1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

Basketball tournament in the Philippines 1997 Commissioner's Cup Gordon's Gin Boars Robert Jaworski 4 Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 2 August 26 – September 7, 1997 Marlou Aquino VTV (IBC) DWFM 1996 1998 1997 All-Filipino 1997 Governors' The 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Gordon's Gin Boars and Alaska Milkmen played for the 67th championship contested by the league. Gordon's Gin Boars finally ended a six-year title drought, winning their finals series over Alaska Milkmen, 4 games to 2. Qualification Gordon's GinAlaskaFinished 6–4 (.600), tied for 1st EliminationsFinished 5–5 (.500), 5thFinished 11–7 (.611), tied for 1st Semifinals Finished 11–7 (.611), tied for 1st, and, +12 in overall point differential over San Miguel Won against San Miguel, 106–100 Playoff Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6WinsGordon's Gin 99 102 87 90 81 105 4Alaska 89 96 86 108 86 79 2VenueCunetaAranetaCunetaCunetaAranetaCuneta Games summary Game 1 #eee August 26 7:30 pm Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Gordon's Gin Boars |score1=99 Alaska Milkmen 89 21–26 24–18 22–20 32–25 Chris King 40 Johnny Abarrientos 23 Chris King 13 Kevin Holland 18 King 10 Abarrientos, Hawkins 5 Gordon's Gin leads series, 1–0 Chris King registered a triple-double of 40 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, as he figured in Gordon's key third quarter assault when they grabbed a 55–52 lead. Alaska had one last chance to stage a reversal late in the game but King took command, giving the Boars a 94–84 bubble with a minute to go. Game 2 #eee August 29 7:00 pm Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Gordon's Gin Boars |score1=102 Alaska Milkmen 96 Gordon's Gin leads series, 2–0 Chris King, despite suffering a pulled left hamstring, never gave up, he hits the dagger three-pointer from a Marlou Aquino pass with 37.2 seconds left to give the Boars a four-point lead. Doctors later found out that King had a strained ligament and a partial tear on his left hamstring. Game 3 #eee August 31 6:00 pm Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Gordon's Gin Boars |score1=87 Alaska Milkmen 86 12–18 24–21 26–17 25–30 Pido Jarencio 23 Kevin Holland 23 Terry Saldaña 12 Kevin Holland 14 Aquino 5 Abarrientos 10 Gordon's Gin leads series, 3–0 The Boars pulled through a down-the-wire final minute with import Chris King's inside basket and Pido Jarencio's key triple as the Milkmen succumbed to turnovers and missed attempts in their last possessions. Jarencio waxes hot with seven triples, five in the final half, on a 7-of-8 shooting from the three-point range. Alaska had one last crack to win the game but Dwight Lago's jumper went all air as Gordon's takes a 3–0 lead.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kI8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6078%2C98270 Scent of title gets stronger for Gordon's Manila Standard Game 4 #eee September 2 7:00 pm Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Gordon's Gin Boars 90 Alaska Milkmen |score2=108 20–17 17–28 22–35 31–26 Noli Locsin 18 Johnny Abarrientos 24 Chris King, Wilmer Ong 5 Kevin Holland 10 King 6 Abarrientos 4 Gordon's Gin leads series, 3–1 Game 5 #eee September 5 7:00 pm Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Gordon's Gin Boars 81 Alaska Milkmen |score2=86 19–13 14–26 29–27 19–20 Chris King 19 Jojo Lastimosa 16 Marlou Aquino 11 Kevin Holland 15 King 10 Abarrientos 7 Gordon's Gin leads series, 3–2 Game 6 #eee September 7 6:00 pm Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Gordon's Gin Boars |score1=105 Alaska Milkmen 79 Chris King 24 Gordon's Gin wins series, 4–2 A decisive 33–5 run in the third quarter as the Boars' avalanche of points blew the game wide open. Gordon's steamrolled to a 30-point lead at 79–49, going into the fourth quarter, while limiting Alaska to an all-time lowest score of five points in a quarter.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lo8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6410%2C852553 Gordon's Gin ends 6-year drought Manila Standard 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup Champions Gordon's Gin Boars Fourth title Awards Finals MVP: Marlou Aquino (Gordon's Gin) Best Player of the Conference: Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ko8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5308%2C358351 Abarrientos named best player Manila Standard Rosters n Gordon's Gin Boars 1 Bal David G 5 9 148 UST PHI 6 Noli Locsin F 6 3 250 De La Salle PHI 7 Robert Jaworski G 6 0 180 UE PHI 9 Macky De Joya F 6 3 190 San Beda PHI 11 Jayvee Gayoso GF 6 2 190 Ateneo PHI 12 Vince Hizon G 6 2 180 Ateneo PHI 13 Marlou Aquino C 6 9 215 Adamson PHI 15 Michael Orquillas G 6 2 170 Cebu PHI 16 Benny Cheng F 6 3 200 Mapua PHI 17 Antero Saldaña Terry Saldaña F 6 3 190 Letran PHI 18 Wilmer Ong FC 6 4 245 Saint La Salle PHI 24 Cris Bolado C 6 7 National-U PHI 25 Pido Jarencio G 5 10 170 UST PHI 44 Chris King basketball F 6 7 215 Wake Forest USA I 52 Robert Jaworski, Jr. G 6 2 180 Ateneo PHI PHI Robert Jaworski PHI Rino Salazar PHI Philip Cezar PHI Bernabe Navarro (I) Import n Alaska Milkmen 5 Kevin Holland F 6 5 219 DePaul USA I 6 Jojo Lastimosa GF 6 1 180 USJ-R PHI 7 Roehl Gomez G 6 0 180 Cebu PHI 9 Rodney Santos GF 6 2 175 San Sebastian PHI 10 Boyet Fernandez G 5 8 165 San Agustin PHI 12 Dickie Bachmann FC 6 5 200 De La Salle PHI 14 Johnny Abarrientos G 5 8 150 FEU PHI 15 Dwight Lago GF 6 3 190 De La Salle PHI 16 Bong Hawkins F 6 3 220 UPHSD PHI 17 Kevin Ramas C 6 4 240 Mapua PHI 29 Michael Otto basketball C 6 6 210 FEU PHI 32 Poch Juinio C 6 5 215 UP PHI 44 Merwin Castelo GF 6 2 186 San Beda PHI 51 Bryant Punzalan C 6 6 210 FEU PHI USA Tim Cone PHI Joel Banal (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside ReporterGame 1 Noli Eala Andy Jao Game 2 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Anthony Suntay and Butch ManiegoGame 3 Chino Trinidad Andy Jao Anthony Suntay and Butch ManiegoGame 4 Noli Eala Quinito Henson Anthony Suntay and Butch ManiegoGame 5 Chino Trinidad Andy Jao Game 6 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Anthony Suntay, Butch Maniego and Randy Sacdalan References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:1997 PBA season 1997 Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel games PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals