1995–96 Philippine Basketball League season

1995–96 PBL season March 4, 1995 – January 9, 1996 9 Silverstar Sports (PTV) Marlou Aquino Marlou Aquino Marlou Aquino Reinforced Conference 1995 PBL Reinforced Conference Stag Pale Pilseners Red Bull Energy Drink All-Filipino Cup 1995 PBL All-Filipino Cup Stag Pale Pilseners Casino Rubbing Alcohol Danny Floro Cup 1995-96 PBL Danny Floro Cup Stag Pale Pilseners Red Bull Energy Drink 1994 1996 The 1995–96 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL). Notable achievements Under coach Junel Baculi, the PBL-Andoks team won the Asian Interclub basketball championships in Kuala Lumpur, defeating Malaysia-Petronas, 101–82, in the finals. The PBL selection were reinforced by seven-time PBA best import Bobby Parks and former Ginebra import Alexander Coles. The Stag Pale Pilseners completed a three-conference sweep and a grandslam in their very first season in the PBL. The Pilseners of coach Alfrancis Chua, with the likes of MVP Marlou Aquino, Bal David, Reuben Dela Rosa, Randy Alcantara, Derrick Bughao, Paul Du and best import Antoine Joubert, became the third team to win a title in their first try during the Reinforced Conference, defeating Red Bull Energy Drink in four games.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ZkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6304%2C1689125 Stag puts away PBL gonfalon Manila Standard Stag had an easier time scoring a three-game finals sweep in the next two conferences, winning over Casino Rubbing Alcohol in the All-Filipino Cup and repeating over Red Bull in the Danny Floro Cup in January 1996.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A_4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4407%2C1436370 Stag wraps it all up Manila Standard Occurrences The PBL took a two-week break during the month of June to give way to the ABC Championships where most of the top players are members of the national team, the league resume on June 29 with the best-of-three semifinal pairings in the short All-Filipino Cup.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J68mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3339%2C4073818 PBL back in business today Manila Standard Reinforced Conference Qualified for semifinals Team standings Win Loss PCT Stag Pale Pilsen 14 2 .875 Red Bull Energy Drink 13 3 .812 Chowking Fastfood Kings 9 7 .562 Kutitap Toothpaste 8 8 .500 Casino Rubbing Alcohol 8 8 .500 Magnolia Cheezee Spread 7 9 .438 Burger Machine 6 10 .375 Ramcar Oriental Battery 4 12 .250 Carol Ann's Snack Masters 3 13 .188 The imports who saw action in this conference were Antoine Joubert (Stag), Ray Reed (Red Bull), who was replaced by Stevie Thompson, Glynn Blackwell (Chowking), Claude Moore (Casino), Gary Gaspard (Kutitap), David Barksdale (Magnolia), Tony Tolbert (Burger Machine), Steve Hall (Ramcar), and Mark Harris (Carol Ann's). Stag and Red Bull played in the finals, the Pale Pilseners finish the semifinal round with 19 wins and 4 losses, followed by Red Bull with a 16 wins and 7 losses. Chowking and Casino gained a playoff for the second finals slot via win 4-of-7 incentive scheme.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gKojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4232%2C3724037 Do or die PBL match Manila Standard Casino won against Chowking, 92–73, but the Alcohol Makers in turn, lost to Red Bull on the following day for the right to meet the Pilseners for the championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gaojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3642%2C3875142 Casino rips Chowking, faces Red Bull next Manila Standard Finals series TeamGame 1 (May 1)Game 2 (May 4)Game 3 (May 6)Game 4 (May 10)WinsStag 130 100 104 110 3Red Bull 110 101 87 96 1VenueRMCRMCRMCRMC All-Filipino Cup Qualified for semifinals Quarterfinal standings Win Loss PCT Stag Pale Pilsen 4 1 .800 Oriental Battery 3 2 .600 Casino Rubbing Alcohol 3 2 .600 Kutitap Toothpaste 3 2 .600 Magnolia Cheezee Spread 1 4 .200 Chowking 1 4 .200 Three teams; Red Bull, Burger Machine and Carol Ann's were eliminated after a one-round eliminations. In the best-of-three semifinals match-up, Stag prevailed over Kutitap and Casino won over Oriental Battery to arrange a finals showdown.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J68mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3988%2C4215039 Stag gets headstart against Kutitap five Manila Standard Finals series TeamGame 1 (July 3)Game 2 (July 6)Game 3 (July 8)WinsStag 71 74 83 3Casino 61 64 79 0VenueRMCRMCRMC 1995-96 Danny Floro Cup Qualified for semifinals Quarterfinal standings Win Loss PCT Red Bull 4 1 .800 Stag Pale Pilsen 3 2 .600 Casino Rubbing Alcohol 3 2 .600 Kutitap Toothpaste 3 2 .600 Burger Machine 2 3 .400 Chowking 0 5 .000 Six teams makes it to the quarterfinals after the eliminations. Stag scored a 2–0 sweep over Casino in their best-of-three semifinal series. Red Bull also swept their own series against Kutitap and sealed a finals rematch with the Pale Pilseners.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AP4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2494%2C680581 Stag makes it to finals, closes in on Grand Slam Manila Standard Finals series TeamGame 1 (Jan.7)Game 2 (Jan.8)Game 3 (Jan.9)WinsStag 105 93 102 3Red Bull 102 86 92 0VenueRMCRMCRMC International Invitational Cup The short international invitational tournament took place from December 9–17, 1995. Guest teams were Boysen-International Bank of Korea, Hapee-Ozeta Club of the Slovak Republic and the Budweiser Kings of Guam.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jo0mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2876%2C1416353 PBL International Cup reels off today Manila Standard Casino Rubbing Alcohol and Ozeta Club were declared co-champions after their final game ended at 97-all. The PBL was forced to let the Slovak squad leave early to catch their flight.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k40mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6777%2C3013920 Co-champs from PBL boo-boo Manila Standard The Danny Floro Cup resumes just before Christmas. Individual awards All-Filipino Cup: Most Valuable Player: Marlou Aquino (Stag) Mythical First team: Marlou Aquino (Stag) Bal David (Stag) Reuben Dela Rosa (Stag) Gilbert Castillo (Casino) Rodney Santos (Oriental Battery) Mythical Second team: James Walkvist (Oriental Battery) Michael Orquillas (Oriental Battery) Arthur Ayson (Oriental Battery) Randy Alcantara (Stag) Ruel Bravo (Kutitap) References 1995-96 Philippine Basketball League season PBL League League