1998 PBA season
1998 PBA season | |
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Mobiline Phone Pals |
The 1998 PBA season was the 24th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Board of governors
Executive committee
- Emilio P. Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner)
- Bernabe L. Navarro, Jr. (Chairman, representing Ginebra San Miguel)
- Reynaldo G. Gamboa (Vice-Chairman, representing Formula Shell Zoommasters)
- Manuel M. Encarnado (Treasurer, representing Sta. Lucia Realtors)
Teams
Team | Company | Governor | Alternate Governor |
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Alaska Milkmen | Alaska Milk Corporation | Wilfred Steven Uytengsu | Joaquin Trillo
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Formula Shell Zoommasters | Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation |
Reynaldo Gamboa | |
Gordon's Gin Boars/Ginebra San Miguel | La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. | Bernabe Navarro, Jr. | Roberto Eduardo |
Mobiline Phone Pals |
Lapanday Holdings Corporation | Luis P. Lorenzo Jr. | Ignatius F. Yenko |
Pop Cola 800s | RFM Corporation | Elmer Yanga | Philip Prieto |
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs |
Purefoods Corporation | Teodoro Dimayuga | Eliezer Capacio |
San Miguel Beermen | San Miguel Corporation | Nazario Avendaño | Jose Jara |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation | Manuel Encarnado |
Season highlights
- The PBA is in their toughest challenge with the formation of a new league called Metropolitan Basketball Association, backed by the giant network ABS-CBN, and is perceived to be a threat to the 24-year existence of the PBA. [1]
- The Alaska Milkmen won two titles during the year while Formula Shell ended a six-year title-drought by winning the final conference of the season.
- For the third time in every four years, an All-pro squad to be known as
- This is the only season that features four conferences with the addition of the Mobiline Phone Pals.
- The two-import format was revived during the Centennial Cup and the Governor's Cup.
Opening ceremonies
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
Team | Muse |
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Alaska Milkmen | Antoiniette Enciso and Maricris Fernandez |
Formula Shell Zoom Masters | Janine Hermann |
Gordon's Gin Boars | Michelle Aldana |
Mobiline Phone Pals
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Sunshine Cruz |
Pop Cola 800s | Bea and Valentin of Eat Bulaga fame |
Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies | Cris Villonco |
San Miguel Beermen | G Toengi
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Sta. Lucia Realtors | Sheryl Brahman |
Champions
- All-Filipino Cup: Alaska Milkmen
- Commissioner's Cup: Alaska Milkmen
- Mobiline Phone Pals
- Governor's Cup: Formula Shell Zoom Masters
- Team with best win–loss percentage: Alaska Milkmen (41–25, .621)
- Best Team of the Year: Alaska Milkmen (3rd)
All-Filipino Cup
Elimination round
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Alaska Milkmen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | |
3 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
4 | Pop Cola 800s | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
5 | Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies
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5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
6 | Gordon's Gin Boars
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5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
7 | Mobiline Phone Pals | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
8 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 |
Source: [citation needed]
Semifinal round
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Third place playoff
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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(3) Sta. Lucia Realtors | 60–66 | (4) Pop Cola 800s |
Finals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(1) San Miguel Beermen | 3–4 | (2) Alaska Milkmen | 76–69 | 64–80 | 84–89 | 97–90 | 78–73 (OT) | 61–99 | 63–72 |
- Finals MVP: Alaska)
- Best Player of the Conference: Nelson Asaytono (San Miguel)
Commissioner's Cup
Elimination round
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Alaska Milkmen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Pop Cola 800s | 6 | 5 | .545[a] | 3 | |
3 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545[a] | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
4 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
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5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | |
5 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
6 | Mobiline Phone Pals | 5 | 6 | .455[b] | 4 | |
7 | Ginebra San Miguel
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4 | 7 | .364[c] | 5 | |
8 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 4 | 7 | .364[c] | 5 |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
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Playoffs
Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Semifinals (Best-of-5 series) | Finals (Best-of-7 series) | |||||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 | Purefoods | 84 | 78 | 5 | Formula Shell | 2 | |||||||||
5 | Formula Shell | 96 | 87 | 1 | Alaska | 4 | |||||||||
3 | San Miguel | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 | Pop Cola | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | San Miguel | 95 | 3 | San Miguel | 3 | ||||||||||
6 | Mobiline | 89 | Third place | ||||||||||||
2 | Pop Cola | 84 | |||||||||||||
5 | Formula Shell | 80 |
Finals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(1) Alaska Milkmen | 4–2 | (3) San Miguel Beermen | 107–97 (OT) | 106–89 | 81–88 | 83–92 | 92–84 | 85–74 | — |
- Finals MVP: Alaska)
- Best Player of the Conference: Alaska)
- Best Import of the Conference: Alaska)
Centennial Cup
Elimination round
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Ginebra San Miguel
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6 | 2 | .750 | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Mobiline Phone Pals | 5 | 3 | .625[a] | 1 | |
3 | Pop Cola 800s | 5 | 3 | .625[a] | 1 | |
4 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 5 | 3 | .625[a] | 1 | |
5 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
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5 | 3 | .625[a] | 1 | |
6 | San Miguel Beermen | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2 | |
7 | Alaska Milkmen | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2 | |
8 | Philippine Centennial Team (G) | 1 | 7 | .125[b] | 5 | |
9 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 1 | 7 | .125[b] | 5 |
Playoffs
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
1 | Ginebra (OT) | 75 | |||||||
4 | Shell | 78 | |||||||
4 | Shell (OT) | 66 | |||||||
2 | Mobiline | 67 | |||||||
2 | Mobiline | 74 | |||||||
3 | Pop Cola | 71 | Battle-for-third | ||||||
1 | Ginebra | 71 | |||||||
3 | Pop Cola | 85 |
Governors' Cup
Elimination round
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Mobiline Phone Pals | 9 | 6 | .600[a] | — | Advance to semifinal round |
2 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 9 | 6 | .600[a] | — | |
3 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 6 | .600[a] | — | |
4 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
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9 | 6 | .600[a] | — | |
5 | Pop Cola 800s | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1 | |
6 | Ginebra San Miguel
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7 | 8 | .467 | 2 | |
7 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3 | |
8 | Alaska Milkmen | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
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Semifinal round
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Mobiline Phone Pals | 12 | 9 | .571[a] | — | Advance to the Finals |
2 | Formula Shell Super Unleaded | 12 | 9 | .571[a] | — | |
3 | San Miguel Beermen | 12 | 9 | .571[a] | — | Proceed to third-place playoff |
4 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
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12 | 9 | .571[a] | — |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
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Third place playoffs
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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(3) San Miguel Beermen | 1–2 | (4) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
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94–88 | 90–101 | 99–96 |
Finals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(1) Mobiline Phone Pals
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3–4 | (2) Formula Shell Super Unleaded | 90–110 | 94–67 | 81–78 | 97–109 | 88–81 | 77–80 | 91–93 |
- Finals MVP: Benjie Paras (Shell)
- Best Player of the Conference: Purefoods)
- Best Import of the Conference: Silas Mills (Mobiline)
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player: Kenneth Duremdes(Alaska)
- Rookie of the Year: Danny Ildefonso(San Miguel)
- Sportsmanship Award: Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
- Most Improved Player: Patrick Roy Fran (Mobiline)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Chris Jackson (Formula Shell)
- Mythical Five
- Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska)
- Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
- Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
- Jojo Lastimosa (Alaska)
- Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska)
- Mythical Second Team
- Rodericko "Olsen" Racela (San Miguel)
- Mike Mustre (San Miguel)
- Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
- Nelson Asaytono (San Miguel)
- Victor Pablo (Formula Shell)
- All Defensive Team
- Chris Jackson (Formula Shell)
- Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
- Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
- Glenn Capacio (Mobiline)
- Patrick Fran (Mobiline)
Awards given by the PBA Press Corps
- Coach of the Year: Perry Ronquillo (Formula Shell)
- Mr. Quality Minutes: Rodney Santos (Alaska)
- Executive of the Year: Wilfred Uytengsu (Alaska)
- Comeback Player of the Year: Glenn Capacio (Mobiline)
- Referee of the Year: Franco Ilagan
Board of Governors
- Emilio Bernardino (Commissioner)
- Ruben Cleofe (Secretary)
- Bernabe Navarro (Chairman, La Tondeña Distillers, Inc)
- Reynaldo Gamboa (Vice-Chairman, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.)
- Manuel Encarnado (Treasurer, Sta. Lucia Realty and Development, Inc)
- Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Alaska Milk Corp.)
- Luis Lorenzo, Jr (Lapanday Holdings Corp.)
- Nazario Avendaño (San Miguel Corp.)
- Joaquin Trillo (Alaska Milk Corp.)
- Teodoro Dimayuga (Purefoods Corp.)
- Elmer Yanga (Republic Flour Mills Corp.)
- Roberto Eduardo (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc)
- Eliezer Capacio (Purefoods Corp.)
- Ignatius Yenko (Lapanday Holdings Corp.)
Cumulative standings
Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
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Alaska Milkmen | 66 | 41 | 25 | .621 |
San Miguel Beermen | 74 | 43 | 31 | .581 |
Formula Shell Zoom Masters / Super Unleaded | 61 | 31 | 30 | .508 |
Pop Cola 800s | 54 | 27 | 27 | .500 |
Mobiline Phone Pals |
54 | 27 | 27 | .500 |
Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies / Tender Juicy Hotdogs | 59 | 27 | 32 | .458 |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | 49 | 22 | 27 | .449 |
Gordon's Gin Boars / Ginebra Kings | 49 | 18 | 31 | .368 |
Philippine Centennial Team | 8 | 1 | 7 | .125 |
References
- ^ "PBA, MBA in TV ratings war!". Manila Standard.
- ^ "All about the Jones Cup". Philstar.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2017.