2000 PBA season

26th PBA season February 2023 January 2023 2000 PBA season Pba2000.jpg February 20 – December 20, 2000 10 Viva TV (IBC) 2000 PBA Draft Paolo Mendoza Sta. Lucia Realtors Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel Beermen) All-Filipino Cup 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup Alaska Milkmen Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Commissioner's Cup 2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup San Miguel Beermen Sta. Lucia Realtors Governors Cup 2000 PBA Governors Cup San Miguel Beermen Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 1999 PBA season 1999 2001 PBA season 2001 The 2000 PBA season was the 26th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee Emilio Bernardino Jr. (Commissioner) Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (chairman, representing Alaska Milkmen) Ignatius Yenko (Vice-chairman, representing Mobiline Phone Pals) Alberto Villa-Abrille Jr. (Treasurer, representing San Miguel Beermen) Teams Team Company Governor Alternate Governor Alaska Milkmen Alaska Milk Corporation Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Joaquin Trillo Barangay Ginebra Kings La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. Casiano Cabalan Jr. Ira Daniel Maniquis Batang Red Bull Energizers Photokina Marketing Corporation George Chua George Balagtas Mobiline Phone Pals Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Ignatius Yenko Deborah Anne Tan Pop Cola 800s Republic Flour Mills Corporation Elmer Yanga Philip Prieto Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Purefoods Corporation Francisco Alejo III Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Manuel Encarnado San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Brewery, Inc. Alberto Villa-Abrille Jr. Shell Turbo Chargers Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation Reynaldo Gamboa Tanduay Rhum Masters Basic Holdings Corporation Lucio Tan Jr. David De Joya Notable occurrences PBA's TV partner, Vintage Television was absorbed by Viva Entertainment. Batang Red Bull Energizers entered the league as an expansion team. Songwriter and composer Jim Paredes was commissioned by the league to compose the league's theme song, in celebration of its 25th anniversary. The song, entitled "Todo Bigay" was first performed by Regine Velasquez during the league's opening ceremonies. The league celebrated their silver anniversary on April 9, 2000, with the awarding of the PBA's 25 greatest players.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RVM1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2054%2C4501085 PBA Celebrates 25th year Philippine Daily Inquirer The league forfeited Batang Red Bull's wins when 18-year-old Kerby Raymundo was found to have deficient academic credentials. He would later return to the team in 2001. It was the year when a crackdown of alleged fake Fil-foreign cagers led to deportations of Asi Taulava and Sonny Alvarado. Eric Menk, Danny Seigle and Chris Jackson were among those suspended by the PBA. The Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) revoked the Filipino citizenship of Tanduay's Sonny Alvarado as it uncovered that the player used fraudulent papers; consequently, the BID ordered Alvarado's deportation. Alvarado's deportation affected the season's All-Filipino Cup semifinal round after PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino forfeited two of Tanduay's semifinal wins (Games 2 and 3) against Purefoods, since Alvarado played in those games (he didn't play in the first game). With the forfeitures, the series would have resumed on Game 4 with Purefoods leading the series 2–1; however, Tanduay secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) that prevented the league from staging Game 4 of their series. This has been the first time a PBA game has been suspended via a court order. Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Milkmen Children of Alaska players Batang Red Bull Energizers Lindsay Custodio and Assunta De Rossi Barangay Ginebra Kings Ana Roces Pop Cola 800s Cris Villonco Mobiline Phone Pals Mary Jean Maycon Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Antoinette Taus San Miguel Beermen Bianca Zobel Shell Velocity Miriam Quiambao Sta. Lucia Realtors Binibining Pilipinas 2000 candidates Tanduay Rhum Masters Bernadette Allyson 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup Elimination round Playoffs Bracket Quarterfinals Series y (1) Tanduay Rhum Masters* 1–0 (8) Barangay Ginebra Kings 101–78 — (2) San Miguel Beermen* 1–0 (7) Mobiline Phone Pals 82–61 — (3) Alaska Milkmen* 1–0 (6) Pop Cola 800s 81–67 — (4) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs* 1–1 (5) Sta. Lucia Realtors 68–93 89–79 |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) Tanduay Rhum Masters 1–3 (4) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 91–79 85–75Tanduay originally won Games 2 and 3, and the series 3–0, but the results of these games were reversed after Tanduay player Sonny Alvarado played on these games and was later ruled to be ineligible. The series resumed with Purefoods leading the series 2–1. tan-bgk semis 93–70tan-bgk semis 71–72 — (2) San Miguel Beermen 1–3 (3) Alaska Milkmen 70–77 77–75 78–83 83–120 — |}semis Third place playoff (1) Tanduay Rhum Masters 103–92 (2) San Miguel Beermen Finals 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals 7 (3) Alaska Aces 4–1 (4) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 59–73 93–76 79–71 88–75 85–84 — — |} 2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup 2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup Elimination round Playoffs Bracket Quarterfinals Series y (1) San Miguel Beermen* 1–0 (8) Barangay Ginebra Kings 90–89 — (2) Sta. Lucia Realtors* 1–0 (7) Sunkist Orange Juicers 72–69 — (3) Tanduay Rhum Masters* 1–0 (6) Mobiline Phone Pals 77–66 — (4) Alaska Milkmen* 1–0 (5) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 85–82 — |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) San Miguel Beermen 3–0 (4) Alaska Milkmen 106–91 94–93 88–76 — — (2) Sta. Lucia Realtors 3–1 (3) Tanduay Rhum Masters 79–65 93–85 73–95 80–71 — |} Third place playoff (3) Tanduay Rhum Masters 71–119 (4) Alaska Milkmen Finals 2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals 7 (1) San Miguel Beermen 4–1 (2) Sta. Lucia Realtors 106–78 72–67 89–85 66–78 79–77 — — |} 2000 PBA Governors' Cup 2000 PBA Governors' Cup Elimination round Playoffs Quarterfinals Series y (1) Mobiline Phone Pals* 1–1 (8) Barangay Ginebra Kings 81–84 100–86 (2) Batang Red Bull Thunder* 1–0 (7) Sta. Lucia Realtors 91–87 — (3) Tanduay Rhum Masters* 0–2 (6) San Miguel Beermen 89–100 83–90 (4) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs* 1–1 (5) Alaska Aces 80–91 88–69 |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) Mobiline Phone Pals 1–3 (4) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 69–93 102–92 97–110 90–100 — (2) Batang Red Bull Thunder 1–3 (3) San Miguel Beermen 97–100 68–82 98–84 87–93 — |} Third place playoff (1) Mobiline Phone Pals 89–98 (2) Batang Red Bull Thunder Finals 2000 PBA Governors' Cup finals 7 (4) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 1–4 (6) San Miguel Beermen 79–85 76–79 101–105 2 107–95 88–96 — — |} ABC-PBA All-Star Game As celebration to the league's twenty-fifth anniversary, the league and the Asian Basketball Confederation (now FIBA Asia) held the ABC-PBA All-Star Game.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XlM1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2528%2C16498685 PBA's finest battle Asia's best Philippine Daily Inquirer Controversy ensued when ABC team member Rommel Adducul (who was also playing for the Manila Metrostars of the Metropolitan Basketball Association) had to be late due to his commitments with the Metrostars. Adducul earlier played against the Pasig-Rizal Pirates, a few kilometers away from the ABC-PBA All-Star venue.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X1M1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=519%2C17131180 PBA stars rip ABC 5 Philippine Daily Inquirer #eee PBA All-Stars|score1=101 ABC All-Stars 81 PhilSports Arena, Pasig August 6 Awards Most Valuable Player: Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel) Rookie of the Year: Davonn Harp (Red Bull) Sportsmanship Award: Freddie Abuda (San Miguel) Most Improved Player: Mark Telan (Shell) Defensive Player of the Year: Freddie Abuda (San Miguel) Mythical Five Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel) Danny Seigle (San Miguel) Olsen Racela (San Miguel) Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska) Mythical Second Team Dindo Pumaren (Purefoods) Jeffrey Cariaso (Tanduay) Bong Hawkins (Alaska) Rudy Hatfield (Tanduay) Marlou Aquino (Sta. Lucia) All Defensive Team Chris Jackson (Shell) Freddie Abuda (San Miguel) Rey Evangelista (Purefoods) Jeffrey Cariaso (Tanduay) Dindo Pumaren (Purefoods) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Jong Uichico (San Miguel) Mr. Quality Minutes: Boybits Victoria (San Miguel) Executive of the Year: Buddy Encarnado (Sta. Lucia) Comeback Player of the Year: Ato Agustin (Red Bull) Referee of the Year: Ernie de Leon Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete SMB ALA TAN PF SLR MOB RB BGK POP SHL 31 18 15 22 16 22 18 23 12 22 27 28 40 18 9 24 22 23 28 18 Alaska Milkmen/Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Batang Red Bull Energizers/Thunder Mobiline Phone Pals Pop Cola 800s/Sunkist Orange Juicers/Pop Cola Panthers Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Shell Velocity/Turbo Chargers Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters C C 3rd F F SF 3rd QF QF X Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist yellow1 Quarterfinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete TAN SMB ALA PF SLR MOB RB BGK POP SHL 20 12 13 19 13 19 16 16 12 20 17 15 21 11 9 23 16 16 23 9 Alaska Milkmen/Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Batang Red Bull Energizers/Thunder Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Pop Cola 800s/Sunkist Orange Juicers/Pop Cola Panthers San Miguel Beermen Shell Velocity/Turbo Chargers Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters Mobiline Phone Pals Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete SMB ALA PF SLR TAN RB BGK MOB POP SHL 11 6 2 3 3 3 2 7 0 2 10 13 19 7 0 1 6 7 5 9 Alaska Milkmen/Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Batang Red Bull Energizers/Thunder Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Pop Cola 800s/Sunkist Orange Juicers/Pop Cola Panthers San Miguel Beermen Shell Velocity/Turbo Chargers Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters Mobiline Phone Pals References External links pba.inquirer.net PBA