1993 PBA season

1993 PBA season
1993 PBA season
Duration	February 28 – December 14, 1993
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Draft
Top draft pick	Jun Limpot
Picked by	Sta. Lucia Realtors
Conferences
All-Filipino Cup champions	Coney Island Ice Cream Stars
Runners-up	San Miguel Beermen
Commissioner's Cup champions	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
Runners-up	Purefoods Oodles
Governors Cup champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
Awards
Season MVP	Alvin Patrimonio ; (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
Seasons
	< 1992 1994 >

Last updated January 13, 2023

The 1993 PBA season was the 19th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Board of governors

Executive committee

Reynaldo G. Marquez (Commissioner)
Luis Lorenzo, Sr. (Chairman, representing Pepsi Mega Hotshots)
Wilfred Steven Uytengsu, representing Alaska Milkmen)
Nazario L. Avedaño (Treasurer, representing San Miguel Beermen)

Teams

Team	Company	Governor
Alaska Milkmen	General Milling Corporation	Wilfred Steven Uytengsu
Ginebra San Miguel	La Tondeña Distillers, Inc.	Bernabe Navarro, Jr.
Pepsi Mega Hotshots	Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc.	Luis Lorenzo, Sr.
Purefoods Hotdogs	Purefoods Corporation	Renato Buhain
San Miguel Beermen	San Miguel Corporation	Nazario Avendaño
Shell Helix Ultra	Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation	Edgardo Veron Cruz
Sta. Lucia Realtors	Consolidated Foods Corporation	Vicente Santos
Swift Mighty Meaties	Republic Flour Mills Corporation	Elmer Yanga

Season highlights

The league moves to its new home, the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay.
The PBA unveils their new logo during the opening ceremonies on February 28. The logo was chosen from more than 2000 entries in a nationwide contest held on January. The winning logo design was created by a professional graphic designer from Manila, Oscar de Castro (www.oscardecastro.ca) who is now based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.^[1]
The league changes their playdates from Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays to Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The move of their second weekly playdate from Thursday to Friday is to attract weekend crowds.
Sta. Lucia Realtors made its debut in the league, parading top draft pick Zandro "Jun" Limpot and former players from the Presto franchise led by Vergel Meneses.^[2]
Benjie Paras was unable to come in terms with his team Shell Rimula X at the start of the season as he declared that he wanted to be traded to Ginebra San Miguel, he was not able to play in the All-Filipino Conference. A settlement was reached before the start of the Second Conference.
The All-Filipino Cup became the opening conference of the season, Coney Island Ice Cream Stars (formerly Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) defeated the San Miguel Beermen for the title. Coney Island coach Vincent "Chot" Reyes made history as the first coach to claim a PBA crown in his maiden season with the team.
The Second Conference was renamed Commissioner's Cup, corporate rivals Purefoods and Swift Mighty Meaties faced off for the second time in the finals with Swift snagging their second championship behind the exploits of best import Ronnie Thompkins. The said conference was also full of blockbuster trades that saw several players traded to other teams.
The Third Conference was named after the PBA Board of Governors and was called Governor's Cup. The San Miguel Beermen surpassed the defunct Toyota ballclub as the second winningest team, capturing their 10th title by defeating Swift Mighty Meaties, who were led by the returning high-scoring import Tony Harris.^[3]
Purefoods forward Alvin Patrimonio won his second Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in three years in a hotly-contested race between him and teammate Jerry Codiñera for the coveted award.^[4]

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
Alaska Milkmen	Sadie Callahan
Coney Island Ice Cream Stars	Bea Lucero
Ginebra San Miguel	Hazel Huelvas
San Miguel Beermen	Donita Rose
7-Up Uncolas	Rosanna Escudero
Shell Rimula X	Liza Berroya and Janine Barredo
Sta. Lucia Realtors	Ruffa Gutierrez and Apols Gutierrez
Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	Gelli de Belen

Champions

All-Filipino Cup: Coney Island Ice Cream Stars
Commissioner's Cup: Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
Governors Cup: San Miguel Beermen
Team with best win–loss percentage: San Miguel Beermen (46–25, .648)
Best Team of the Year: San Miguel Beermen (4th)

All-Filipino Cup

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	2	.800	—	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Sta. Lucia Realtors	6	4	.600	2
3	Coney Island Ice Cream Stars	6	4	.600	2
4	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	6	4	.600	2
5	Ginebra San Miguel	5	5	.500	3
6	Alaska Milkmen	4	6	.400	4
7	7-Up Uncolas	3	7	.300	5
8	Shell Rimula X	2	8	.200	6

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Quarterfinal round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	10	4	.714^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	10	4	.714^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—
3	Coney Island Ice Cream Stars	9	5	.643	1
4	Sta. Lucia Realtors	7	7	.500	3
5	Ginebra San Miguel	5	9	.357	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Swift; San Miguel +3, Swift −3

Playoffs

Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

1	San Miguel	3

4	Sta. Lucia	1
			1	San Miguel	2

			3	Coney Island	4
2	Swift	0

3	Coney Island	3	Third place playoff


			2	Swift	3

			4	Sta. Lucia	1

Third place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(2) Swift Mighty Meaties	3–1	(4) Sta. Lucia Realtors	126–103	130–116	101–110	121–104	—

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) San Miguel Beermen	2–4	(3) Coney Island Ice Cream Stars	100–90	95–104	88–94	95–96	106–91	96–99 (OT)	—

Commissioner's Cup

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	9	2	.818	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Purefoods Oodles	8	3	.727	1
3	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636	2
4	Shell Helix Oilers	7	4	.636	2
5	Alaska Milkmen	6	5	.545	3
6	Ginebra San Miguel	3	8	.273	6
7	7-Up Uncolas	3	8	.273	6
8	Sta. Lucia Realtors	1	10	.091	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Semifinal round

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	15	4	.789	—	Advance to the Finals
2	Purefoods Oodles	11	8	.579^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	Advance to the Finals
3	San Miguel Beermen	11	8	.579^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	Proceed to third-place playoff
4	Shell Helix Oilers	10	9	.526^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	Proceed to third-place playoff
5	Alaska Milkmen	10	9	.526^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1 2 Second-seed playoff: Purefoods 119–101 San Miguel
1 2 Head-to-head record: Shell 3–1 Alaska

Semifinal round standings:

Pos	Team v t e	W	L
1	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	6	2
2	San Miguel Beermen	4	4
3	Alaska Milkmen	4	4
4	Purefoods Oodles	3	5
5	Shell Helix Oilers	3	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Third place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(3) San Miguel Beermen	3–1	(4) Shell Helix Oilers	133–114	106–100	122–123	134–111	—

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	4–2	(2) Purefoods Oodles	100–93	92–117	102–92	112–102	112–134	108–99	—

Best Import of the Conference: Ronnie Thompkins (Swift)

Governors' Cup

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	2	.800	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	7	3	.700	1
3	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	7	3	.700	1
4	Pepsi Mega Bottlers	7	3	.700	1
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	5	5	.500	3
6	Alaska Milkmen	4	6	.400	4
7	Shell Helix Oilers	1	9	.100	7
8	Ginebra San Miguel	1	9	.100	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Semifinal round

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	13	5	.722	—	Advance to the Finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	11	7	.611^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2	Guaranteed Finals berth playoff
3	Pepsi Mega Bottlers	11	7	.611^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2	Proceed to third-place playoff
4	Sta. Lucia Realtors	10	8	.556	3	Qualify to Finals berth playoff
5	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	9	9	.500	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

↑ 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.
1 2 Second seed playoff: Swift 124–122 Pepsi (2OT)

Semifinal round standings:

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	5	3
2	Sta. Lucia Realtors	5	3	Qualify to Finals berth playoff^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	4	4
4	Pepsi Mega Bottlers	4	4
5	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	2	6

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

↑ San Miguel advanced to the Finals as the #1 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Swift 130–124 Sta. Lucia

Third place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(3) Pepsi Mega Bottlers	0–3	(4) Sta. Lucia Realtors	79–93	94–114	107–116	—	—

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) San Miguel Beermen	4–1	(2) Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	140–138 (2OT)	109–122	124–110 (OT)	109–104	91–89	—	—

Best Import of the Conference: Kenny Travis (San Miguel)

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
Rookie of the Year: Jun Limpot (Sta. Lucia)
Sportsmanship Award: Samboy Lim (San Miguel)
Most Improved Player: Vergel Meneses (Swift)
Coach of the Year: Chot Reyes (Purefoods)
Defensive Player of the Year: Alvin Teng (San Miguel)
Mythical Five:
- Alfonso Solis (Swift)
- Ato Agustin (San Miguel)
- Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
- Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
- Nelson Asaytono (Swift)
Mythical Second Team:
- Allan Caidic (San Miguel)
- Samboy Lim (San Miguel)
- Jun Limpot (Sta. Lucia)
- Vergel Meneses (Swift)
- Alvin Teng (San Miguel)
All Defensive Team:
- Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
- Glenn Capacio (Purefoods)
- Alvin Teng (San Miguel)
- Arturo dela Cruz (San Miguel)
- Jun Limpot (Sta. Lucia)

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

Mr. Quality Minutes: Olsen Racela (Purefoods)
Humanitarian/Citizenship Award: Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)
Comeback Player of the Year: Paul Alvarez (Sta. Lucia)
Mr. Clutch: Alfonso Solis (Swift)
Role Player of the Year: Glenn Capacio (Purefoods)
Newsmaker of the Year: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
Referee of the Year: Ernesto de Leon

Cumulative standings

Team	GP	W	L	PCT
Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	71	46	25	.647
San Miguel Beermen	71	46	25	.647
Coney Island Ice Cream Stars / Purefoods Oodles	67	39	28	.582
Alaska Milkmen	39	18	21	.461
Sta. Lucia Realtors	55	23	32	.418
7-Up / Pepsi Mega Bottlers	43	17	26	.396
Shell Rimula X / Helix Oilers	43	14	29	.325
Ginebra San Miguel	35	9	26	.258

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References

↑ New PBA, Scorecard by Chino Trinidad, Sports Flash magazine, February 28, 1993
↑ "Sta.Lucia buys Presto franchise". Manila Standard.
↑ "Another "new" year for PBA". Manila Standard.
↑ "Patrimonio named MVP anew". Manila Standard.

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[table_hth_SMB0.53853012460215-5] 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Swift; San Miguel +3, Swift −3

[table_hth_PF0.53339985130979-6] 1 2 Second-seed playoff: Purefoods 119–101 San Miguel

[table_hth_ALA0.53339985130979-7] 1 2 Head-to-head record: Shell 3–1 Alaska

[table_note_res_F0.67450149342162-8] 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.

[table_hth_PEP0.67450149342162-9] 1 2 Second seed playoff: Swift 124–122 Pepsi (2OT)

[table_note_res_PO0.29041715864577-10] San Miguel advanced to the Finals as the #1 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Swift 130–124 Sta. Lucia

[1] New PBA, Scorecard by Chino Trinidad, Sports Flash magazine, February 28, 1993

[2] "Sta.Lucia buys Presto franchise". Manila Standard.

[3] "Another "new" year for PBA". Manila Standard.

[4] "Patrimonio named MVP anew". Manila Standard.

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1993 PBA season

Contents

Board of governors

Executive committee

Teams

Season highlights

Opening ceremonies

Champions

All-Filipino Cup

Elimination round

Quarterfinal round

Playoffs

Third place playoffs

Finals

Commissioner's Cup

Elimination round

Semifinal round

Third place playoffs

Finals

Governors' Cup

Elimination round

Semifinal round

Third place playoffs

Finals

Awards

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

Cumulative standings

Related Research Articles

References