1997 Gordon's Gin Boars season

1997 Gordon's Gin Boars Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Robert Jaworski La Tondeña Distillers Inc. Bernabe Navarro All-Filipino Cup 16 12 2nd Runner-up(lost to Purefoods 2–4) Commissioner's Cup 16 9 1st Champions(Defeated Alaska 2–4) Governors Cup 7 8 6th Quarterfinals(Lost to Sta. Lucia) 1996 1998 The 1997 Gordon's Gin Boars season was the 19th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Draft picks Round Pick Player College17 Edward Naron UV214 Manuel Ortega SLU Season summary Runner-up finish at All-Filipino Cup Formerly Ginebra San Miguel, the La Tondeña ballclub will be known as Gordon's Gin Boars for the league's 23rd season. The Boars won their first three games in the All-Filipino Cup and were on top of the standings with six wins and one loss after the first round of eliminations, losing only to Alaska on March 2.http://www.oocities.org/colosseum/9225/970303c.html Alaska halts Gordon's streak Manila Bulletin Online The Boars finish with the best record of 10 wins and four losses, despite losing their last two assignments. Gordon's Gin and traditional All-Filipino powerhouse Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys easily made it to the finals and the two most popular teams will play against each other in the championship for only the second time in their history since they last played way back in the 1988 All-Filipino finals, won by Gordon's Gin (then Añejo Rum 65). In the All-Filipino Cup finals series, the Boars lost to the more experience Cowboys in six games with Alvin Patrimonio playing superb for Purefoods in the title-clinching Game Six, scoring 40 points to lead his team to an 82-73 win. Championship against Alaska Milk in Commissioner's Cup Import Tyrone Hopkins led the Boars to the Commissioner's Cup semifinals with six wins and four losses and tied with three other teams at first place. Starting the semifinal round, the hardworking Hopkins was unexpectedly replaced by NBA veteran Chris King.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b5VOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3592%2C1373648 Now or never for Gordon's Manila Standard Gordon's Gin and San Miguel Beermen battled it out for the second finals berth after the Alaska Milkmen advances first. On August 24, the Boars outlasted San Miguel in two overtimes, 106-100, for their third straight finals appearance. In the best-of-seven title series against defending champion Alaska, the Boars went up 3-0 and on a verge of a four-game sweep but the Milkmen came back with victories in Games four and five. On September 7, Gordon's Gin ended a six-year title drought when they wrapped it up in Game six as they held Alaska to only five points in the third quarter to pull away with a 30-point lead, 79-49, going into the final 12 minutes. The Boars won in a convincing fashion, 105-79, for their first championship since they last won a crown in 1991. Boars' playing-coach Sonny Jaworski became the oldest active player to win a PBA title. 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals Notable dates February 23: Bal David dribbled past the midcourt line with three seconds to go and threw a prayer of a shot that went in as the buzzer sounded to lift Gordon's Gin to an 83-81 win over San Miguel Beermen for their second victory.http://www.oocities.org/colosseum/9225/970224b.html Buzzer-beating trey lifts Gordon's Gin Manila Bulletin Online March 8: Gordon's Gin gifted playing-coach Sonny Jaworski on his 51st birthday with an 86-79 win over Purefoods in Iloilo City. The Boars raised their record to a league-leading 5-win, 1-loss slate. This is the first time in nine seasons that the two rivals and most popular ballclubs play in an out-of-town game.http://www.oocities.org/colosseum/9225/970309a.html Gordon's wins in Iloilo Manila Bulletin Online August 24: In the knockout game for the right to play Alaska in the Commissioners Cup finals, Gordon's Gin were trailing by five points against the San Miguel Beermen in regulation, 75-80 with 51 seconds left, Boars import Chris King hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to two points and he issued a nice feed on Noli Locsin with nine seconds to go as Gordon's forces overtime at 80-all. The playoff match went into second overtime after Beermen Olsen Racela missed his second free throw and Marlou Aquino threw a long pass on Bal David for the go-ahead basket with 1.5 seconds remaining, forcing second extension at 94-all. San Miguel lost import Jeff Ward to injuries in the final five minutes as Gordon's Gin pulled away with a 106-100 victory. October 10: New Boars import Leon Trimmingham debut with 34 points as Gordon's Gin nip Sta.Lucia Realtors, 97-96.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BKAVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2841%2C1118882 Flight 44 arrives on time, leads Gordon's past SLR five Manila Standard Occurrences An incident occurred during the April 29 semifinals game between Gordon's Gin and San Miguel Beermen which was won by the Boars, 98-94. Beerman Allan Caidic fell hard on the floor after an accidental collision between him and teammate Nelson Asaytono who leap in the air for a rebound, Boars' playing coach Sonny Jaworski was accused for his behavior when in full view of the thousands watching live at the Cuneta Astrodome and on live TV, the vintage camera captured Jaworski appearing to be arguing with game officials for Allan Caidic to be removed from the playing floor and went to the extent of making a "slit-the-throat" gesture, public response was immediate and callers swamped TV and radio stations to express their disgust, the controversy regarding the Big J's acts on the much-publicized accident has stirred a debate and mixed reactions from everybody putting in their worth of opinion. Center Edward Joseph Feihl, who decided to sit out upon wanting to get a better contract during the off-season negotiations and has since refused to sign up with Gordon's Gin and opted to play in the PBL for AMA Computer College instead was traded to Purefoods on July 21 in exchange for Cris Bolado, who started playing for the Boars in the Governor's Cup.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ypgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6384%2C2127725 Gordon's ships Feihl to Purefoods for Bolado Manila Standard Purnell Perry, a former Tanduay import in the PBL, played one game and the Boars lost to Mobiline, 117-136, in their first outing in the Governor's Cup on September 23. Perry was replaced by Dennis Edwards, another former Tanduay import in the PBL. Edwards led Gordon's Gin to three straight victories but when the much-talk about Leon Trimmingham, the Most Valuable Player in the Australian League and known as "Flight 44" became available, Edwards was sent home.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BKAVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6711%2C1003638 Can Flight 44 propel Gordon's Manila Standard Trimmingham's inconsistent performance in which the Boars won four of the nine games he played had convince the coaching staff to replaced him with Andy Bostick, a veteran of Venezuelan and Swedish league, with only one game left in their elimination round assignments. Roster n Gordon's Gin Boars 1997 1 Bal David G 5 9 UST PHI 6 Noli Locsin F 6 3 De La Salle PHI 7 Robert Jaworski G 6 0 UE PHI 8 Teroy Albarillo G 5 10 Mindanao PHI 9 Macky De Joya F 6 3 San Beda PHI 11 Jayvee Gayoso GF 6 2 Ateneo PHI 12 Vince Hizon G 6 2 Ateneo PHI 13 Marlou Aquino C 6 9 Adamson PHI 15 Michael Orquillas G 6 2 Cebu PHI 16 Benny Cheng F 6 3 Mapua PHI 17 Terry Saldaña F 6 3 Letran PHI 18 Wilmer Ong FC 6 4 Saint La Salle PHI 24 Cris Bolado C 6 7 National-U PHI 25 Pido Jarencio G 5 10 UST PHI 52 Robert Jaworski, Jr. G 6 2 Ateneo PHI PHI Robert Jaworski PHI Rino Salazar PHI Philip Cezar Recruited imports TournamentNameNumberPositionUniversity/CollegeDurationCommissioner's CupTyrone Hopkins 33 ForwardUCO June 13 to July 20Chris King 44 ForwardWFU July 29 to September 7Governors' CupPurnell Perry 2 ForwardVoorhees College September 23 (one game)Dennis Edwards 32 ForwardFort Hays State September 26 to October 4Leon Trimmingham 44 ForwardBriar Cliff October 10 to November 9Andy Bostick ForwardUSC November 14–18 References Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel seasons Gordon's Gin Boars