1991 PBA Third Conference finals

1991 Third Conference Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 3 Ginebra San Miguel Robert Jaworski 1 December 8–15, 1991 Vintage Sports (PTV) DZAM 1990 1992 1991 All-Filipino 1992 First Conference The 1991 PBA Third Conference finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1991 PBA Third Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Alaska Milkmen and Ginebra San Miguel played for the 50th championship contested by the league. Alaska Milk won their first PBA title after five years, winning their finals series against Ginebra San Miguel, 3 games to 1. Qualification AlaskaGinebraFinished 7–4 (.636), tied for 2nd EliminationsFinished 7–4 (.636), tied for 2ndFinished 12–7 (.632), tied for 1st Semifinals Finished 12–7 (.632), tied for 1st Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Wins Alaska 93 105 122 99 3Ginebra 92 107 103 90 1VenueULTRAULTRAULTRAULTRA Games summary Game 1 #eee December 8 The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=93 Ginebra San Miguel 92 Sean Chambers 37 Wes Matthews 38 Alaska leads series, 1–0 Sean Chambers hit all of the Milkmen's last seven points and highlighted the stirring performance with a daring drive with six seconds left. Wes Matthews banged in a triple that tied the count at 90-all with 18 seconds to go, Chito Loyzaga shoved Ginebra ahead, 92–91, with two free throws. Alaska sued for time with 15 seconds remaining and Sean Chambers took matters into his own hands and drove in for the marginal basket.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4661%2C1746584 Alaska by a hairline Manila Standard Game 2 #eee December 10 The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Vintage Alaska Milkmen 105 Ginebra San Miguel |score2=107 24–24 28–27 28–23 25–33 Sean Chambers 30 Wes Matthews 42 Series tied, 1–1 Wes Matthews canned in two free throws for a 107–103 lead that capped his team's long-game struggle. Ginebra trailed by 13 points, 63–76, with 3:15 left in the third quarter. Wes Matthews scored on a rare four-point play to tie the count at 93-all with 5:05 remaining in the game. With the score at 103–101 in favor of Ginebra, following Leo Isaac's 20-footer from left quartercourt with 30 seconds to go, the next play turned out to be controversial, Jojo Lastimosa's attempt bounced high off the rim with Paul Alvarez tipping the ball in, referee Bay Ledesma nullified the basket and giving the Gins possession with time down to 15 seconds, Rudy Distrito knocked in two more charities for a 105–101 advantage for Ginebra.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4813%2C2063400 Gins square series Manila Standard Game 3 #eee December 12 The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=122 Ginebra San Miguel 103 22–19 26–26 40–29 34–29 Sean Chambers 34 Wes Matthews 26 Chambers 15 Chambers 11 Alaska leads series, 2–1 Alaska stormed ahead, 88–73 on a 14–3 run, the Milkmen open gaps as wide as 23 points, 107–84, halfway through the final period. Alaska reserves Nandy Garcia and Roehl Gomez put on fine performances, outdoing themselves on the scoring end with Gomez hitting two straight triples in the fourth quarter.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-7xOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4112%2C2398299 Alaska zaps Gins; up 2–1 Manila Standard Game 4 #eee December 15 The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Vintage Alaska Milkmen |score1=99 Ginebra San Miguel 90 28–24 21–21 23–23 27–22 Sean Chambers 30 Paul Alvarez 30 Wes Matthews 31 Chito Loyzaga 28 Chambers 14 Matthews 10 Alaska wins series, 3–1 Wes Matthews was limited to only one field goal in the second half and was shut out in the last 2:27 of the game when Ginebra came to within three points at 90–93. Dondon Ampalayo muffed in a finger roll and a three-pointer, allowing Sean Chambers to knock in a running bank shot for a 95–90 count for Alaska. Paul Alvarez sealed the win for the Milkmen with a pair of free throws with time down to 18 seconds.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_bxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3583%2C2988312 Alaska ends title drought Manila Standard 1991 PBA Third Conference Champions Alaska Milkmen First title Rosters n Alaska Milkmen #C70309 #FFFFFF #FFFFFF #C70309 4 Peter Aguilar basketball C 6 5 TUA PHI 6 Biboy Ravanes G 6 0 Cebu PHI 7 Roehl Gomez G 6 0 Cebu PHI 8 Nandy Garcia F 6 2 Adamson PHI 9 Jojo Lastimosa GF 6 0 USJ-R PHI 10 Adriano Polistico C 6 7 Letran PHI 11 Eugene Quilban G 5 7 San Sebastian PHI 12 Eton Navarro G 6 0 San Sebastian PHI 14 Alex Araneta C 6 6 Ateneo PHI 20 Sean Chambers GF 6 1 Cal Poly USA I 22 Frankie Lim G 5 10 San Beda PHI 23 Paul Alvarez F 6 0 San Sebastian PHI 55 Nap Hatton F 6 1 San Sebastian PHI PHI Tim Cone PHI Chot Reyes (I) Import n Ginebra San Miguel 1 Wes Matthews GF 6 1 Wisconsin USA I 6 Dondon Ampalayo F 6 3 USJ-R PHI 7 Robert Jaworski G 6 1 UE PHI 8 Silverio Palad F 6 2 UST PHI 9 Leo Isaac G 6 1 Mapua PHI 10 Anthony Poblador C 6 6 De La Salle PHI 11 Jayvee Gayoso G 6 1 Ateneo PHI 12 Dante Gonzalgo F 6 2 Lyceum PHI 14 Larry Villanil F 6 1 USPF PHI 15 Rey Cuenco FC 6 4 De La Salle Araneta PHI 17 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 UE PHI 18 Philip Cezar F 6 3 JRU PHI 41 Chito Loyzaga F 6 2 San Beda PHI PHI Robert Jaworski PHI Arlene Rodriguez (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play AnalystGame 1 Ed Picson Andy JaoGame 2 Sev Sarmenta Quinito HensonGame 3 Bill Velasco Andy JaoGame 4 Bill Velasco Andy Jao References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:1991 PBA season 1991 Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel games PBA Third Conference Finals