1990 Alaska Air Force season

1990   Alaska Air Force season
Head coach	Tim Cone
General Manager	Joaqui Trillo
Owner	Alaska Milk Corporation
First Conference results
Record	9–9 (50%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
All-Filipino Conference results
Record	6–12 (33.3%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Third Conference results
Record	14–9 (60.9%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Runner Up
Alaska Air Force seasons
←  1989 1991  →

The 1990 Alaska Air Force season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Details
2	12	Macario Torres	Signed
3	19	Loreto Manaog	Signed
4	25	David Zamar	Unsigned, free agent

Scoring record

April 26: Paul Alvarez scored a record-breaking 71 points in Alaska's 169-138 win over Shell. The 71-point output by Mr.Excitement surpass Allan Caidic's 68 points set in November of last year. ^[1]

Occurrences

Assistant coach Chot Reyes took over the coaching duties from coach Tim Cone for a couple of games in the All-Filipino Conference following the Basketball Coaches of the Philippines (BCOP) decision issuing a temporary restraining order preventing coach Tim Cone from handling the team. Reyes led Alaska to its first win in the conference with a 100-99 squeaker over Purefoods on June 17. ^[2]

Runner-up finish

Sean Chambers return as their import in the Third Conference and along with Carlos Clark, a member of the 1984 NBA World Champions Boston Celtics. The Airmen were the top team in the elimination round with eight wins and two losses, they scored their 12th victory in 17 games against Shell, 114-94 on November 27. ^[3] The Airmen got a free ride for the first finals berth when Purefoods lost to Sarsi in their last game in the semifinals on December 2. ^[4]

Alaska went on to battle the Purefoods Hotdogs for the Third Conference championship and came so close in winning their first PBA title after surging ahead, 2-0 in the best-of-five finals series, only to lose the remaining three games. High-leaping Paul Alvarez, who played the hero's role in their first two victories, was injured in Game three and was out for the rest of the final playoffs.

Main article: 1990 PBA Third Conference Finals

Roster

1990 Alaska Air Force roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 3 Edgardo Cordero 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UST G/F 6 Biboy Ravanes 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu G/F 8 Loreto Manaog 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) G/F 9 Boy Cabahug 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Visayas C 10 Adriano Polistico 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Letran G 11 Eric Altamirano 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UP Diliman F 12 Rey Lazaro 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern F/C 13 Elpidio Villamin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) C 16 Macario Torres 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Far Eastern F 21 Paul Alvarez 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian G 22 Frankie Lim 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda G 23 Ric-Ric Marata 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Southwestern-U F 24 Harmon Codinera 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern

Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Chot Reyes Aric del Rosario Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Transactions

Mid-season acquisition

Player	Signed	Details
Edgardo Cordero	July 1990	Signed up to replace the injured Macario Torres

Trades

September 1990

To Pepsi #32 Abet Guidaben

To Alaska Harmon Codinera

Recruited imports

Name	Conference	No.	Pos.	Ht.	College	Duration
Anthony Simms	First Conference	34	Forward	6"5'	Boston University	February 20 to April 29
Sean Chambers	Third Conference	20	Forward	6"1'	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	September 30 to December 20
Carlos Clark		4	Forward	6"4'	University of Mississippi	October 7 to December 20

References

1. "Bong Alvarez marks 30th-year anniversary of 71-point scoring milestone". Spin.ph.
2. "Tight win by Alaska". Manila Standard.
3. "Alaska cuts down Shell". Manila Standard.
4. "Alaska gets title crack". Manila Standard.