2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup

April 2023 April 2023 2000 All-Filipino Cup February 20 – June 11, 2000 Viva TV (IBC) Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska Milkmen) Poch Juinio (Alaska Milkmen) Alaska Milkmen Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup 1999 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup 2001 1999 Governors' 1999 PBA Governors' Cup 2000 Commissioner's 2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup The 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup or known as the 2000 Alaxan PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2000 PBA season. It started on February 20 and ended on June 11, 2000. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team. Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: The teams were divided into 2 groups. Group A: Alaska Aces Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters Group B: Barangay Ginebra Kings Batang Red Bull Thunder Mobiline Phone Pals Pop Cola Panthers Shell Turbo Chargers Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 14 games per team. The top eight teams after the eliminations will advance to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals: Top four teams will have a twice-to-beat advantage against their opponent. QF1: #1 vs. #8 QF2: #2 vs. #7 QF3: #3 vs. #6 QF4: #4 vs. #5 Best-of-five semifinals: SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 Third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals Elimination round Team standings Eighth seed playoff Mobiline had a better quotient on their games among Shell and Barangay Ginebra hence they were awarded with the #7 seed.Reyes Marc Anthony Mobiline, Gin square off today Philippine Daily Inquirer https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fVg1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=gSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1001%2C1829676#eee May 7 PhilSports Arena, Pasig VTV Shell Velocity 68 Barangay Ginebra Kings 71 Bracket main Bracket y Quarterfinals(Top 4 twice-to-beat) Semifinals(Best-of-5) Finals(Best-of-7) Third-place playoff 1 Tanduay 101 8 Brgy. Ginebra 78 4 Purefoods 68 89 5 Sta. Lucia 93 79 2 San Miguel 82 7 Mobiline 61 3 Alaska 81 6 Pop Cola 67 1 Tanduay 1 4 Purefoods 3 2 San Miguel 1 3 Alaska 3 4 Purefoods 1 3 Alaska 4 1 Tanduay 103 2 San Miguel 92 Quarterfinals (1) Tanduay vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra #eee May 10 PhilSports Arena, Pasig VTV recap Tanduay Rhum Masters 101 Barangay Ginebra Kings 78 Tanduay wins series in one game (2) San Miguel vs. (7) Mobiline #eee May 12 PhilSports Arena, Pasig VTV San Miguel Beermen 82 Mobiline Phone Pals 61 San Miguel wins series in one game (3) Alaska vs. (6) Pop Cola May 12 PhilSports Arena, Pasig VTV Alaska Milkmen 81 Pop Cola 800s 67 #eee Alaska wins series in one game (4) Purefoods vs. (5) Sta. Lucia May 10 PhilSports Arena, Pasig VTV Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 68 Sta. Lucia Realtors 93 #eee May 14 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV recap Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 89 Sta. Lucia Realtors 79 Purefoods wins series in two games Semifinals (1) Tanduay vs. (4) Purefoods #eee VTV May 17 PhilSports Arena, Pasig Tanduay Rhum Masters 91 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 79 VTV May 19 PhilSports Arena, Pasig Tanduay Rhum Masters |score1= 85 |team2=Purefoods TJ Hotdogs |score2=75 #eee VTV May 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Tanduay Rhum Masters |score1=93 |team2=Purefoods TJ Hotdogs |score2=70 Tanduay wins series, 3–0 On May 22, PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino forfeited Tanduay's Games 2 and 3 victories in favor of Purefoods for the deportation of Sonny Alvarado. Purefoods now leads the series 2–1. #eee May 24 PhilSports Arena, Pasig VTV Tanduay Rhum Masters Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Game postponed May 26 PhilSports Arena, Pasig VTV Tanduay Rhum Masters Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Game postponed indefinitely #eee VTV May 31 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Tanduay Rhum Masters 71 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 72 Purefoods wins series, 3–1 OT The day after Tanduay swept the series 3–0, the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) revoked Sonny Alvarado's Filipino citizenship as it uncovered that the player used fraudulent papers; consequently, the BID ordered Alvarado's deportation. This caused PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino to forfeit two of Tanduay's semifinal wins (Games 2 and 3) since Alvarado played in those games (he didn't play in the first game). The league earlier forfeited Batang Red Bull's wins when 18-year-old Kerby Raymundo was found to have deficient academic credentials. With the forfeitures, the series would have resumed on Game 4 with Purefoods leading the series 2–1; however, Tanduay secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) that prevented the league from staging Game 4 of their series.Marc Anthony Reyes http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may2000/may24/sports/spo_main.htm Alvarado out; Tanduay stuns PBA with TRO Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20000818070212/http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may2000/may24/sports/spo_main.htm August 18, 2000 dead The league suspended the Game 4 on the May 24 playdate, the first time a game has been suspended for a cause other than a typhoon, an earthquake, or a bomb threat.Musong Castillo http://www.pba.com.ph/arcdnews/news83.htm TRO calls off Game 4 as controversy deepens Sun Star Manila March 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20010209014334/http://www.pba.com.ph/arcdnews/news83.htm February 9, 2001 dead PBA legal counsel Butch Cleofe warned that Tanduay faced suspension from the league, a hefty fine and even expulsion when it fails to show up on the May 26 playdate. A P500,000 fine faced the franchise plus other penalties the commissioner may impose.Marc Anthony Reyes http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may2000/may26/sports/spo_main.htm Tanduay faces suspension Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20000818070622/http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may2000/may26/sports/spo_main.htm August 18, 2000 dead Prior to the game, Tanduay was able to secure an extension of the TRO hence Game 4 was suspended for a second time; this has been the first time a PBA game has been suspended via a court order. The league has already lost P600,000 on gate receipts and Viva TV lost about P2 million in TV commercials.Marc Anthony Reyes http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may2000/may27/sports/spo_main.htm Tanduay gets 2nd TRO; game nixed indefinitely Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20000818070824/http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may2000/may27/sports/spo_main.htm August 18, 2000 dead The league rejected Tanduay's offer of resetting the series with them leading 1–0, with the games that Alvarado played declared as "no contests"; the league insisted that the Rhum Masters play Game 4 with them trailing 1–2.Jong Arcano http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may2000/may27/sports/spo_10.htm PBA rejects Tanduay offer Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20000620204105/http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may2000/may27/sports/spo_10.htm June 20, 2000 dead On May 30, Tanduay relented and agreed to play Game 4 with them trailing 1–2. Bernardino would deal with Tanduay's actions "accordingly with due process". To prevent such events from happening again, the PBA Board has decided that Filipino-Americans would have to secure clearances from the BID and the Department of Justice (DOJ; previously, only a BID clearance was sufficient). Marc Anthony Reyes http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may2000/may31/sports/spo_main.htm Game 4 today; sanctions sought Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20000620195707/http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may2000/may31/sports/spo_main.htm June 20, 2000 When Game 4 was finally played, the game went into overtime; Purefoods' Boyet Fernandez converted a three-point field goal with 0.2 of a second remaining to seal Purefoods' unlikely Finals qualification against 1990s rival Alaska.Marc Anthony Reyes http://www.inquirer.net/issues/jun2000/jun02/sports/spo_main.htm Purefoods-Alaska Game 1 today Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20000619202134/http://www.inquirer.net/issues/jun2000/jun02/sports/spo_main.htm June 19, 2000 dead (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Alaska #eee VTV May 17 PhilSports Arena, Pasig San Miguel Beermen 70 Alaska Milkmen 77 VTV May 19 PhilSports Arena, Pasig San Miguel Beermen 77 Alaska Milkmen 75 #eee VTV May 21 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City San Miguel Beermen 78 Alaska Milkmen 83 VTV May 24 PhilSports Arena, Pasig San Miguel Beermen 83 Alaska Milkmen 120 Alaska wins series, 3–1 Third place playoff #eee VTV June 2 PhilSports Arena, Pasig Tanduay Rhum Masters 103 San Miguel Beermen 92 Finals 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals #eee VTV June 2 PhilSports Arena, Pasig Alaska Milkmen 59 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 73 VTV June 4 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Alaska Milkmen 93 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 76 #eee VTV June 7 Ynares Center, Antipolo Alaska Milkmen 79 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 71 VTV June 9 Philsports Arena, Pasig Alaska Milkmen 88 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 75 #eee VTV June 11 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Alaska Milkmen 85 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 84 Alaska wins series, 4–1 Alaska won the title on Game 5 despite trailing by six points late in the fourth quarter; Rodney Santos and Poch Juinio carried the scoring slack when Bong Hawkins and Johnny Abarrientos had bad starts. Abarrientos was able to make it up by hitting a jump-shot to give the Milkmen the lead 85–82. Noy Castillo converted both free-throws to cut the lead to one. Alaska missed four free-throws, including two intentional misses by James Wallkvist with 0.5 of a second remaining to clinch their first All-Filipino championship since 1998. Alvin Patrimonio had a series-best 22 points but went scoreless at the final quarter that helped Alaska to catch up. References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ August 9, 2017 All-Filipino Cup 2000