1999 PBA season

25th PBA season February 2023 January 2023 1999 PBA season Pba1999.jpg February 7 – December 12, 1999 9 VTV (IBC) 1999 PBA Draft Sonny Alvarado Tanduay Rhum Masters Benjie Paras (Shell Velocity) All-Filipino Cup 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup Formula Shell Zoom Masters Tanduay Rhum Masters Commissioner's Cup 1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup San Miguel Beermen Formula Shell Zoom Masters Governors Cup 1999 PBA Governors Cup San Miguel Beermen Alaska Milkmen 1998 PBA season 1998 2000 PBA season 2000 The 1999 PBA season was the 25th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Season highlights A new era began with the entry of Fil-foreign cagers such as Asi Taulava, Danny Seigle and Eric Menk. During the opening ceremonies, the PBA honored basketball greats in their respective era as the all-time first five, nominated in each decade from 1950s–1990s were Caloy Loyzaga, Narciso Bernardo, Robert Jaworski, Hector Calma and Alvin Patrimonio, surprisingly absent from the list was Ramon Fernandez, who was then the MBA Commissioner. The opening ceremonies for the said season went head-to-head against the opening ceremonies of rival league, MBA, involving the TV network war. The PBA sought the alliance of GMA Network who facilitated their opening ceremonies while MBA used ABS-CBN's roster of stars for its opening ceremonies. The PBA transferred from the Cuneta Astrodome to the PhilSports Arena as their main playing venue. The league changes their playdates from Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays to Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Friday games were still held exclusively at the Araneta Coliseum while the Sunday games are played at the PhilSports Arena. The Tanduay Rhum Masters returned to the PBA after a 12-year absence. During the off-season, the league allowed each team to have a direct-hire Filipino-Foreigner recruit as their answer to the increasing popularity of rival basketball league, the Metropolitan Basketball Association.Tighter PBA rules on imported cagers, Philippine Headline News Online Formula Shell became the 10th team to win the All-Filipino crown, and won their first back-to-back championships, the underdog Shell team led by Benjie Paras, Victor Pablo and Gerry Esplana, defied the odds by beating the stronger Tanduay ballclub, composed of powerhouse rookies Sonny Alvarado, Mark Telan, Chris Cantonjos and Eric Menk. The San Miguel Beermen, under new coach Jong Uichico, ended a five-year title-drought and won the final two conferences of the season to tie the legendary Crispa Redmanizers for the most championships with 13. Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Milkmen Barangay Ginebra Kings Ruffa Gutierrez Formula Shell Zoom Masters Francine Prieto Pop Cola 800s Cris Villonco Mobiline Phone Pals Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Aileen Damiles Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters Ara Mina 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup Elimination round Playoffs Bracket Quarterfinals Series y (1) Mobiline Phone Pals* 1–1 (8) Barangay Ginebra Kings 67–77 81–82 (2) Alaska Milkmen* 1–1 (7) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 74–86 W–L (3) Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters* 0–2 (6) Pop Cola 800s 91–77 — (4) Formula Shell Zoom Masters* 1–0 (5) San Miguel Beermen 79–73 — |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (2) Alaska Milkmen 1–3 (3) Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters 84–86 77–98 103–98 93–111 — (4) Formula Shell Zoom Masters 3–0 (8) Barangay Ginebra Kings 81–67 84–63 98–85 — — |} Third place playoff (2) Alaska Milkmen 73–95 (8) Barangay Ginebra Kings Finals 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals 7 (3) Tanduay Rhum Masters 4–2 (4) Shell Turbo Chargers 91–84 76–79 81–91 87–65 68–75 76–85 — |} 1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup Elimination round Playoffs Bracket Quarterfinals Series y (1) Alaska Milkmen* 1–0 (8) Mobiline Phone Pals 88–77 — (2) Formula Shell Zoom Masters* 1–1 (7) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 71–78 65–58 (3) Sta. Lucia Realtors* 1–0 (6) Barangay Ginebra Kings 96–75 — (4) San Miguel Beermen* 1–0 (5) Tanduay Rhum Masters 73–67 — |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) Alaska Milkmen 2–3 (4) San Miguel Beermen 79–68 78–86 W–L 69–75 73–84 (2) Formula Shell Zoom Masters 3–2 (3) Sta. Lucia Realtors 76–87 87–73 82–85 82–64 65–62 |} Third place playoff (1) Alaska Milkmen 93–88 (3) Sta. Lucia Realtors Finals 1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals 7 (2) Formula Shell Zoom Masters 2–4 (4) San Miguel Beermen 64–68 68–78 89–87 77–72 85–89 64–74 — |} 1999 PBA Governors' Cup 1999 PBA Governors' Cup Elimination round Playoffs Bracket Quarterfinals Series y (1) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs* 1–0 (8) Barangay Ginebra Kings 80–74 — (2) Tanduay Rhum Masters* 1–1 (7) Mobiline Phone Pals 78–93 84–75 (3) San Miguel Beermen* 1–0 (6) Sta. Lucia Realtors 82–68 — (4) Alaska Milkmen* 1–0 (5) Shell Velocity 77–65 — |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 0–3 (4) Alaska Milkmen 91–92 80–86 L–W — — (2) Tanduay Rhum Masters 0–3 (3) San Miguel Beermen 80–81 68–79 62–66 — — |} Third place playoff (1) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 92–101 (2) Tanduay Rhum Masters Finals 7 (3) San Miguel Beermen 4–2 (4) Alaska Aces 87–80 2 62–73 82–88 76–65 74–68 72–69 — |} Awards Most Valuable Player: Benjie Paras (Shell) Rookie of the Year: Danny Seigle (San Miguel) Sportsmanship Award: Rey Evangelista (Purefoods) Most Improved Player: Elmer Lago (Ginebra) Defensive Player of the Year: Chris Jackson (Formula Shell) Mythical Five Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Jeffrey Cariaso (Mobiline) Sonny Alvarado (Tanduay) Benjie Paras (Shell) Danny Seigle (San Miguel) Mythical Second Team Olsen Racela (San Miguel) Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel) Eric Menk (Tanduay) Jojo Lastimosa (Alaska) Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska) All Defensive Team Chris Jackson (Shell) Freddie Abuda (San Miguel) Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Dindo Pumaren (Purefoods) Eric Menk (Tanduay) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year:Perry Ronquillo (Shell) Mr. Quality Minutes: Rodney Santos (Alaska) Executive of the Year: Jun Bernardino (PBA commissioner) Comeback Player of the Year: Benjie Paras (Shell) Referee of the Year: Ernie de Leon Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete SMB SHL ALA TAN PF MOB SLR BGK POP 32 24 14 27 18 19 8 25 20 20 35 20 32 24 17 24 28 21 Alaska Milkmen Barangay Ginebra Kings Mobiline Phone Pals Pop Cola 800s Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Formula Shell Zoom Masters/Velocity Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters C C F F SF QF SF 3rd QF Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist yellow1 Quarterfinalist Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete TAN ALA SMB SHL PF MOB SLR BGK POP 20 12 10 22 17 15 8 24 17 15 19 13 18 14 14 18 21 11 Alaska Milkmen Barangay Ginebra Kings Mobiline Phone Pals Pop Cola 800s Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Formula Shell Zoom Masters/Velocity Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete SMB SHL ALA TAN BGK PF SLR MOB POP 12 12 4 5 1 4 0 1 3 5 16 7 14 10 3 6 7 10 Alaska Milkmen Barangay Ginebra Kings Mobiline Phone Pals Pop Cola 800s Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Formula Shell Zoom Masters/Velocity Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters References PBA