1996 Philippine Basketball League season

1996 PBL season March 16 - December 14, 1996 8 Silverstar Sports (PTV) Jason Webb Bong Marata Genesis Sasuman Import Reinforced 1996 PBL Reinforced Conference Hapee Toothpaste Stag Pale Pilseners All-Filipino Cup 1996 PBL All-Filipino Cup Agfa HDC Films Stag Pale Pilseners Danny Floro Cup 1996 PBL Danny Floro Cup Stag Pale Pilseners Springmaid Flak Eliminators 1995-96 1997-98 The 1996 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL). Notable achievements First Conference champion Hapee Toothpaste represent the Philippine team in the ABC Champions Cup slated June 2–9 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. The Philippines-Hapee, coached by Junel Baculi and reinforced by ex-PBA imports Tony Harris and Bobby Parks, along with Hapee mainstays Joel Dualan, Erwin Framo, Oscar Simon, Ramon Pido and borrowed players from Red Bull, Danny Ildefonso and Henry Fernandez, won the title by defeating Isuzu lynx of Japan, 77-74, in the finale.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e6EVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6016%2C1497747 RP keeps ABC Cup at home Manila Standard Agfa Colors, which won the All-Filipino Cup, represent the country to the Jones Cup in Taipei and place 6th in the tournament. Participating teams Hapee Toothpaste (became known as Dazz Dishwashing Paste starting the Danny Floro Cup) Stag Pale Pilseners Chowking Fastfood Kings Oriental Battery (known as Super Power Battery starting the All-Filipino Cup) Red Bull Energy Drink (switch back to Agfa, known as Agfa HDC Film starting the All-Filipino Cup) Casino Rubbing Alcohol (played only in the Reinforced Conference) Carol Ann's Food Delights (played only in the Reinforced Conference) Burger Machine (left the league before the Danny Floro Cup) Welcoat Paints (new team starting the All-Filipino Cup) AMA Cybertigers (new team in the Danny Floro Cup) Springmaid Flak Eliminators (new team in the Danny Floro Cup) Reinforced Conference Qualified for semifinals Team standings Win Loss PCT Hapee Toothpaste 11 3 .785 Stag Pale Pilsen 8 6 .571 Chowking 8 6 .571 Red Bull 8 6 .571 Burger Machine 7 7 .500 Casino Rubbing Alcohol 6 8 .429 Carol Ann's 5 9 .357 Oriental Battery 2 12 .142 The respective teams' imports are Ma Jian of Hapee Toothpaste, Lucious Jackson of Burger Machine, Fred Vinsons of Carol Ann's, Claude Moore of Casino Rubbing Alcohol, David Vanterpool of Chowking Fastfood, Steve Worthy of defending champion Stag Pale Pilsen, who was replaced by Robert Phelps, Kevin Ardister of Red Bull, replaced by Jerry Stroman, and for Oriental Battery, Darnell Sneed, replaced by Eric Jones, who in turn, was replaced by former PBA import and Ginebra reinforcement Alexander Coles. Hapee Toothpaste and Stag Pale Pilsen went on to play in the best-of-five championship series after the one round, six-team semifinals.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zpROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2271%2C4264058 Victories by Casino, Burger put Hapee, Stag in PBL finals Manila Standard Finals series #eee May 2 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila recap Hapee Toothpaste |score1=83 Stag Pale Pilseners 76 May 4 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila OT recap Hapee Toothpaste 102 Stag Pale Pilseners |score2=104 #eee May 6 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila recap Hapee Toothpaste |score1=90 Stag Pale Pilseners 79 May 8 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila Hapee Toothpaste |score1=83 Stag Pale Pilseners 77 Hapee wins series, 3-1 The Cavity Fighters ended a three-year wait for the title and claim their first-ever PBL crown, defeating the defending champion Stag Pale Pilseners, which won the Grandslam earlier in the year in a cinderella fashion, in four games. Chinese import Ma Jian led Hapee with 22 points and 8 rebounds as the Cavity Fighters gained the right to represent the country minus the 6-7 Ma Jian in the upcoming Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Champions Cup.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j5kVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ggsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5314%2C1402973 Hapee wraps up crown Manila Standard All-Filipino Cup Qualified for semifinals Team standings Win Loss PCT Stag Pale Pilsen 10 2 .833 Agfa HDC Films 9 3 .750 Super Power Battery 8 4 .667 Burger Machine 7 5 .583 Hapee Toothpaste 3 9 .250 Chowking 3 9 .250 Welcoat Paints 2 10 .167 Newcomer Welcoat Paints debut with an upset 79-70 win over Hapee Toothpaste, who just won another championship in the ABC Champions Cup.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=faEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3348%2C2120713 Happy days over for Hapee Manila Standard After the two round eliminations, four teams makes it to the round-robin semifinals. Leaders Stag Pale Pilsen and Agfa HDC Films made it to the best-of-three finals series.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5WUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3691%2C1098753 Agfa gets back at Stag, earns crack at crown Manila Standard Finals series #eee July 10 Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila recap Agfa HDC Film 82 Stag Pale Pilseners |score2=94 July 11 Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila recap Agfa HDC Film |score1=108 Stag Pale Pilseners 91 #eee July 12 Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila Agfa HDC Film |score1=71 Stag Pale Pilseners 66 Agfa wins series, 2-1 Agfa pulled off a 71-66 win over Stag in Game 3 of their best-of-three title series for their first PBL crown since joining the league three years ago. Danny Ildefonso and Anastacio Mendoza led the Film Experts of winning coach Jimmy Mariano with 14 points apiece while Henry Fernandez added 12 markers.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=62UVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3796%2C2080269 Agfa dumps Stag for crown Manila Standard Danny Floro Cup Qualified for finals # Semifinal standingsCumulativeSF Semifinal recordWLPCTGBWL1 Springmaid 10 5 .667 –- 2 32 Stag Pale Pilsen 10 5 .667 -- 4 13 Agfa HDC Film 9 6 .600 1 3 24 Chowking 9 6 .600 1 3 25 Dazz Dishwashing Paste 7 8 .500 3 2 36 Super Power Battery 5 10 .333 5 1 4 Newcomer Springmaid Flak Eliminators, coach by Cholo Martin, top the eliminations with an 8-2 won-loss card, however, they lost three of their four games in the one-round semifinals and were in danger of figuring in a three-team playoff for the second finals berth. Springmaid sealed a finals showdown with defending champion Stag Pale Pilsen, following a 69-58 win over the Pilseners on last semifinals playing date on December 4.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4p4VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zgoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5914%2C682991 Springmaid seals title showdown with Stag Manila Standard Finals series #eee December 7 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila recap Stag Pale Pilseners |score1=78 Springmaid 70 December 9 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila recap Stag Pale Pilseners |score1=92 Springmaid 81 #eee December 11 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila recap Stag Pale Pilseners 68 Springmaid |score2=76 December 14 Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila Stag Pale Pilseners |score1=82 Springmaid 70 Stag wins series, 3-1 The Stag Pale Pilseners retain the only title left from their triple-crown last season, winning their finals series against Springmaid, 3 games to 1, the Pilseners finish off Springmaid with an 82-70 win in Game 4. Mark Telan led the Pilseners with 21 points while Jomer Rubi banged in 19 points and Christopher Cantonjos provided 15.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6J4VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zgoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3043%2C2303467 Stag captures Floro Cup title Manila Standard Individual awards Reinforced Conference: Most Valuable Player: Jason Webb (Stag) Mythical First Team Jason Webb (Stag) Genesis Sasuman (Chowking) Mark Telan (Stag) Henry Fernandez (Red Bull) Oscar Simon (Hapee) Mythical Second Team Danny Ildefonso (Red Bull) Braulio Lim (Red Bull) Anastacio Mendoza (Red Bull) Paul Du (Stag) Leo Austria (Hapee) References Category:Philippine Basketball League seasons League