1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup

1994 Commissioner's Cup June 17 – September 9, 1994 Vintage Sports (PTV) Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) Kenny Redfield (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Alaska Milkmen 1993 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1993 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1995 1994 All-Filipino 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup 1994 Governors' 1994 PBA Governors' Cup The 1994 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 1994 PBA season. It started on June 17 and ended on September 9, 1994. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2mUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3163%2C2497756 Parks-Thompson principal match-up at PBA kickoff Manila Standard 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 Sta. Lucia Realtors Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters Group B: Alaska Milkmen Pepsi Mega Bottlers Shell Rimula X Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 11 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SERIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1693%2C4444216 Crucial outings for SMB, Tondeña Manila Standard The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals. 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 at least 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 qualify for a best-of-five playoff for third place. Elimination round Team standings main WL percentage yes yes none complete ALA 9 2 Alaska Milkmen PEP 2 9 Pepsi Mega Bottlers PF 7 4 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SHL 6 5 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers SLR 3 8 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 6 5 San Miguel Beermen SWI 6 5 Swift Mighty Meaties TON 5 6 Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters SF SF SF SF SF Q before green1 Semifinal round Semifinal round Team standings main WL Overall standings percentage yes yes none complete ALA 14 5 Alaska Milkmen PF 13 6 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SHL 8 11 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers SMB 9 10 San Miguel Beermen SWI 10 9 Swift Mighty Meaties F F 3rd 3rd Q before green1 Advance to the finals yellow1 Proceed to third-place playoffs main WL Semifinal round standings wins no yes none complete ALA 5 3 Alaska Milkmen PF 6 2 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs SHL 2 6 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers SMB 3 5 San Miguel Beermen SWI 4 4 Swift Mighty Meaties Third place playoffs #eee August 30 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs def by San Miguel Beermen San Miguel forfeits series in favor of SwiftAfter winning Game 1 of their series for third place against Swift on August 30, the San Miguel Beermen forfeited the third-place trophy to the Mighty Meaties and requested the PBA for them to carry the national colors for the remaining games as part of their preparation for the upcoming Asian Games. Amateur standouts Marlou Aquino, Kenneth Duremdes, Dennis Espino, Jeffrey Cariaso and E.J. Feihl joined the team.Angeles Manny 1994-09-03 P'foods chills foes in 4th; leads 2-0 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qa4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6632%2C387269 Manila Standard 22 Philippine national team tune-up series #eee September 2 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage RP Team-San Miguel 100 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 103 September 4 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage RP Team-San Miguel 111 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 104 #eee September 6 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage RP Team-San Miguel 79 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 83 September 9 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage RP Team-San Miguel 83 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 82 RP-San Miguel split four games with Swift, and played Shell for their last tune-up game. Finals 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals #eee August 30 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 97 Alaska Milkmen 92 September 2 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 84 Alaska Milkmen 79 #eee September 4 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 92 Alaska Milkmen 89 September 6 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 90 Alaska Milkmen 91 #eee September 9 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 94 Alaska Milkmen 79 Purefoods wins series, 4–1 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Commissioner's Cup Category:PBA Commissioner's Cup