1998 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Basketball championship 1998 Governors Cup Formula Shell Super Unleaded Perry Ronquillo 4 Mobiline Phone Pals Eric Altamirano 3 November 24 – December 9, 1998 Benjie Paras VTV (IBC) DWFM 1997 1999 1998 Centennial 1999 All-Filipino The 1998 PBA Governors Cup finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1998 PBA Governors Cup, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Formula Shell Super Unleaded and Mobiline Phone Pals played for the 71st championship contested by the league and a rematch of their one-game finale in the 1998 PBA Centennial Cup. Formula Shell wins their third PBA title and their first in six years, with a 4–3 series victory over the Mobiline Phone Pals. Benjie Paras won his first PBA Finals MVP in Governors' Cup Finals. Qualification ShellMobilineFinished 9–6 (.600) EliminationsFinished 9–6 (.600)Finished 12–9 (.571) SemifinalsFinished 12–9 (.571)Won against San Miguel, 87–83 PlayoffWon against Purefoods, 84–80 Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7WinsFormula Shell 110 67 78 109 81 80 93 4Mobiline 90 94 81 97 88 77 91 3 Games summary Game 1 #eee November 24 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Formula Shell |score1=110 Mobiline Phone Pals 90 John Best 30 Artemus McClary 31 Shell leads series, 1–0 Game 2 #eee November 27 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Formula Shell 67 Mobiline Phone Pals |score2=94 Series tied, 1–1 Game 3 #eee November 29 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Formula Shell 78 Mobiline Phone Pals |score2=81 John Best 25 Silas Mills 25 Mobiline leads series, 2–1 Silas Mills and Tee McClary combined for the last four points of the Phone Pals after Shell briefly took the upper hand on John Best' jumper, 78–77. Game 4 #eee December 1 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Formula Shell |score1=109 Mobiline Phone Pals 97 Donald Williams 36 John Best 30 Series tied, 2–2 Game 5 #eee December 4 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Formula Shell 81 Mobiline Phone Pals |score2=88 22–18 14–25 22–20 23–25 John Best 32 Silas Mills 33 Mobiline leads series, 3–2 Glenn Capacio came up with a clutch basket in the final 30 seconds after Shell threatened at 81–82 with 2:01 left on back-to-back triples by Donald Williams. Earlier, five straight free throws by Mills and Tee McClary gave the Mobiline Phone Pals an 82–75 lead. Game 6 #eee December 6 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Formula Shell |score1=80 Mobiline Phone Pals 77 Series tied, 3–3 Game 7 #eee December 9 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Formula Shell |score1=93 Mobiline Phone Pals 91 22–17 21–23 25–30 25–21 John Best 31 Silas Mills 29 Formula Shell wins series, 4–3 Benjie Paras fired 12 of his 18 points in the final quarter as he had all the Zoom Masters' output in an 8–3 run which gave Shell the lead, 90–89, time down to 1:33, Gerry Esplana's fadeaway jumper with 27 ticks left put them in front by three, 92–89. Mobiline had a chance to win it all at the buzzer but Patrick Fran missed a potential game-winning three-point shot with a second left after failing to give the ball to Silas Mills. Shell survived a Mobiline' all-time finals record of 14 three-point shots made, John Best led the Zoom Masters with 31 points, Silas Mills went 6-of-8 from the three-point area to finish with 29 points for the Phone Pals. Benjie Paras on his first Finals MVP and Formula Shell captures on his championship third title.https://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2018/07/1998-pba-finals-title-clincher.html Shell ends title drought 1998 PBA Governors Cup Champions Formula Shell Super Unleaded Third title Rosters Formula Shell #006600 #FFFFFF #006600 #FFFFFF 3 Chris Jackson Chris Jackson (basketball) F 6 4 San Bernardino Valley USA 4 Noy Castillo G 6 0 The Citadel USA 8 Jojo Lim F 6 3 Visayas PHI 9 Jay Mendoza F 6 4 Mapua PHI 10 Richie Ticzon G 5 8 Ateneo PHI 12 Porferio Marzan G 6 2 Baguio PHI 14 Benjie Paras C 6 5 UP PHI 19 Joel Dualan F 6 3 Manila PHI 21 Donald Williams basketball F 6 3 North Carolina USA I 25 John Best basketball FC 6 5 Tennessee Tech USA I 30 Gerry Esplana G 5 11 FEU PHI 31 Rommel Santos G 5 11 Staten Island PHI 32 Jolly Escobar FC 6 5 UE PHI 33 Victor Pablo F 6 4 FEU PHI PHI Perry Ronquillo PHI Joey Guanio (I) Import Mobiline Phone Pals #fdd501 #000000 #fdd501 #000000 1 Silas Mills F 6 6 Utah State USA I 3 Antonio Espinosa G 5 7 De La Salle PHI 8 Al Solis G 5 11 Visayas PHI 9 Jose Francisco basketball GF 6 1 FEU PHI 10 Alvin Teng F 6 4 Arellano PHI 12 Glenn Capacio GF 6 1 FEU PHI 14 Eric Reyes basketball F 6 4 Ateneo PHI 17 Patrick Fran G 6 0 UST PHI 24 Merwin Castelo GF 6 2 San Beda PHI 25 Artemus McClary F 6 4 Jacksonville USA I 33 Joselito Martin F 6 3 NCBA PHI 81 Gabby Cui FC 6 4 Ateneo PHI PHI Eric Altamirano PHI Frankie Lim PHI Ryan Gregorio (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside ReportersGame 1 Ed Picson Andy Jao Ina Raymundo, Anthony Suntay and Ria TanjuatcoGame 2 Noli Eala Quinito Henson Ria TanjuatcoGame 3 Ed Picson Andy Jao Ronnie Nathanielsz Jannelle So and Ria TanjuatcoGame 4 Noli Eala Quinito Henson NoneGame 5 Ed Picson Andy Jao Ria TanjuatcoGame 6 Mon Liboro Yeng Guiao Paolo Trillo and Seppie CristobalGame 7 Noli Eala Yeng Guiao Randy Sacdalan, Paolo Trillo, Seppie Cristobal and Barry Pascua References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:1998 PBA season 1998 Category:Shell Turbo Chargers games Category:TNT Tropang 5G games PBA Governors' Cup Finals PBA Governors' Cup Finals