1995 San Miguel Beermen season

1995 San Miguel Beermen Norman Black All Filipino Cup 4 6 7th N/A Commissioner's Cup 8 7 5th Quarterfinals Governors Cup 15 10 2nd Finals San Miguel Corporation 1994 1996 The 1995 San Miguel Beermen season was the 21st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Draft picks Round Pick Player College15 Bryant Punzalan FEU2 Matthew Makalintal Saint Benilde Retirement Ramon Fernandez, who spent his last seven seasons with San Miguel Beer and one of the only three remaining pioneers in the PBA and the league's winningest cager with 19 titles, retired from active playing after 20 seasons at age 41. Point guard Hector Calma, who's been with San Miguel since returning to the league in 1986 and was a key factor in the Beermen's Grandslam conquest in 1989, also decided to retire as he was saddled with injuries for most of the 1994 season. Melchor Ravanes, who played for San Miguel from 1980 to 1985 and returned to the team from 1992 to 1994, decided to retire too and call it quits after 15 seasons. Summary The defending All-Filipino champions beat Ginebra, 90–87, in their first game as the league returns to the Araneta Coliseum on February 24 after a decade. The Beermen had a hard time scoring victories with new acquisitions in their lineup. San Miguel defeated Pepsi Mega, 95–82, in their last game in the eliminations on April 4 for their fourth win in 10 games.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=faojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4790%2C743383 Caidic, Agustin sizzle as SMB pummels Pepsi Manila Standard The Beermen were ousted from the semifinals along with Ginebra and Pepsi. Import John Best led the Beermen to four straight victories in the Commissioners Cup.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J68mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4007%2C3517052 San Miguel slams SLR Manila Standard San Miguel enters the quarterfinal round with six wins and four losses, the Beermen blew a chance to make it to the best-of-five semifinals when they lost to Purefoods, 103–104 in overtime, in their do-or-die battle on August 6 as both teams carry an 8-6 won-loss card on the last day of the quarterfinals. It was the first time the Beermen placed no higher than fourth in the first two conferences of the season since returning in 1986. Kenny Travis is the Beermen's reinforcement in the season-ending conference for the fourth straight year. During the ongoing eliminations, a trade took place when San Miguel gave up pre-season acquisition Victor Pablo to Shell in exchange for Paul Alvarez. From a 6-4 won-loss slate in the eliminations, the Beermen advances in the Governors Cup finals on December 3 with the help of Formula Shell upsetting grandslam-seeking Sunkist Orange Juicers earlier in the first game, the Beermen easily won over their finals opponent Alaska Milkmen, 103–87, in the second game for their 12th win in 18 games and winning six of their eight semifinal assignments. In the championship series between the last two Governors Cup titlist, San Miguel led three games to two and one win away from winning the crown. The Beermen were up by 16 points in the second quarter of Game Six but the Milkmen battled back in the second half to win the ballgame. In the deciding Game Seven, the Beermen were leading by four points with less than six minutes remaining in the fourth period but they went on to lose by 13 points, 86–99, as the Alaska Milkmen were able to retain the title they won from last season. 1995 PBA Governors Cup Finals Roster San Miguel Beermen 1995 #E8000F #FFFFFF #000000 #FCC200 5 Franz Pumaren G 5 9 De La Salle PHI 6 Ato Agustin G 5 11 Lyceum PHI 7 Mike Mustre G 6 0 Letran PHI 8 Allan Caidic F 6 2 UE PHI 10 Adriano Polistico C 6 7 Letran PHI 11 Matthew Makalintal G 5 8 Benilde PHI 12 Yves Dignadice FC 6 4 STI WNU PHI 15 Bryant Punzalan C 6 5 FEU PHI 16 Rudolf Belmonte G 6 1 UST PHI 18 Art Dela Cruz F 6 2 San Sebastian PHI 22 Lou Regidor G 5 10 San Carlos PHI yes 23 Paul Alvarez F 6 0 San Sebastian PHI 25 Freddie Abuda FC 6 4 Cebu PHI 52 Gido Babilonia C 6 5 UST PHI USA Norman Black PHI Jong Uichico PHI Filomeno Pumaren Transactions Additions Player Signed Deal Information Mike Mustre Off-season Rookie free agent Lou Regidor Off-season Draft rights acquired from Ginebra Trades Off-seasonTo Pepsi Alvin TengTo San Miguel Beermen Victor PabloOff-seasonTo Pepsi Kevin RamasTo San Miguel Beermen Gido Babilonia Late-season trade October 1995 To Formula ShellVictor Pablo To San Miguel BeermenPaul Alvarez Recruited imports IMPORTConferenceNo.Pos.Ht.CollegeDuration John Best Commissioner's Cup 21 Forward-Center 6"4' Tennessee Tech June 9 to August 6 Kenny Travis Governors Cup 21 Guard-Forward 6"1' New Mexico State October 1 to December 19 References Category:San Miguel Beermen seasons San