Basketball championship
1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals Team | Coach | Wins |
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Sunkist Orange Juicers | Derrick Pumaren | 4 | Alaska Milkmen | Tim Cone | 2 | |
Dates | August 25 – September 5, 1995 |
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Television | Vintage Sports (PTV) |
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Radio network | DZRH |
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PBA Commissioner's Cup finals chronology |
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PBA finals chronology |
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The 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Sunkist Orange Juicers and the Alaska Milkmen played for the 61st championship contested by the league.
The Alaska Milkmen and Sunkist Orange Juicers clash in the PBA finals for the third straight conference, living up to their billing as the rivalry of the mid-1990s. Sunkist repeated over Alaska for their second straight crown of the season and fourth title overall as the Orange Juicers bolster its bid towards the Grandslam.
Qualification
Sunkist | Alaska |
Finished 9–1 (.900), 1st | Eliminations | Finished 7–3 (.700), 3rd |
Finished 12–3 (.800), 1st | Quarterfinals | Finished 10–5 (.667), tied for 2nd |
defeated Purefoods, 3-2 | Best-of-5 semifinals | defeated Sta. Lucia, 3-0 |
Series scoring summary
Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Wins |
Sunkist | 112 | 99 | 99 | 95 | 93 | 106 | 4 |
Alaska | 106 | 105 | 87 | 93 | 114 | 87 | 2 |
Venue | Cuneta | Cuneta | Araneta | Araneta | Cuneta | Cuneta | |
Games summary
Game 1
Alaska led 96-88 going into the final 3:13 of regulation but a 6-0 roll by Sunkist capped by a three-pointer from Boybits Victoria cut the lead to two, 96-94 with two minutes left. Vergel Meneses scored two short jumpers, the last over Merwin Castelo with 46.2 seconds remaining, to tie the count and forces overtime at 98-all. Meneses team up with Nelson Asaytono and Ronnie Grandison in the extra period as the Juicers unleashed a 9-4 spurt that gave them a 107-102 advantage with time down to 2:02.[1]
Game 2
The Milkmen led by as many as 19 points in the first half but foul trouble on big men Cris Bolado, Bong Hawkins and import Derrick Hamilton allowed the Juicers to come within a point, 92-91, a final 11-2 burst capped by a two-handed back dunk by Hamilton gave Alaska a 103-93 lead with only 33.6 seconds left. Hamilton finished the game with 44 points and 12 rebounds.[2]
Game 3
With Alaska guard Johnny Abarrientos sideline with a bruised right thigh, Sunkist turned to Nelson Asaytono for the crucial baskets in the last 1:26 to thwart the milkmen's final rally. The Juicers led by 17 points, 54-37, at the start of the third quarter, but the milkmen rallied to within four points, 85-89 with 1:43 left, despite Abarrientos' absence.[3]
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Sunkist came in full battle gear and right from the first half took a commanding 16-point lead at 52-36. The Milkmen gave the Juicers a scare in the third quarter but after several miscues, the Orange Juicers regained composure to upend an impending rally.
Rosters
Sunkist Orange Juicers roster |
Players | Coaches |
Pos. | No. | Nat. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Age | | C | 4 | | Balingit, Bonel | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | | | Visayas | G | 8 | | Solis, Al | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | | | Visayas | G | 9 | | Victoria, Boybits | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | | | San Beda | F | 10 | | Reyes, Enrique | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | | | Ateneo | F | 11 | | Asaytono, Nelson | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | | | Manila | F | 13 | | Villamin, Elpidio | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | | | | G | 16 | | Albarillo, Teroy | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | | | Mindanao | F | 18 | | Meneses, Vergel | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | | | José Rizal | F | 19 | | Duremdes, Kenneth | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | | | Adamson | G | 23 | | Marata, Ricardo | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | | | Southwestern-U | F | 31 | | Grandison, Ronnie (I) | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | | | New Orleans | C | 35 | | Realubit, Zaldy | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | | | USJ–R | | - Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (I) Import
Injured
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Alaska Milkmen roster |
Players | Coaches |
Pos. | No. | Nat. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | | | F | 3 | | Hamilton, Derrick (I) | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | | Southern Miss | G/F | 4 | | Castelo, Merwin | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | | | San Beda | G | 5 | | Reyes, Gilbert | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | | | Ateneo | G/F | 6 | | Lastimosa, Jojo | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | | | USJ–R | G | 7 | | Gomez, Roehl | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | | | Cebu | C | 12 | | Bachmann, Dickie | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | | | De La Salle | G | 14 | | Abarrientos, Johnny | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | | | Far Eastern | F | 16 | | Hawkins, Bong | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | | | UPHSD | G/F | 22 | | Cariaso, Jeffrey | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | | | Sonoma State | C | 24 | | Bolado, Cris | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | | | National-U | F/C | 31 | | Pineda, Giovanni | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | | | Adamson | C | 32 | | Juinio, Poch | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | | | UP Diliman | C | 50 | | Araneta, Alex | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | | | Ateneo | F | 54 | | Ampalayo, Dondon | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | | | USJ–R | | - Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (I) Import
Injured
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Broadcast notes
References
- ^ "Sweet Sunkist start". Manila Standard.
- ^ "Alaska pulls even". Manila Standard.
- ^ "Sunkist bounces back". Manila Standard.
External links
Pop Cola Panthers |
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- Formerly the Pop Cola Sizzlers, Sarsi Sizzlers, Diet Sarsi Sizzlers, Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs, Swift Mighty Meaties, Sunkist Orange Juicers, Sunkist Orange Bottlers, Pop Cola Bottlers, Pop Cola 800s and Swift Panthers
- Founded in 1990
- Disbanded in 2002
- Owned by the Cosmos Bottling Corporation, a subsidiary of the RFM Corporation
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