1994 PBA Governors' Cup finals

Basketball tournament 1994 Governors Cup Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 4 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs Derrick Pumaren 2 December 6–18, 1994 Vintage Sports (PTV) DZRH 1993 1995 1994 Commissioner's 1995 All-Filipino The 1994 PBA Governors Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 1994 PBA Governors Cup, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Alaska Milkmen and Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs played for the 59th championship contested by the league. The Alaska Milkmen won their 2nd PBA title with a 4–2 series victory over the Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs. Qualification AlaskaSwiftFinished 6–4 (.600), tied for 2nd EliminationsFinished 6–4 (.600), tied for 2nd Finished 7–3 (.700), tied for 1st Semifinals Finished 7–3 (.700), tied for 1st Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Wins Alaska 85 119 92 90 108 114 4Swift 89 111 87 85 123 92 2VenueCunetaCunetaCunetaCunetaCunetaCuneta Games summary Game 1 #eee December 6 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 85 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs |score2=89 Sean Chambers 28 Vergel Meneses 24 Swift leads series, 1–0 The Meaties without enforcer Rudy Distrito, who is serving a five-game suspension, held an imposing 77–61 spread in the fourth quarter and despite blowing a 16-point lead, hang tough when the Milkmen with Johnny Abarrientos orchestrating the plays, came to within 85–86, only to falter in the end. Game 2 #eee December 9 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=119 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 111 Sean Chambers 37 Bong Hawkins 27 Herb Jones 38 Series tied, 1–1 Game 3 #eee December 11 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=92 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 87 27–21 21–34 22–16 22–16 Sean Chambers 24 Nelson Asaytono 26 Alaska leads series, 2–1 Alaska played hard-nosed defense, strangled the meaties in the endgame. Alex Araneta nearly lost the ball but scored to shove the Milkmen ahead, 86–84. After Swift was forced into a turnover, Sean Chambers' running shot pushed Alaska on top by four with less than a minute remaining. The Mighty Meaties opened a 12-point lead early in the third quarter at 60–48, but the Milkmen battled back and were only trailing by a point, 70–71, going into the final period. Game 4 #eee December 13 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=90 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 85 Sean Chambers 36 Herb Jones 28 Alaska leads series, 3–1 In almost a repeat of Game three, a 12–4 tear by Alaska in the last five minutes iced Swift's downfall. Game 5 #eee December 16 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen 108 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs |score2=123 32–24 26–45 29–24 21–30 Sean Chambers 26 Vergel Meneses 28 Alaska leads series, 3–2 Alaska took an early 24–12 lead in the first quarter. The Meaties banked on a big second quarter as Rudy Distrito ignited a 9–0 blast that allowed Swift to equalized at 42-all and later turn the tables in the next five minutes in a 16–6 run to take a 58–48 lead, a near free-for-all happened with 30.7 seconds left in the second quarter, Swift leading, 66–55, as Jojo Lastimosa reacted on a hard foul by Swift import Herb Jones that sent him crashing to the floor, action was halted for nearly five minutes and play was resumed after technical fouls were slapped on Jones, Bonel Balingit and Roehl Gomez. The Milkmen came back in the third period to cut the deficit to four, 80–84, but Swift immediately responded to the uprising as Vergel Meneses and Nelson Asaytono went to work and the Meaties opened leads of 19 points, 108–89 in the fourth quarter.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p68mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6181%2C2890343 Swift bags Game 5 Manila Standard Game 6 #eee December 18 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=114 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 92 29–16 25–31 24–16 36–29 Sean Chambers 38 Vergel Meneses 26 Alaska wins series, 4–2 Swift came back from 17 points down in the first quarter to take a 63–62 lead on a short stab by import Herb Jones midway in the third period that turned out to be the Meaties' last taste of the lead as Alaska launched a decisive 16–0 run that broke their backs as the Milkmen zoomed to a 78–63 advantage at the end of the third quarter.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qa8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6276%2C3233345 Alaska romps off with title Manila Standard 1994 PBA Governors Cup Champions Alaska Milkmen Second title Rosters n Alaska Milkmen #b50000 white #b50000 white 4 Merwin Castelo GF 6 2 San Beda PHI 5 Gilbert Reyes G 5 8 Ateneo PHI 6 Jojo Lastimosa GF 6 1 USJ-R PHI 7 Roehl Gomez G 6 0 Cebu PHI 9 Johnedel Cardel GF 6 0 De La Salle PHI 12 Dickie Bachmann C 6 5 De La Salle PHI 14 Johnny Abarrientos G 5 8 FEU PHI 16 Bong Hawkins F 6 3 UPHSD PHI 20 Sean Chambers GF 6 1 Cal Poly USA I 24 Cris Bolado C 6 7 National-U PHI 32 Poch Juinio C 6 5 UP Diliman PHI 34 Stevenson Solomon F 6 4 San Sebastian PHI 50 Alex Araneta C 6 6 Ateneo PHI 54 Dondon Ampalayo F 6 3 USJ-R PHI USA Tim Cone PHI Joel Banal PHI Aric del Rosario (I) Import n Swift Mighty Meaties #0055af white #b50000 white 4 Bonel Balingit C 6 9 Visayas PHI 8 Al Solis G 5 11 Visayas PHI 9 Boybits Victoria G 5 11 San Beda PHI 10 Enrique Reyes F 6 4 Ateneo PHI 11 Nelson Asaytono F 6 3 Manila PHI 13 Elpidio Villamin F 6 2 PHI 14 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 UE PHI 15 Juancho Estrada G 5 11 Adamson PHI 16 Teroy Albarillo G 5 10 Mindanao PHI 18 Vergel Meneses F 6 3 JRU PHI 24 Richard Bognot F 6 4 PHI 34 Herb Jones basketball GF 6 2 Cincinnati USA I 35 Zaldy Realubit C 6 6 USJ-R PHI PHI Derrick Pumaren PHI Gabby Velasco (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Game 1 Sev Sarmenta Andy JaoGame 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:1994 PBA season 1994 Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games Category:Pop Cola Panthers games PBA Governors' Cup Finals