1993 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

Basketball tournament 1993 Commissioner's Cup Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs Yeng Guiao 4 Purefoods Oodles Chot Reyes 2 August 27 – September 7, 1993 Vintage Sports (PTV) DZAM 1994 1993 All-Filipino 1993 Governors The 1993 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 1993 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. Corporate rivals Purefoods and Swift played in the finals for the second time in two years and for the 55th championship contested by the league. Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs wins their second PBA title with a 4-2 series victory against the Purefoods Oodles. Qualification SwiftPurefoodsFinished 9–2 (.818), 1st EliminationsFinished 8–3 (.727), 2nd Finished 15–4 (.789), 1st Semifinals Finished 11–8 (.579), tied for 2nd Playoff Won against San Miguel, 119-101 Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Wins Swift 100 92 102 112 112 108 4Purefoods 93 117 92 102 134 99 2VenueCunetaCunetaCunetaCunetaCunetaCuneta Games summary Game 1 #eee August 27 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs |score1=100 Purefoods Oodles 93 17-18 27-15 25-24 31-36 Nelson Asaytono 23 Patrimonio 34 Grandison 33 Swift leads series, 1-0 Swift looks headed for a runaway victory when they led by 17 points, 80-63, halfway in the fourth quarter. Alvin Patrimonio ignited a rally for the Oodles, his three-point play off Ronnie Thompkins pull them within six at 81-87. Five straight points by Al Solis which started with a triple starved off the Oodles' rallies even as Patrimonio answered with his own triple to cut the lead of the Meaties again to six, 86-92. The Oodles failed to execute on their next play in a last attempt to close the gap. Game 2 #eee August 29 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 92 Purefoods Oodles |score2=117 Ronnie Thompkins 33 Ronnie Grandison 32 Series tied, 1-1 In an amazing display of offensive power, Purefoods Oodles' hot-shooting and near-perfect field goal at the start of the fourth quarter blew the game wide open as they leads by as much as 29 points. Down 49-56 early in the third quarter, a 14-4 blast gave the Oodles a 63-60 lead, after a timeout by Swift and a basket, another run by Purefoods saw them led 79-65 after three quarters. Ronnie Thompkins open the fourth period with a basket but the Ooodles countered with a 12-0 bomb to put the game away, 91-67. Game 3 #eee August 31 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs |score1=102 Purefoods Oodles 92 32-14 19-23 22-25 29-30 Ronnie Thompkins 38 Ronnie Grandison 30 Swift leads series, 2-1 Swift import Ronnie Thompkins went to work early as the Meaties surge to a 30-9 lead in the first quarter, the closest the Oodles came within was three, 77-80 in the fourth quarter. Al Solis' triple gave Swift an 85-78 lead and Ronnie Thompkins' follow-up dunk completed an 8-1 run to give them a 10-point advantage, 88-78. Game 4 #eee September 3 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs |score1=112 Purefoods Oodles 102 24-34 24-15 35-27 29-26 Ronnie Thompkins 37 Swift leads series, 3-1 After uneventful first two quarters, Vergel Meneses took charge in the second half, a three-point play started a run that gave Swift an 83-74 lead with less than a minute remaining in the third quarter. The Meaties were up by 11 points in the final period, the last at 103-92 when an 8-0 blast by Purefoods with two triples put them to within three, 103-100, a series of miscues, hurried shots and errors by the Oodles resulted to Swift countering with a 7-0 run that ice the ballgame at 110-100. Game 5 #eee September 5 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 112 Purefoods Oodles |score2=134 Ronnie Thompkins 47 Ronnie Grandison 37 Swift leads series, 3-2 From a 59-58 halftime score in favor of the Oodles, a basket by Swift turned out to be their last taste of the lead for the night, an 11-0 blast by the Oodles gave them a 10-point advantage. Purefoods went up by 21 points late in the third quarter, 98-77 on a three-point play by Ronnie Grandison. The Meaties came closest at 89-102 when Glenn Capacio converted on a triple as the Oodles scored on every opportunity to extend the series to a sixth game.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r2YVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3318%2C858279 Helluva fightback by Purefoods Manila Standard Game 6 #eee September 7 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs |score1=108 Purefoods Oodles 99 26-24 26-26 27-25 29-24 Ronnie Thompkins 42 Ronnie Grandison 26 Swift wins series, 4-2 The series-clinching win was a see-saw battle, it was close for the last time at 87-86 in favor of Swift. After a timeout, the Meaties scored six straight points for a 93-86 lead. Going into the final minutes with the score at 95-91 for Swift, Jerry Codinera was fouled and poked in the eye by Rudy Distrito. Affected by his vision, Codinera missed two crucial free throws. In a breakaway run, Rudy Distrito converted on a basket and a deliberate foul from Dindo Pumaren, who was also poked in the eye by Distrito. With a bonus free throw plus ball possession, the Meaties were up by seven and Nelson Asaytono scored on a follow-up to give them a 100-91 lead for good.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sGYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5355%2C1128734 Swift puts Purefoods away, 4-2 Manila Standard 1993 PBA Commissioners Cup Champions Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs Second title Rosters n Swift Mighty Meaties #0055af white #b50000 white 8 Al Solis G 5 11 Visayas PHI 10 Eric Reyes basketball F 6 4 Ateneo PHI 11 Nelson Asaytono F 6 3 Manila PHI 12 Bonel Balingit C 6 9 Visayas PHI 13 Elpidio Villamin F 6 2 PHI 14 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 UE PHI 15 Juancho Estrada G 5 11 Adamson PHI 16 Marcelino Albarillo G 5 10 Mindanao PHI 17 Terry Saldaña F 6 3 Letran PHI 18 Vergel Meneses F 6 3 JRU PHI 35 Zaldy Realubit C 6 6 USJ-R PHI 44 Ronnie Thompkins FC 6 5 Fort Hays State USA I 48 Cadel Mosqueda F 6 3 Arellano PHI PHI Yeng Guiao PHI Roehl Nadurata PHI Bong Go (I) Import n Purefoods Oodles #0055af #FFFFFF white #0055af 5 Abe King F 6 3 San Beda PHI 6 Joey Guanio G 6 1 UP Diliman PHI 9 Boy Cabahug G 5 11 Visayas PHI 10 Dindo Pumaren G 5 9 De La Salle PHI 12 Glenn Capacio G 6 1 FEU PHI 14 Kevin Ramas C 6 5 Mapua PHI 15 Dwight Lago F 6 3 De La Salle PHI 16 Alvin Patrimonio F 6 3 Mapua PHI 17 Olsen Racela G 5 11 Ateneo PHI 18 Benito Cheng F 6 3 Mapua PHI 21 Ronnie Grandison F 6 5 New Orleans USA I 22 Frankie Lim G 5 11 San Beda PHI 44 Jerry Codinera C 6 5 UE PHI PHI Chot Reyes PHI Chito Narvasa (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play AnalystGame 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Jimmy Javier Quinito HensonGame 5 Game 6 References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:1993 PBA season 1993 Category:Pop Cola Panthers games Category:Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots games PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals Pba