1997 PBA season

23rd PBA season February 2023 February 2023 1997 PBA season Pba1997.jpg February 16 – December 14, 1997 8 Vintage Sports (IBC) 1997 PBA Draft Andy Seigle Mobiline Cellulars Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies) All-Filipino Cup 1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys Gordon's Gin Boars Commissioner's Cup 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup Gordon's Gin Boars Alaska Milkmen Governors Cup 1997 PBA Governors Cup Alaska Milkmen Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies 1996 PBA season 1996 1998 PBA season 1998 The 1997 PBA season was the 23rd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee Emilio P. Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner) Nazario L. Avendaño (Chairman, representing San Miguel Beermen) Bernabe L. Navarro, Jr. (Vice-Chairman, representing Gordon's Gin Boars) Reynaldo G. Gamboa (Treasurer, representing Formula Shell Zoommasters) Teams Team Company Governor Alternate Governor Alaska Milkmen Alaska Milk Corporation Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Joaquin Trillo Formula Shell Zoommasters Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation Reynaldo Gamboa Eliseo Santiago Gordon's Gin Boars La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. Bernabe Navarro, Jr. Roberto Eduardo Mobiline Phone Pals Lapanday Holdings Corporation Luis F. Lorenzo Ignatius F. Yenko Pop Cola 800s RFM Corporation Elmer Yanga Atty. Aurora Timbol Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Purefoods Corporation Teodoro Dimayuga Eliezer Capacio San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Corporation Nazario Avendaño Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Manuel Encarnado Vicente R. Santos Season highlights For the first time in league history, the top two picks of the Annual Rookie draft were born outside the Philippines, 6–9 Andrew John Seigle, and Nic Belasco were selected at numbers one and two, respectively.Seigle going up against PBA giantsPop Cola's Fil-Am recruit also fails to impress in tuneup game Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys and Gordon's Gin Boars (formerly Ginebra) played in the All-Filipino Cup finals. This is only the second time the two rivals meet in a championship series. Gordon's playing coach Sonny Jaworski became the oldest player to play in a PBA finals series at age 51. Purefoods rookie coach Eric Altamirano won his first title as a head mentor. Gordon's Gin Boars ended a six-year title drought for the La Tondeña franchise by winning the Commissioner's Cup title over defending champion Alaska Milkmen. The Alaska Milkmen retains the Governors' Cup title for the fourth straight time and defend the only crown left in their grandslam conquest last season. Alaska has overtaken the defunct Presto franchise as the fourth winningest ballclub in the PBA. Alvin Patrimonio won his fourth MVP award, tying Ramon Fernandez for the most number of MVP awards.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LA8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6391%2C1258275 Patrimonio wins record-equalling 4th MVP award Manila Standard Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Milkmen Carmela Lastimosa & Sha Sha Hawkins Formula Shell Zoom Masters Teresa Herrera Gordon's Gin Boars Ruffa Mae Quinto Mobiline Cellulars Joey Mead Pop Cola Bottlers Gill Baltazar Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys Ciara Sotto San Miguel Beermen Leng Damiles Sta. Lucia Realtors Sherilyn Reyes Champions All-Filipino Cup: Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys Commissioner's Cup: Gordon's Gin Boars Governor's Cup: Alaska Milkmen Team with best win–loss percentage: Alaska Milkmen (35–25, .583) Best Team of the Year: Alaska Milkmen (2nd) All-Filipino Cup 1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoff (3) Sta. Lucia Realtors 75–64 (4) San Miguel Beermen |} Finals 1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals 7 (1) Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys 4–2 (2) Gordon's Gin Boars 103–90 91–73 83–92 94–84 95–96 82–73 — |} Finals MVP: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Best Player of the Conference: Nelson Asaytono (San Miguel) Commissioner's Cup 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoff (3) San Miguel Beermen 96–95 (4) Sta. Lucia Realtors |} Finals 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals 7 (1) Alaska Milkmen 2–4 (2) Gordon's Gin Boars 89–99 96–102 86–87 108–90 86–81 79–105 — |} Finals MVP: Marlou Aquino (Gordon's Gin) Best Player of the Conference: Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska) Best Import of the Conference: Jeff Ward (San Miguel) Governors' Cup 1997 PBA Governors' Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Playoffs playoffsbracket Quarterfinals Series y (3) Sta. Lucia Realtors* 1–0 (6) Gordon's Gin Boars 102–93 — (4) Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies* 1–0 (5) Mobiline Phone Pals 93–91 — |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) San Miguel Beermen 2–3 (4) Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies 96–82 73–80 91–89 84–94 89–91 (2) Alaska Milkmen 3–0 (3) Sta. Lucia Realtors 83–69 107–87 95–80 — — |} Third place playoff (1) San Miguel Beermen 99–89 (3) Sta. Lucia Realtors |} Finals 1997 PBA Governors' Cup finals 7 (2) Alaska Milkmen 4–1 (4) Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies 76–87 85–79 96–85 92–75 94–66 — — |} Finals MVP: Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Best Player of the Conference: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Best Import of the Conference: Larry Robinson (San Miguel) Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Rookie of the Year: Andy Seigle (Mobiline) Sportsmanship Award: Freddie Abuda (San Miguel) Most Improved Player: Bong Ravena (Purefoods) Defensive Player of the Year: Freddie Abuda (San Miguel) Mythical Five: Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Marlou Aquino (Gordon's Gin) Vince Hizon (Gordon's Gin) Nelson Asaytono (San Miguel) Mythical Second Team: Noli Locsin (Gordon's Gin) Dindo Pumaren (Purefoods) Bong Ravena (Purefoods) Jun Limpot (Sta. Lucia) Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) All Defensive Team: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) Freddie Abuda (San Miguel) Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Jeffrey Cariaso (Mobiline) Marlou Aquino (Gordon's Gin) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Ron Jacobs (San Miguel) Mr. Quality Minutes: Paul Alvarez (San Miguel) Executive of the Year: Simon Mossesgeld (Purefoods) Comeback Player of the Year: Paul Alvarez (San Miguel) Referee of the Year: Ernesto de Leon Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 35 25 Alaska Milkmen GOR 39 29 Gordon's Gin Boars MOB 20 27 Mobiline Phone Pals POP 14 24 Pop Cola Bottlers/Sizzlers PF 34 29 Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys/Carne Norte Beefies SMB 35 28 San Miguel Beermen SHL 15 31 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 31 30 Sta. Lucia Realtors C C 3rd C 3rd SF X SF Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 20 18 Alaska Milkmen GOR 23 15 Gordon's Gin Boars MOB 18 20 Mobiline Phone Pals POP 14 24 Pop Cola Bottlers/Sizzlers PF 19 19 Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys/Carne Norte Beefies SMB 22 16 San Miguel Beermen SHL 13 25 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 23 15 Sta. Lucia Realtors Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete ALA 15 7 Alaska Milkmen GOR 16 14 Gordon's Gin Boars MOB 2 7 Mobiline Phone Pals POP 0 0 Pop Cola Bottlers/Sizzlers PF 15 10 Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys/Carne Norte Beefies SMB 13 12 San Miguel Beermen SHL 2 6 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 8 15 Sta. Lucia Realtors References PBA