1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Second conference of the 1998 PBA season 1998 Commissioner's Cup May 22 – August 14, 1998 VTV (IBC) Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska Milkmen) Devin Davis (Alaska Milkmen) Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska Milkmen) Alaska Milkmen San Miguel Beermen 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1997 1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1999 1998 All-Filipino 1998 PBA All-Filipino Cup 1998 Centennial 1998 PBA Centennial Cup The 1998 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 1998 PBA season. It started on May 22 and ended on August 14, 1998. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'8" height limit. Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference The teams were divided into 2 groups. Group A: San Miguel Beermen Ginebra Kings Pop Cola 800s Mobiline Phone Pals Group B: Formula Shell Zoom Masters Alaska Milkmen Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Sta. Lucia Realtors Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings. The top two teams will automatically qualify to the semifinals, while the next four teams will have a crossover quarterfinal round. Quarterfinals: QF1: #3 vs. #6, with #3 having the twice-to-beat advantage QF2: #4 vs. #5, with #4 having the twice-to-beat advantage Best-of-five semifinals: SF1: QF1 vs. #4 SF2: QF2 vs. #3 One-game third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals Elimination round Team standings main WL percentage yes yes none complete ALA 9 2 Alaska Milkmen GSM 4 7 Ginebra San Miguel Head-to-head record: Ginebra 1–1 Sta. Lucia; Ginebra +2, Sta. Lucia −2 MOB 5 6 Mobiline Phone Pals Head-to-head differential: Purefoods 1.106, Shell 0.987, Mobiline 0.869 PF 5 6 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs MOB POP 6 5 Pop Cola 800s Head-to-head record: Pop Cola 1–0 San Miguel SHL 5 6 Formula Shell Zoom Masters MOB SLR 4 7 Sta. Lucia Realtors GSM SMB 6 5 San Miguel Beermen POP SF SF 2x 2x QF QF Q before green1 Advance to semifinals blue1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals blue2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals Alaska was unbeaten in their first eight outings before losing to Mobiline and San Miguel in succession. Pop Cola clinched the 2nd seed with a superior quotient over San Miguel Beermen.http://www.newsflash.org/199807/sp/sp000379.htm Alaska beats Shell, Pop drowns San Miguel Philippine Headline News Online Bracket 2/1 2 Quarterfinals(Higher seeds twice-to-beat) Semifinals(Best-of-5) Finals(Best-of-7) 4 Purefoods 84 78 5 Formula Shell 96 87 3 San Miguel 95 6 Mobiline 89 1 Alaska 3 5 Formula Shell 2 2 Pop Cola 0 3 San Miguel 3 1 Alaska 4 3 San Miguel 2 2 Pop Cola 84 5 Formula Shell 80 Quarterfinals (3) San Miguel vs. (6) Mobiline #eee July 17 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV San Miguel Beermen 95 Mobiline Phone Pals 89 San Miguel wins series in one game (4) Purefoods vs. (5) Shell July 17 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 84 Formula Shell 96 #eee July 19 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 78 Formula Shell 87 Shell wins series in two games Semifinals (1) Alaska vs. (5) Shell #eee July 21 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 89 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 92 July 24 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Alaska Milkmen 88 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 86 #eee July 26 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 94 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 89 July 28 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 78 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 95 #eee July 31 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Alaska Milkmen 71 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 69 Alaska wins series, 3–2 (2) Pop Cola vs. (3) San Miguel #eee July 19 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Pop Cola 800s 97 San Miguel Beermen 106 July 21 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Pop Cola 800s 75 San Miguel Beermen 91 #eee July 24 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV recap Pop Cola 800s 79 San Miguel Beermen 92 San Miguel wins series, 3–0 Third place playoff #eee August 2 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Pop Cola 800s 84 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 80 Finals 1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals #eee August 2 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay OT VTV Alaska Milkmen 107 San Miguel Beermen 97 August 4 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 106 San Miguel Beermen 89 #eee August 7 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Alaska Milkmen 81 San Miguel Beermen 88 August 9 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 83 San Miguel Beermen 92 #eee August 11 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 92 San Miguel Beermen 84 August 14 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Alaska Milkmen 85 San Miguel Beermen 74 Alaska wins series, 4–2 References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Commissioner's Cup Category:PBA Commissioner's Cup