1995 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals

Basketball cup finals 1995 All-Filipino Cup Sunkist Orange Juicers Derrick Pumaren 4 Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 3 May 7–21, 1995 Vergel Meneses Vintage Sports (PTV) DZRH 1994 1996 1994 Governors 1995 Commissioner's The 1995 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1995 PBA All-Filipino Cup, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Sunkist Orange Juicers and Alaska Milkmen played for the 60th championship contested by the league.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6JkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5395%2C1130006 All-Pinoy finals Milk and Juice fare starts today Manila Standard Sunkist Orange Juicers won over Alaska Milkmen in a seven-game series for their third PBA title. The Juicers became the 8th team to win the All-Filipino crown.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=65kVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6694%2C3146650 Milk or Juice, the series finally gets to end tonite Manila Standard Qualification SunkistAlaskaFinished 7–3 (.700), 1st EliminationsFinished 5–5 (.500), tied for 3rd Finished 13–5 (.722), 1st Semifinals Finished 10–8 (.556), tied for 2ndPlayoff Won against Purefoods, 115–89 Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7WinsSunkist 104 92 98 88 95 86 87 4Alaska 110 85 92 94 90 92 78 3VenueCunetaCunetaAranetaCunetaCunetaCunetaCuneta Games summary Game 1 #eee May 7 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Sunkist Orange Juicers 104 Alaska Milkmen |score2=110 Vergel Meneses 24 Jojo Lastimosa 34 Alaska leads series, 1–0 Alaska rallied from 12 points down and held Sunkist scoreless in the last 1:28. Jojo Lastimosa, who finish with 34 points, Abarrientos, Hawkins and rookie Jeffrey Cariaso knock in the Milkmen's last eight points to seal the come-from-behind win. Game 2 #eee May 9 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Sunkist Orange Juicers |score1=92 Alaska Milkmen 85 Vergel Meneses 20 Johnny Abarrientos 24 Series tied, 1–1 Nelson Asaytono led a fourth quarter assault as he struck for six points in a 10–2 blast by the Juicers starting the final period that turned a slim 70–68 lead to an 80–70 advantage. The Milkmen did not score for more than five minutes during the Juicers' run. Game 3 #eee May 12 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage recap Sunkist Orange Juicers |score1=98 Alaska Milkmen 92 Bonel Balingit 22 Jeffrey Cariaso 20 Sunkist leads series, 2–1 Bonel Balingit banged in a career-high 22 points, poured in 14 of his points in the decisive fourth quarter as the Juicers, who trailed by as many as 14 points in the third period, came back to outscore the Milkmen, 32–18 in the final 12 minutes. Game 4 #eee May 14 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Sunkist Orange Juicers 88 Alaska Milkmen |score2=94 Vergel Meneses 36 Jojo Lastimosa 33 Series tied, 2–2 Jeffrey Cariaso scored 11 of Alaska's last 13 points and broke the final tie at 81-all with a driving layup, Sunkist' Rudy Distrito committed a flagrant foul on Cariaso when he hit the rookie's back on the way down from a layup, sending him crashing to the floor. Vergel Meneses, who won best player of the conference, had a strong third quarter, scoring the Juicer's first 16 points with three triples. Game 5 #eee May 16 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Sunkist Orange Juicers |score1=95 Alaska Milkmen 90 Vergel Meneses 31 Bong Hawkins 28 Sunkist leads series, 3–2 Sunkist led by as much as 22 points, the last at 80–58. Bong Hawkins scored 24 of his 28 points in the second half as he combined with Johnny Abarrientos to bring the milkmen to within two, 87–89 with only 1:26 left. Juicers' guard Ricric Marata struck inside with a layup and Bonel Balingit's short stab and a foul off Alaska's Poch Juinio gave Sunkist a 93–87 edge. Game 6 #eee May 19 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage recap Sunkist Orange Juicers 86 Alaska Milkmen |score2=92 Meneses 16 Asaytono 16 Abarrientos 21 Series tied, 3–3 Alaska held down Vergel Meneses to only 16 points while Johnny Abarrientos poured in 19 of his 21 points in the second half, most of them in the third quarter run, a Poch Juinio follow up on a Lastimosa miss gave Alaska an 85–74 lead with only 1:15 left. Game 7 #eee May 21 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay Vintage OT recap Sunkist Orange Juicers |score1=87 Alaska Milkmen 78 Vergel Meneses 18 Jeffrey Cariaso 24 Sunkist wins series, 4–3 Bonel Balingit and Ricric Marata knock in nine of Sunkist' 13 points in overtime as the Juicers held on to beat Alaska and hand coach Derrick Pumaren his first PBA title. Vergel Meneses sank in a clutch triple with time winding down in regulation after the Milkmen battled back from 13 points to take a 73–69 lead. Yoyoy Villamin scored on a Meneses assist to tie the count at 74-all with 10 seconds left, Johnny Abarrientos missed on a short jumper inside the paint as Alaska blew a chance to win the game outright. 1995 PBA All-Filipino Cup Champions Sunkist Orange Juicers Third title Occurrences Sunkist' Rudy Distrito was sacked by the PBA for the rest of the season for nudging Jeffrey Cariaso in mid air during Game 4. An incident also took place in that game involving a bodyguard of Alaska team owner Wilfred Uytengsu, who harassed Distrito and Vergel Meneses following Distrito's dangerous foul on Jeffrey Cariaso. Rosters n Sunkist Orange Juicers #0055af white #0055af white 4 Bonel Balingit C 6 9 Visayas PHI 8 Al Solis G 5 11 Visayas PHI 9 Boybits Victoria G 5 11 San Beda PHI 10 Enrique Reyes F 6 4 Ateneo PHI 11 Nelson Asaytono F 6 3 Manila PHI 13 Elpidio Villamin F 6 2 PHI 14 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 UE PHI 16 Marcelino Albarillo G 5 10 Mindanao PHI 18 Vergel Meneses F 6 3 JRU PHI 19 Kenneth Duremdes F 6 3 Adamson PHI 23 Ricardo Marata Ric-Ric Marata G 5 9 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 35 Zaldy Realubit C 6 6 USJ-R PHI PHI Derrick Pumaren PHI Gabby Velasco Alaska Milkmen #b50000 white #b50000 white 4 Merwin Castelo GF 6 2 San Beda PHI 5 Gilbert Reyes G 5 8 Ateneo PHI 6 Jojo Lastimosa GF 6 1 USJ-R PHI 7 Roehl Gomez G 6 0 Cebu PHI 12 Dickie Bachmann C 6 5 De La Salle PHI 14 Johnny Abarrientos G 5 8 FEU PHI 16 Bong Hawkins F 6 3 UPHSD PHI 22 Jeffrey Cariaso GF 6 2 Sonoma State PHI 24 Cris Bolado C 6 7 National-U PHI 31 Giovanni Pineda FC 6 6 Adamson PHI 32 Poch Juinio C 6 5 UP Diliman PHI 50 Alex Araneta C 6 6 Ateneo PHI 54 Dondon Ampalayo F 6 3 USJ-R PHI USA Tim Cone PHI Joel Banal PHI Aric del Rosario Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside reportersGame 1 Game 2 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Anthony Suntay and Romy KintanarGame 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Ed Picson Andy Jao References External links PBA official website https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ 2017-08-09 Category:1995 PBA season 1995 Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) games Category:Pop Cola Panthers games PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals