF 6 2 175 San Sebastian PHI 10 Dindo Pumaren G 5 9 170 De La Salle PHI 12 Glenn Capacio G 6 1 185 FEU PHI 15 Bryant Punzalan FC 6 6 210 FEU PHI 16 Alvin Patrimonio F 6 3 215 Mapua PHI 17 Olsen Racela G 5 11 165 Ateneo PHI 23 Reuben Dela Rosa F 6 2 190 Mapua PHI 44 Jerry Codiñera C 6 5 245 UE PHI PHI Chot Reyes PHI Eric Altamirano Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside ReportersGame 1 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Ronnie Nathanielsz and Chino TrinidadGame 2 Sev Sarmenta Andy Jao Game 3 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Ronnie Nathanielsz and Anthony SuntayGame 4 Sev Sarmenta Andy Jao Game 5 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Ronnie Nathanielsz, Chino Trinidad and Anthony Suntay 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:Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots games PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals