1997–98 Philippine Basketball League season

1997–98 PBL season March 8, 1997 – January 17, 1998 7 Silverstar Sports (PTV) Rommel Adducul Eric Menk Makati Mayor's Cup 1997 PBL Makati Mayor's Cup Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters Dazz Dishwashing Paste All-Filipino Cup 1997 All-Filipino Cup Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters Agfa HDC Film 1996 1998-99 The 1997–98 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL). New leadership Under New Commissioner Joseller "Yeng" Guiao, the PBL games were now held at the newly built Makati Coliseum in Makati and covered on primetime TV, produced by Silverstar Sports and aired on PTV-4. Makati Mayor's Cup Imports Teams Import AMA Cybertigers Corey Williams Chowking Fastfood Kings Carl Simpson / David Vanterpool Dazz Dishwashing Paste Rodney Smith Red Bull Energy Drink Larry Daniels / Kareem Hill Springmaid Toothbrush Eric Dailey Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters Craig Wise / Dennis Edwards / Marcus Timmons Welcoat Paints Parish Hickman / Darryl Young Finals series #eee May 29 Makati Coliseum, Makati PTV-4 Tanduay Gold Rhum W Dazz Dishwashing Paste L May 31 Makati Coliseum, Makati PTV-4 recap Tanduay Gold Rhum 81 Dazz Dishwashing Paste 86 #eee June 2 Makati Coliseum, Makati PTV-4 recap Tanduay Gold Rhum 92 Dazz Dishwashing Paste 79 June 5 Makati Coliseum, Makati PTV-4 Tanduay Gold Rhum 95 Dazz Dishwashing Paste 76 Tanduay wins series, 3-1 Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters gave their coach Alfrancis Chua his fifth PBL title and avenged their loss to Dazz coach Junel Baculi when the latter's team, then called Hapee Toothpaste, beat the former Stag Pale Pilsen, 3-1, in last year's Reinforced Conference. The Rhum Masters had their biggest lead of 22 points in Game four, 84-62, with 3:15 remaining. Dazz was handicapped with the absence of its best player Oscar Simon. Best import Marcus Timmons barely missed a triple-double of 22 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists for Tanduay, Jomer Rubi added 15 points while ex-pro Bobby Jose and Randy Alcantara had 13 each.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lpMVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6688%2C605989 Tanduay dumps Dazz for Mayor's Cup title Manila Standard All-Filipino Cup Qualified for semifinals #Team StandingsWLPCTGB1 Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters 8 2 .800 –-2 Welcoat Paints 6 4 .600 23 Chowking Fastfood Kings 6 4 .600 24 Agfa HDC Films 5 5 .500 35 Dazz Dishwashing Paste 3 7 .300 56 Wilkins Mineral Water 2 8 .200 6 The PBL All-Filipino Cup opens on October 25, 1997,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C6AVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1902%2C2523146 PBL All-Filipino blast off today Manila Standard AMA Computer College and Springmaid didn't participate but a new ballclub Wilkins Distilled Water joined the five other teams.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CaAVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6676%2C2320956 PBL preview: Welcoat, Wilkins, big threats Manila Standard Red Bull decided to return to its former team name Agfa Films with Nat Canson replacing Jimmy Mariano as Agfa coach. The top five teams enters the semifinal round.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jg8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3817%2C373202 Tanduay guns for 8th win vs Agfa today Manila Standard After 18 games, Tanduay Gold Rhum clinch the first finals berth with a 12-6 won-loss card, Welcoat and defending All-Filipino Cup champion Agfa were tied with 11 wins and 7 losses and will meet in a playoff to determine the Rhum Masters' opponent.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NQ8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6750%2C2758684 Agfa to give all in bid for last finals slot Manila Standard Agfa Films went on to prevailed over the Paint Masters. Finals series #eee January 7 Makati Coliseum, Makati PTV-4 Tanduay Gold Rhum 87 Agfa Films 79 January 10 Makati Coliseum, Makati PTV-4 Tanduay Gold Rhum 83 Agfa Films 88 #eee January 12 Makati Coliseum, Makati PTV-4 Tanduay Gold Rhum 69 Agfa Films 76 January 14 Makati Coliseum, Makati PTV-4 Tanduay Gold Rhum W Agfa Films L #eee January 17 Makati Coliseum, Makati PTV-4 Tanduay Gold Rhum 82 Agfa Films 76 Tanduay wins series, 3-2 Tanduay came back from a 1-2 series deficit and win their 6th PBL title against Agfa HDC Films. In the deciding fifth game, Agfa was ahead, 60-53, with 8:42 left in the final quarter, but Randy Alcantara and Eric Menk scored successively to levelled the count at 66-all with 4:11 left. Agfa was a win away from retaining the All-Filipino Cup crown they won last season against this very same team after taking a 2-1 edge by winning Game three with Jimwell Torion scoring 37 points for the Film Makers.http://www.newsflash.org/199801/sp/sp000198.htm Tanduay is PBL champ Philippine Headline News Online Individual awards All-Filipino Cup: Most Valuable Player: Eric Menk (Tanduay) *The first PBL player to win both MVP award and ROY honors Rookie of the year: Eric Menk (Tanduay) Mythical Selection First team: Eric Menk (Tanduay) Rommel Adducul (Chowking) Jomer Rubi (Tanduay) Henry Fernandez (Agfa) Renato Morano (Welcoat) Mythical Selection Second team: Danny Ildefonso (Agfa) Bobby Jose (Tanduay) Brixter Encarnacion (Chowking) Gilbert Demape (Welcoat) Alvin Magpantay (Tanduay) Three-point king title: Jasper Ocampo (Chowking) Most Improved Player: Brixter Encarnacion (Chowking) References External links www.philippinebasketball.ph 1997-98 Philippine Basketball League season PBL League League