1995 PBA season

21st PBA season February 2023 January 2023 1995 PBA season Pba1995.png February 19 – December 19, 1995 8 Vintage Sports (PTV) 1995 PBA Draft Dennis Espino Sta. Lucia Realtors Vergel Meneses (Sunkist Orange Juicers) All-Filipino Cup 1995 PBA All-Filipino Cup Sunkist Orange Juicers Alaska Milkmen Commissioner's Cup 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup Sunkist Orange Juicers Alaska Milkmen Governors Cup 1995 PBA Governors Cup Alaska Milkmen San Miguel Beermen 1994 PBA season 1994 1996 PBA season 1996 The 1995 PBA season was the 21st season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Season highlights Ramon Fernandez, one of the remaining pioneer players in the league announced his retirement on February 17. His #19 jersey was retired by the San Miguel Beermen in a ceremony held at the San Miguel Corporation offices in Mandaluyong.Mon and San Miguel; Kahit Kailan Kaibigan, Part of the Game by: Tessa Jazmines, Sports Weekly Magazine, February 24, 1995 The league returned to the Araneta Coliseum after a decade of absence with the scheduled games on Friday being held at the Big Dome. The PBA All-star game returned to its old format of Veterans vs Rookies/Sophomores/Juniors team, also the All-Star event was moved in the month of July with the first-ever PBA fans day held at the Araneta Coliseum a week before the annual all-star game.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ymUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3541%2C3473461 After all-star madness, PBA back in serious mien Manila Standard A mid-1990s rivalry was born between the Sunkist Orange Juicers and the Alaska Milkmen, the two teams battled in two memorable finals for the season. The Orange Juicers had won the first two conferences but failed in its bid to win the Grandslam with the Alaska Milkmen taking home the Third Conference trophy. Vergel Meneses of Sunkist was the season's best, winning the prestigious MVP Award as well as the All-Star MVP and Best Player of the Conference in the Juicers' two straight championships.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xZ8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6484%2C1014387 Meneses claims MVP plum Manila Standard Rule changes The PBA board approved the rule changes for implementation starting this season:PBA's 21st season: Speed is a thing, Hoop Notes by Quinito Henson, Sports Weekly Magazine, February 24, 1995 The shot clock was reduced to 24 seconds from the previous 25 second limit. The 25 second shot clock was implemented since the league started in 1975 due to a limitation of the shot clock used at the Araneta Coliseum where it can only be set in 5 second intervals. The first two minutes of each quarter will be played in "running time". The clock will only be stopped on fouls and violations. Teams will now have six 90-second regular timeouts and one 20-second timeout for the eliminations and semifinals. Substitutions during free throw situations are only allowed before the last free throw attempt. Foul shooters are allowed to shoot their first free throw even if the other players are not yet in position in the lines bordering the painted area. Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Milkmen Tet Legacion Ginebra San Miguel Charlene Gonzales Pepsi Mega Bottlers Anna Gonzales Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Roselle Nava San Miguel Beermen Shiela Lang and Gil Baltazar Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers Cesca La'O Sta. Lucia Realtors Sheila Marie Dizon (Ms.Tourism) Sunkist Orange Juicers Sheryl Cruz Champions All-Filipino Cup: Sunkist Orange Juicers Commissioner's Cup: Sunkist Orange Juicers Governor's Cup: Alaska Milkmen Team with best win–loss percentage: Sunkist Orange Juicers (49–23, .681) Best Team of the Year: Sunkist Orange Juicers (1st & Final) All-Filipino Cup 1995 PBA All-Filipino Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs (3) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 0–2 (4) Sta. Lucia Realtors 89–90 87–89 — |} Finals 1995 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals 7 (1) Sunkist Orange Juicers 4–3 (2) Alaska Milkmen 104–110 92–85 98–92 88–94 95–90 86–92 87–78 |} Best Player of the Conference: Vergel Meneses (Sunkist) Commissioner's Cup 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Quarterfinal round qfstandings Playoffs playoffsbracket Semifinals 5 (1) Sunkist Orange Juicers 3–0 (4) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 85–83 85–92 100–97 80–101 105–99 (2) Sta. Lucia Realtors 3–1 (3) Alaska Milkmen 91–107 110–114 94–99 — — |} Third place playoffs (2) Sta. Lucia Realtors 2–0 (4) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 99–88 101–89 — |} Finals 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals 7 (1) Sunkist Orange Juicers 4–2 (3) Alaska Milkmen 112–106 99–105 99–87 95–93 93–114 106–87 ⁠— |} Best Player of the Conference: Vergel Meneses (Sunkist) Best Import of the Conference: Ronnie Grandison (Sunkist) Governors' Cup 1995 PBA Governors' Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs (3) Sunkist Orange Juicers 2–1 (4) Formula Shell Zoom Masters 107–97 107–114 110–92 |} Finals 1995 PBA Governors' Cup finals 7 (1) Alaska Milkmen 4–3 (2) San Miguel Beermen 93–85 90–102 110–96 100–108 110–117 2 94–86 99–86 |} Best Player of the Conference: Allan Caidic (San Miguel) Best Import of the Conference: Stevin Smith (Sunkist) Awards Most Valuable Player: Vergel Meneses (Sunkist) Rookie of the Year: Jeffrey Cariaso (Alaska) Sportsmanship Award: Rey Evangelista (Purefoods) Most Improved Player: Bonel Balingit (Sunkist) Defensive Player of the Year: Art dela Cruz (San Miguel) Mythical Five: Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Bong Hawkins (Alaska) Allan Caidic (San Miguel) Benjie Paras (Shell) Vergel Meneses (Sunkist) Mythical Second Team: Boybits Victoria (Sunkist) Jojo Lastimosa (Alaska) Bonel Balingit (Sunkist) Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Nelson Asaytono (Sunkist) All Defensive Team: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) Glenn Capacio (Purefoods) Chris Jackson (Sta. Lucia) Elpidio Villamin (Sunkist) Art dela Cruz (San Miguel) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Derrick Pumaren (Sunkist) Mr. Quality Minutes: Porfirio "Jun" Marzan (Shell) Executive of the Year: Elmer Yanga (Swift) Comeback Player of the Year: Elpidio Villamin (Sunkist) Referee of the Year: Ernesto de Leon Board of Governors Emilio Bernardino (Commissioner) Ruben Cleofe (Secretary) Jose Concepcion III (Chairman, Republic Flour Mills Corp.) Teodoro Dimayuga (Vice-Chairman, Purefoods Corp.) Nazario Avendaño (Treasurer, San Miguel Corp.) Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (General Milling Corp.) Eliseo Santiago (Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.) Vicente Santos (Sta. Lucia Realty and Development, Inc) Luis Lorenzo, Sr (Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Inc) Bernabe Navarro (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc) Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 46 29 Alaska Milkmen GIN 5 25 Ginebra San Miguel PEP 7 23 Pepsi Mega Bottlers PF 30 30 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SMB 27 23 San Miguel Beermen SHL 19 33 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers / Formula Shell Gas Kings / Zoom Masters SLR 26 23 Sta. Lucia Realtors SUN 49 23 Sunkist Orange Juicers C C F 3rd SF SF X X Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist blue1 Quarterfinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 19 11 Alaska Milkmen GIN 5 25 Ginebra San Miguel PEP 7 23 Pepsi Mega Bottlers PF 18 12 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SMB 16 14 San Miguel Beermen SHL 14 16 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers / Formula Shell Gas Kings / Zoom Masters SLR 17 13 Sta. Lucia Realtors SUN 24 6 Sunkist Orange Juicers Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete ALA 27 18 Alaska Milkmen GIN 0 0 Ginebra San Miguel PEP 0 0 Pepsi Mega Bottlers PF 12 18 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SMB 11 9 San Miguel Beermen SHL 5 17 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers / Formula Shell Gas Kings / Zoom Masters SLR 9 10 Sta. Lucia Realtors SUN 25 17 Sunkist Orange Juicers References PBA