1993 PBA Governors' Cup

1993 Governors' Cup September 26 – December 14, 1993 Vintage Sports (PTV) Kenny Travis (San Miguel Beermen) San Miguel Beermen Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 1994 PBA Governors' Cup 1994 1993 Commissioner's 1993 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1994 All-Filipino 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup The 1993 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the third and last conference of the 1993 PBA season. It started on September 26 and ended on December 14, 1993. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team. The tournament features a handicapping rule which allows teams that failed to reach the semifinals for the last two conference to have an import with a 6'6" height limit. The other teams will be allowed with a 6'3" import. Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: The teams were divided into 2 groups. Group A: Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Shell Helix Oilers Sta. Lucia Realtors Group B: Alaska Milkmen Ginebra San Miguel Pepsi Mega Bottlers Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs Teams in a group will play against each other twice and against teams in the other group once; 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. The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=62FhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3561%2C1943628 Top meets bottom in Governor's Cup semis Manila Standard Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win 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 will play for the best-of-five series for third place. Elimination round Team standings main WL percentage yes yes none complete ALA 4 6 Alaska Milkmen GIN 1 9 Ginebra San Miguel PEP 7 3 Pepsi Mega Bottlers PF 7 3 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SHL 1 9 Shell Helix Oilers SLR 5 5 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 8 2 San Miguel Beermen SWI 7 3 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs SF SF SF SF SF Q before green1 Semifinal round Semifinal round Team standings main WL Overall standings percentage yes yes none complete PEP 11 7 Pepsi Mega Bottlers Second seed playoff: Swift 124–122 Pepsi (2OT) PF 9 9 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SLR 10 8 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 13 5 San Miguel Beermen SWI 11 7 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs PEP F PO2 3rd PO 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 playoffs blue1 Guaranteed finals berth playoff blue2 Qualify to finals berth playoff main WL Semifinal round standings wins no yes none complete PEP 4 4 Pepsi Mega Bottlers PF 2 6 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SLR 5 3 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 5 3 San Miguel Beermen SWI 4 4 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs PO Q before blue2 Qualify to finals berth playoff San Miguel advanced to the finals as the #1 seeded team; finals berth playoff: Swift 130–124 Sta. Lucia San Miguel qualified for the finals outright after topping the semifinals; Sta. Lucia won five semifinal games to earn themselves a playoff for the other finals berth. However, Swift and Pepsi were tied for the #2 seed. This meant that Sta. Lucia's opponent for the finals berth playoff has to be determined first. The losers of the two playoff games will play for third place.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R5UVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6900%2C443941 Swift, SLR to decide SMB's title rival Manila Standard Second seed playoff #eee November 30 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay 2OT Vintage recap Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 124 Pepsi Mega Bottlers 122 Finals berth playoff #eee December 3 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 130 Sta. Lucia Realtors 124 Third place playoffs #eee December 5 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Pepsi Mega Bottlers 79 Sta. Lucia Realtors 93 December 7 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Pepsi Mega Bottlers 94 Sta. Lucia Realtors 114 #eee December 10 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Pepsi Mega Bottlers 107 Sta. Lucia Realtors 116 Sta.Lucia wins series, 3–0 Finals 1993 PBA Governors' Cup finals #eee December 5 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay 2OT Vintage San Miguel Beermen 140 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 138 December 7 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage San Miguel Beermen 109 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 122 #eee December 10 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay OT Vintage San Miguel Beermen 124 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 110 December 12 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage San Miguel Beermen 109 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 104 #eee December 14 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage San Miguel Beermen 91 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 89 San Miguel wins series, 4–1 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Governors' Cup Category:PBA Governors' Cup