1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

US basketball championship 1998 Commissioner's Cup Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 4 San Miguel Beermen Ron Jacobs 2 August 2–14, 1998 VTV (IBC) DWFM 1997 1999 1998 All-Filipino 1998 Centennial The 1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1998 Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Alaska Milkmen and San Miguel Beermen played for the 70th championship contested by the league, this serves as a rematch of their All-Filipino series. The Alaska Milkmen won their 9th PBA title, defeating the San Miguel Beermen for the second time in the season, winning in six games. It was the third straight crown for Alaska, which had been into the finals series in 12 of the last 13 conferences as they continued their quest for another Grandslam season. Kenneth Duremdes won on his second back-to-back finals MVP in Commissioner's Cup finals. Qualification AlaskaSan MiguelFinished 9–2 (.818), 1st EliminationsFinished 6–5 (.545), tied for 2ndQualified outright Quarterfinals defeated 6th seed Mobilinedefeated Formula Shell, 3-2Best-of-5 semifinalsdefeated Pop Cola, 3-0 Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6WinsAlaska 107 106 81 83 92 85 4San Miguel 97 89 88 92 84 74 2VenueCunetaCunetaAranetaCunetaCunetaAraneta Games summary Game 1 #eee August 2 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay OT VTV Alaska Milkmen |score1=107 San Miguel Beermen 97 Devin Davis 33 Lamont Strothers 43 Alaska leads series, 1-0 The Beer enjoyed a 10-point spread, 88-78, going into the last 4:24 of regulation play, the Milkmen came charging back and a 12-0 blast shoved them ahead, Lamont Strothers knotted the score with two free throws sending the game into overtime. Game 2 #eee August 4 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen |score1=106 San Miguel Beermen 89 25-23 29-17 25-19 27-30 Devin Davis 25 Lamont Strothers 33 Alaska leads series, 2-0 From a measly two-point lead, 30-28, Alaska stormed on top, 42-28, 8:13 in the second quarter, In that stretch, Strothers was slapped a technical foul for shoving Lastimosa and Mike Mustre was tagged a deliberate foul for decking Devin Davis. The Milkmen maintain a 14-point spread, 54-40 at the half and stretched their lead to 20 points, 79-59 at the end of the third quarter. The Milkmen padded their advantage to 25 points, 98-73, 4:40 remaining in the contest. Game 3 #eee August 7 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Alaska Milkmen 81 San Miguel Beermen |score2=88 23-12 25-17 17-35 16-24 Devin Davis 29 Lamont Strothers 35 Alaska leads series, 2-1 San Miguel were down by 19 points, 29-48 at halftime. The Beer rallied from a 21-point deficit and were trailing by just a point, 64-65, entering the fourth period. Game 4 #eee August 9 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 83 San Miguel Beermen |score2=92 Devin Davis 26 Lamont Strothers 45 Series tied, 2-2 San Miguel grabbed their biggest lead of 20 points early in the third period. Strothers, Allan Caidic and Nelson Asaytono combined late in the fourth period to stop any attempt of an Alaska comeback. Game 5 #eee August 11 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen |score1=92 San Miguel Beermen 84 22-14 17-26 20-13 33-31 Devin Davis 35 Lamont Strothers 34 Alaska leads series, 3-2 From a 40-39 halftime edge for San Miguel, the Milkmen outscored the Beer, 20-13 in the third period for a 59-53 advantage going into the final quarter. Alaska pulled away in the final six minutes, taking a 15-point spread, 88-73, and put the game beyond doubt. Game 6 #eee August 14 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Alaska Milkmen |score1=85 San Miguel Beermen 74 26-12 18-23 15-21 26-18 Devin Davis 22 Lamont Strothers 34 Alaska wins series, 4-2 San Miguel scored the first six points of the contest when a 24-2 blast by Alaska gave them a huge 24-8 lead in the first quarter. The Milkmen went up by 21 points, 37-16, early in the second period, but the Beer rallied and tied the count for the last time at 59-all early in the fourth quarter. As the score reads 74-71 in favor of Alaska, Kenneth Duremdes spark a 6-0 run and iced the game for the Milkmen, 80-71. Kenneth Duremdes won on his second back-to-back finals MVP and Alaska captures on his ninth championship title.http://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2018/07/1998-pba-finals-title-clincher.html Alaska clinches 9th PBA title 25 July 2018 1998 PBA Commissioners Cup champions Alaska Milkmen Ninth title Rosters n Alaska Milkmen #000000 #C70309 #C70309 #FFFFFF 4 Braulio Lim F 6 3 UE 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 9 Rodney Santos GF 6 2 San Sebastian PHI 12 Dickie Bachmann C 6 5 De La Salle PHI 14 Johnny Abarrientos G 5 8 FEU PHI 15 Albert David basketball F 6 2 Letran PHI 16 Bong Hawkins F 6 3 UPHSD PHI 17 Kevin Ramas C 6 4 Mapua PHI 19 Kenneth Duremdes F 6 3 Adamson PHI 32 Poch Juinio C 6 5 UP PHI 42 Devin Davis basketball, born 1974 C 6 7 Miami University USA I USA Tim Cone PHI Richard Bachmann PHI Gilbert Reyes (I) Import n San Miguel Beermen 4 Siot Tanquingcen G 5 9 UST PHI 5 Ronilo Padilla C 6 5 Cebu PHI 7 Michael Mustre G 6 0 Letran PHI 8 Allan Caidic F 6 2 UE PHI 10 Danny Ildefonso C 6 6 National-U PHI 11 Nelson Asaytono F 6 3 Manila PHI 12 Yves Dignadice F 6 4 STI WNU PHI 14 Elpidio Villamin F 6 2 PHI 15 Edward Naron G 6 1 Visayas PHI 17 Olsen Racela G 5 11 Ateneo PHI 18 Art Dela Cruz F 6 2 San Sebastian PHI 25 Freddie Abuda FC 6 4 Cebu PHI 34 William Antonio GF 6 4 Chaminade USA 42 Lamont Strothers GF 6 3 Christopher Newport USA I USA Ron Jacobs PHI Jong Uichico (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play AnalystGame 1 Game 2 Game 3 Chino Trinidad Alfrancis ChuaGame 4 Game 5 Game 6 References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:1998 PBA season 1998 Category:San Miguel Beermen games Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals