1990 PBA season

16th PBA season February 2023 February 2023 1990 PBA season February 18, 1990 – December 20, 1990 8 Vintage Sports (PTV) 1990 PBA Draft Peter Jao Presto Tivolis Allan Caidic (Presto Tivolis) First Conference 1990 PBA First Conference Formula Shell Zoom Masters Añejo Rum 65ers All-Filipino Conference 1990 PBA All-Filipino Conference Presto Tivolis Purefoods Hotdogs Third Conference 1990 PBA Third Conference Purefoods Hotdogs Alaska Air Force 1989 PBA season 1989 1991 PBA season 1991 The 1990 PBA season was the 16th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee Rudy Salud (Commissioner) Rey Marquez (Chairman, representing Formula Shell Zoom Masters) Wilfred Steven Uytengsu, representing Alaska Milkmen) Lance Gokongwei (Treasurer, representing Presto Tivolis) Teams Team Company Governor Alaska Milkmen General Milling Corporation Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Añejo Rum 65ers La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. Carlos Palanca III Pepsi Hotshots Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. Luis Lorenzo, Sr. Pop Cola Sizzlers Republic Flour Mills Corporation Elmer Yanga Presto Tivolis Consolidated Foods Corporation Lance Gokongwei Purefoods Hotdogs Purefoods Corporation Renato Buhain San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Corporation Nazario Avendaño Formula Shell Zoom Masters Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation Reynaldo Marquez Season highlights The PBA increased its membership from 6 to 8 teams, with the entry of expansion franchises RFM/Cosmos Bottling, Inc. and Pepsi-Cola. The 6 regular PBA ballclubs were allowed to protect 9 players from its rosters, the two new teams will pick those players in the expansion pool.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pPoZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=egsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5080%2C2022226 PBA singing a new tune Manila Standard Formula Shell won their first PBA title after five years of participation, but the biggest story of the year was the walkout of Añejo Rum 65 in Game 6 of the First Conference finals, the 65ers were heavily fined a total of P550,000. Presto Tivolis won the All-Filipino crown at the expense of Purefoods Hotdogs for their first title in three years and sixth overall. With the advent of "Open basketball" being approved, professional basketball players are now allowed to play in the international tournaments such as the Olympics and World championships, the PBA send an all-pro team to the Beijing Asian Games in September and chosen to coach the PBA-backed national team is Añejo playing coach Robert Jaworski.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ro8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4838%2C2973127 Don't expect wonders, says Jaworski Manila Standard Despite only two weeks to prepare and injuries and problems hounding the team even from the time it was formed, the All-Pro nationals won a silver medal finish, behind host China. Purefoods Hotdogs came back from a 0-2 overhaul to win the Third Conference title and their first championship with a 3-2 series win over Alaska Milk, becoming only the second team to have won three straight after falling behind two games to none, the Hotdogs duplicated the feat achieved by the Crispa Redmanizers in 1976. Coach Baby Dalupan, the league's winningest coach, won his 15th title. Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Milkmen Lara Melissa de Leon Añejo Rum 65 Connie Fortaleza Formula Shell Sarah Jane Paez and Precious Tongko Pepsi Hotshots Dina Bonnevie Pop Cola Aiko Melendez Presto Tivolis Gem Padilla (Bb.Pilipinas-Universe) Purefoods Hotdogs Sharon Cuneta San Miguel Beermen Marilen Gonzales and Star Querubin Champions First Conference: Formula Shell Zoom Masters All-Filipino Conference: Presto Tivolis Third Conference: Purefoods Hotdogs Team with best win–loss percentage: Formula Shell Zoom Masters (35-21, .625) Best Team of the Year: Purefoods Hotdogs (1st) First Conference 1990 PBA First Conference Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs 5 (3) Presto Tivolis 1–3 (4) San Miguel Beermen 101–102 114–127 106–97 105–111 — |} Finals 1990 PBA First Conference finals 7 (1) Formula Shell Zoom Masters 4–2 (2) Añejo Rum 65ers 134–131 127–135 156–134 138–135 101–130 62–47Añejo Rum walked out of the game with 2:52 left in the second quarter. The league awarded Shell with a Game 6 title-clinching win by forfeiture. 1ST — |}1ST Best Import of the Conference: Bobby Parks (Shell) All-Filipino Conference 1990 PBA All-Filipino Conference Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs 5 (3) Añejo Rum 65ers 3–1 (4) San Miguel Beermen 131–125 125–146 123–114 129–123 — |} Finals 1990 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals 7 (1) Purefoods Hotdogs 3–4 (2) Presto Tivolis 95–99 125–124 111–115 139–125 119–123 128–117 96–115 |} Third Conference 1990 PBA Third Conference Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs 3 (3) Shell Rimula X 2–0 (4) Presto Tivolis 139–123 141–132 — |} Finals 1990 PBA Third Conference finals 5 (1) Alaska Air Force 2–3 (2) Purefoods Hotdogs 105–103 118–112 103–117 99–104 98–99 |} Best Import of the Conference: Bobby Parks (Shell) Awards Most Valuable Player: Allan Caidic (Presto) Rookie of the Year: Gerry Esplana (Presto) Most Improved Player: Rey Cuenco (Añejo) Mythical Five: Ronnie Magsanoc (Shell) Paul Alvarez (Alaska) Benjie Paras (Shell) Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Allan Caidic (Presto) Mythical Second Team: Samboy Lim (San Miguel) Rudy Distrito (Añejo) Ramon Fernandez (San Miguel) Elpidio Villamin (Alaska) Rey Cuenco (Añejo) All-Defensive Team: Abe King (Presto) Glenn Capacio (Purefoods) Alvin Teng (San Miguel) Elpidio Villamin (Alaska) Chito Loyzaga (Añejo) Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 29 30 Alaska Air Force ANE 33 24 Añejo Rum 65ers PEP 2 28 Pepsi Hotshots POP 10 29 Pop Cola/Sarsi Sizzlers PRE 40 29 Presto Tivolis PF 34 25 Purefoods Hotdogs SMB 29 27 San Miguel Beermen SHL 35 21 Formula Shell Zoom Masters C C F C 3rd F SF X Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 20 10 Alaska Air Force ANE 19 11 Añejo Rum 65ers PEP 2 28 Pepsi Hotshots POP 8 22 Pop Cola/Sarsi Sizzlers PRE 23 7 Presto Tivolis PF 16 14 Purefoods Hotdogs SMB 14 16 San Miguel Beermen SHL 18 12 Formula Shell Zoom Masters Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete ALA 9 20 Alaska Air Force ANE 14 13 Añejo Rum 65ers PEP 0 0 Pepsi Hotshots POP 2 6 Pop Cola/Sarsi Sizzlers PRE 17 22 Presto Tivolis PF 18 11 Purefoods Hotdogs SMB 15 11 San Miguel Beermen SHL 17 9 Formula Shell Zoom Masters References