1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Second conference of the 1996 PBA season 1996 Commissioner's Cup June 14 – September 10, 1996 Vintage Sports (IBC) Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska Milkmen) Kenny Redfield (Formula Shell Zoom Masters) Bong Hawkins (Alaska Milkmen) Alaska Milkmen Formula Shell Zoom Masters 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1995 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1997 1996 All-Filipino 1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup 1996 Governors' 1996 PBA Governors' Cup The 1996 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 1996 PBA season. It started on June 14 and ended on September 10, 1996. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'7" height limit. Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: The teams were divided into 2 groups. Group A: Alaska Milkmen Ginebra San Miguel Formula Shell Zoom Masters Mobiline Cellulars Group B: Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Sta. Lucia Realtors Sunkist Orange Bottlers Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=82UVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3724%2C3467213 Purefoods still alive, ousts SMB Ismael Amigo, Manila Standard, July 22, 1996 The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals. Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the remaining five teams. Results from the eliminations will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least five of their eight semifinal games. The top two teams (or the top team and the winner of the playoff incentive) will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series. The next two teams (or the loser of the playoff incentive and the fourth seeded team) dispute the third-place trophy in a one-game playoff. Elimination round Team standings main WL percentage yes yes none complete ALA 8 2 Alaska Milkmen GIN 6 4 Ginebra San Miguel Head-to-head record: Ginebra 1–0 Sta. Lucia MOB 1 9 Mobiline Cellulars PF 5 5 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Head-to-head quotient: Shell 1.170, Purefoods 1.050, Sunkist 0.861; semifinal round berth playoff: Purefoods 89–76 Sunkist SUN 5 5 Sunkist Orange Juicers PF SHL 5 5 Formula Shell Zoom Masters PF SLR 6 4 Sta. Lucia Realtors GIN SMB 4 6 San Miguel Beermen SF SF SF SF SF Q before green1 Semifinal round Semifinal round berth playoff #eee July 30 5th seed Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 89 Sunkist Orange Bottlers 76 Semifinal round Team standings main WL Overall standings percentage yes yes none complete ALA 14 4 Alaska Milkmen GIN 12 6 Ginebra San Miguel PF 6 12 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SHL 10 8 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 8 10 Sta. Lucia Realtors F PO2 PO 3rd Q before green1 Advance to the finals If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright. yellow1 Proceed to third place playoff blue1 Guaranteed finals berth playoff blue2 Qualify to finals berth playoff main WL Semifinal round standings wins no yes none complete ALA 6 2 Alaska Milkmen GIN 6 2 Ginebra San Miguel PF 1 7 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SHL 5 3 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 2 6 Sta. Lucia Realtors PO Q before blue2 Qualify to finals berth playoff Alaska advanced to the finals outright as #1 seeded team, Ginebra guaranteed finals berth playoff as #2 seeded team; finals berth playoff: Shell 89–86 Ginebra Finals berth playoff #eee August 25 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Formula Shell 89 Ginebra San Miguel 86 Bal David sank a three-point shot, putting the Gins on with the lead, 86–83 with 17 seconds left in the game. Richie Ticson however also made a three pointer tying the game again, 86-all with 10.5 seconds left. After calling a timeout to design the last play, Henry James opted to try a three pointer after an inbound pass from Vince Hizon. James' shot was blocked by Benjie Paras and picked up by Kenny Redfield, making a buzzer beating three point shot, thus winning the game for them, 89–86.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cmwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6337%2C4118396 Shell knocks out Ginebra Ismael Amigo, Manila Standard, August 26, 1996 Third place playoff #eee August 27 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 106 Sta. Lucia Realtors 111 Finals 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals #eee August 27 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 82 Formula Shell 85 August 30 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Alaska Milkmen 93 Formula Shell 86 #eee September 1 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 77 Formula Shell 85 September 3 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 79 Formula Shell 76 #eee September 6 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage Alaska Milkmen 70 Formula Shell 63 September 8 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 85 Formula Shell 88 #eee September 10 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 83 Formula Shell 77 Alaska wins series, 4–3 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Commissioner's Cup Category:PBA Commissioner's Cup