1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Second conference of the 1997 PBA season 1997 Commissioner's Cup June 13 – September 7, 1997 VTV (IBC) Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska Milkmen) Jeff Ward (San Miguel Beermen) Marlou Aquino (Gordon's Gin Boars) Gordon's Gin Boars Alaska Milkmen 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1996 1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup 1998 1997 All-Filipino 1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup 1997 Governors' 1997 PBA Governors' Cup The 1997 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 1997 PBA season. It started on June 13 and ended on September 7, 1997. 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: Formula Shell Zoom Masters Mobiline Cellulars Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys San Miguel Beermen Group B: Alaska Milkmen Gordon's Gin Boars Pop Cola Bottlers Sta. Lucia Realtors Teams in a group will play against each other twice and against teams in the other group once; 10 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 five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yJgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5570%2C1946394 Complete semis cast hinges on Gordon's victory today Manila Standard Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the remaining five teams. Results from the eliminations will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least five of their eight semifinal games. The top two teams (or the top team and the winner of the playoff incentive) will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series. The next two teams (or the loser of the playoff incentive and the fourth seeded team) dispute the third-place trophy in a one-game playoff. Elimination round Team standings main WL percentage yes yes none complete ALA 5 5 Alaska Milkmen GOR 6 4 Gordon's Gin Boars MOB 4 6 Mobiline Cellulars PF 3 7 Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys POP 4 6 Pop Cola Bottlers SHL 6 4 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 6 4 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 6 4 San Miguel Beermen SF SF SF SF SF Q before green1 Semifinal round Semifinal round Team standings main WL Overall standings percentage yes yes none complete ALA 11 7 Alaska Milkmen Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.041. Gordon's 0.994, San Miguel 0.945https://news.google.com/newsp–1apers?id=cpVOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5610%2C1733325 SMB to Gordon's; Let's do it today Manila Standard GOR 11 7 Gordon's Gin Boars ALA SHL 8 10 Formula Shell Zoom Masters Head-to-head record: Sta. Lucia 2–1 Shell SLR 8 10 Sta. Lucia Realtors SHL SMB 11 7 San Miguel Beermen ALA F PO2 PO 3rd Q before green1 Advance to the finals If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright. yellow1 Proceed to third place playoff blue1 Guaranteed finals berth playoff blue2 Qualify to finals berth playoff main WL Semifinal round standings wins no yes none complete ALA 6 2 Alaska Milkmen GOR 5 3 Gordon's Gin Boars SHL 2 6 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 2 6 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 5 3 San Miguel Beermen PO Q before blue1 Qualify to finals berth playoff Alaska qualified outright as #1 seeded team, Gordon's Gin guaranteed finals berth playoff as #2 seeded team; finals berth playoff: Gordon's Gin 106–100 San Miguel 2 Finals berth playoff #eee August 24 6:00 pm Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV 2OT San Miguel Beermen 100 Gordon's Gin Boars 106 20–16 14–22 22–17 24–25 14–14, 6–12 Jeff Ward 29 Chris King 36 Jeff Ward 14 Chris King 17 Olsen Racela 7 Chris King 6 Third place playoff #eee August 26 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV San Miguel Beermen 96 Sta. Lucia Realtors 95 Finals 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals #eee August 26 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 89 Gordon's Gin Boars 99 August 29 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Alaska Milkmen 96 Gordon's Gin Boars 102 #eee August 31 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 86 Gordon's Gin Boars 87 September 2 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 108 Gordon's Gin Boars 90 #eee September 5 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Alaska Milkmen 86 Gordon's Gin Boars 81 September 7 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Gordon's Gin Boars 105 Alaska Milkmen 79 Gordon's Gin 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