1996 PBA season

22nd PBA season February 2023 January 2023 1996 PBA season Pba1996.png February 18 – December 17, 1996 8 VTV (IBC) 1996 PBA Draft Marlou Aquino Ginebra San Miguel Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska Milkmen) All-Filipino Cup 1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup Alaska Milkmen Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Commissioner's Cup 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup Alaska Milkmen Formula Shell Zoom Masters Governors Cup 1996 PBA Governors Cup Alaska Milkmen Ginebra San Miguel 1995 PBA season 1995 1997 PBA season 1997 The 1996 PBA season was the 22nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee Jun Bernardino (Commissioner) Teodoro L. Dimayuga (Chairman, representing Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) Nazario L. Avendaño (Vice-Chairman, representing San Miguel Beermen) Dr. Antonio V. Concepcion (Treasurer, representing Ginebra San Miguel) Teams Team Company Governor Alternate Governor Alaska Milkmen Alaska Milk Corporation Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Joaquin Trillo Formula Shell Zoommasters Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation Reynaldo Gamboa Eliseo Santiago Ginebra San Miguel La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. Dr. Antonio Concepcion Bernabe Navarro, Jr. Pepsi Mega/Mobiline Cellulars Lapanday Holdings Corporation Luis F. Lorenzo Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Purefoods Corporation Teodoro Dimayuga Eliezer Capacio San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Corporation Nazario Avendaño Eddie Veneracion Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Manuel Encarnado Vicente Santos Sunkist Orange Juicers RFM Corporation Elmer Yanga Aurora Timbol Season highlights The league's broadcast partner, Vintage Sports, switched networks from People's Television to Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation. They also changed their primary language from English to Tagalog. Crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel return to their winning ways after years of being a doormat with the entry of top draft pick, 6-9 Marlou Aquino, the Ginebras advances in the semifinals for the first time in three years during the All-Filipino Cup, their season was highlighted by a finals trip in the third conference, losing to grandslam champions Alaska Milkmen. The Pepsi Mega Bottlers sold their franchise to PILTEL and was renamed Mobiline Cellulars at the start of the Commissioner's Cup. The Alaska Milkmen became the fourth team to win the PBA Grand slam by sweeping all three conferences of the season, joining the 1976 and 1983 Crispa Redmanizers and the 1989 San Miguel Beermen.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T6FOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zgoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4784%2C2931523 It's our time - Alaska's Cone Manila Standard Johnny Abarrientos became the first pure guard to win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award since Ricardo Brown in 1985.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6Z4VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zgoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6384%2C2462519 Abarrientos is PBA's '96 MVP Manila Standard Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Milkmen Anamarie Pukon and Sharon Fuentes Formula Shell Teresa Herrera Ginebra San Miguel Amanda Page Pepsi Mega Maricel Morales (Mutya ng Pilipinas) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Chantal Umali San Miguel Beermen Candice Coral and Gracia Sta. Lucia Realtors Cara Sobejano and Abigail Arenas Sunkist Orange Juicers Vina Morales Champions All-Filipino Cup: Alaska Milkmen Commissioner's Cup: Alaska Milkmen Governor's Cup: Alaska Milkmen Team with best win–loss percentage: Alaska Milkmen (51-21, .708) Best Team of the Year: Alaska Milkmen (1st) All-Filipino Cup 1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoff (3) Ginebra San Miguel 99–100 (4) San Miguel Beermen |} Finals 1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals 7 (1) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 1–4 (2) Alaska Milkmen 77–78 79–86 99–87 62–75 92–93 — — |} Finals MVP: Jojo Lastimosa (Alaska) Best Player of the Conference: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Commissioner's Cup 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoff (2) Ginebra San Miguel 106–111 (4) Sta. Lucia Realtors |} Finals 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals 7 (1) Alaska Milkmen 4–3 (3) Formula Shell Zoom Masters 82–85 93–86 77–85 79–76 70–63 85–88 83–77 |} Finals MVP: Bong Hawkins (Alaska) Best Player of the Conference: Bong Hawkins (Alaska) Best Import of the Conference: Ken Redfield (Formula Shell) Governors' Cup 1996 PBA Governors' Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Playoffs playoffsbracket Quarterfinals Series y (3) San Miguel Beermen* 1–1 (6) Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys 91–97 89–86 (4) Formula Shell Zoom Masters* 1–1 (5) Sunkist Orange Bottlers 100–107 104–101 |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) Alaska Milkmen 3–0 (4) Formula Shell Zoom Masters 102–83 106–89 100–91 — — (2) Ginebra San Miguel 3–1 (3) San Miguel Beermen 88–94 115–111 94–93 122–106 — |} Third place playoff (3) San Miguel Beermen 99–103 (4) Formula Shell Zoom Masters |} Finals 1996 PBA Governors' Cup finals 7 (1) Alaska Milkmen 4–1 (2) Ginebra San Miguel 90–79 110–105 95–82 96–97 91–83 — — |} Finals MVP: Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Best Player of the Conference: Marlou Aquino (Ginebra) Best Import of the Conference: Sean Chambers (Alaska) Awards Most Valuable Player: Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Rookie of the Year: Marlou Aquino (Ginebra) Sportsmanship Award: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) Most Improved Player: Edward "Poch" Juinio (Alaska) Defensive Player of the Year: Marlou Aquino (Ginebra) Mythical Five: Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Rene Hawkins, Jr. (Alaska) Jojo Lastimosa (Alaska) Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Marlou Aquino (Ginebra) Mythical Second Team: Bal David (Ginebra) Noli Locsin (Ginebra) Jeffrey Cariaso (Alaska) Benjie Paras (Shell) Nelson Asaytono (San Miguel) All Defensive Team: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) Chris Jackson (Sta. Lucia) Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Jeffrey Cariaso (Alaska) Marlou Aquino (Ginebra) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Tim Cone (Alaska) Mr. Quality Minutes: Gilbert "Jun" Reyes, Jr. (Alaska) Executive of the Year: Jun Bernardino (PBA Commissioner) Comeback Player of the Year: Richie Ticzon (Shell) Referee of the Year: Ogie Bernarte Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 51 21 Alaska Milkmen GIN 35 29 Ginebra San Miguel MOB 7 28 Pepsi Mega Bottlers/Mobiline Cellulars SUN 15 23 Sunkist Orange Juicers/Bottlers PF 29 31 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs/Corned Beef Cowboys SMB 25 26 San Miguel Beermen SHL 33 32 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 20 25 Sta. Lucia Realtors C F F F 3rd 3rd QF X Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place blue1 Quarterfinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 26 9 Alaska Milkmen GIN 20 15 Ginebra San Miguel MOB 7 28 Pepsi Mega BottlersMobiline Cellulars SUN 14 21 Sunkist Orange Juicers/Bottlers PF 18 17 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs/Corned Beef Cowboys SMB 18 17 San Miguel Beermen SHL 20 15 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 17 18 Sta. Lucia Realtors Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete ALA 25 12 Alaska Milkmen GIN 15 14 Ginebra San Miguel MOB 0 0 Pepsi Mega BottlersMobiline Cellulars SUN 1 2 Sunkist Orange Juicers/Bottlers PF 11 14 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs/Corned Beef Cowboys SMB 7 9 San Miguel Beermen SHL 13 17 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 3 7 Sta. Lucia Realtors References PBA