1994 PBA season

1994 PBA season
1994 PBA season
Duration	March 6 – December 18, 1994
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Draft
Top draft pick	Noli Locsin
Picked by	Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters
Conferences
All-Filipino Cup champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Coney Island Ice Cream Stars
Commissioner's Cup champions	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Runners-up	Alaska Milkmen
Governors Cup champions	Alaska Milkmen
Runners-up	Swift Mighty Meaties
Awards
Season MVP	Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
Seasons
<  1993 1995  >

The 1994 PBA season was the 20th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights

• PBA Commissioner Rey Marquez steps down and Deputy Commissioner Jun Bernardino succeeded Marquez as the new PBA Commissioner.
• The PBA has decided to send the All-Filipino Cup champions to the Hiroshima Asian Games in their continuing support to help the country in its quest to win the Asian basketball gold. ^[1]
• The San Miguel Beermen earned the right to represent team Philippines by winning the All-Filipino championship over Coney Island. Amateur standouts Marlou Aquino, Kenneth Duremdes, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso join the RP-San Miguel team.
• With injuries still hounding the San Miguel-RP Team in their preparation, Purefoods' stalwarts Alvin Patrimonio and Jerry Codiñera, who led the hotdogs to the Commissioner's Cup title, volunteered to play for the Philippine flag, the PBA change its original format in the Governor's Cup, as Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs were seeded, along with San Miguel in the semifinal round, the league gave national coach Norman Black a free hand to pick one more player from Purefoods and he chooses rookie Rey Evangelista, the Alaska Milkmen also release Johnny Abarrientos to the national team with no conditions, three of the five amateur cagers practicing with the team, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso were dropped from the roster. ^[2]
• The Philippine Team salvaged fourth place, losing their final game against Japan for the Bronze Medal.
• Purefoods forward Alvin Patrimonio became the first back-to-back winner of the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award since William Adornado won it during the league's first two seasons. Patrimonio won his third MVP trophy, tying Bogs Adornado' three MVP awards.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
Alaska Milkmen
Coney Island Ice Cream Stars	Mikee Cojuangco
Pepsi Mega Bottlers
San Miguel Beermen
Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers
Sta. Lucia Realtors
Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters	Anjanette Abayari

Champions

• All-Filipino Cup: San Miguel Beermen
• Commissioner's Cup: Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
• Governors Cup: Alaska Milkmen
• Team with best win–loss percentage: Alaska Milkmen (45–28, .616)
• Best Team of the Year: Purefoods TJ Hotdogs (2nd)

All-Filipino Cup

Main article: 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	2	.800	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Coney Island Ice Cream Stars	7	3	.700	1
3	Alaska Milkmen	6	4	.600	2
4	Sta. Lucia Realtors	6	4	.600	2
5	Swift Mighty Meaties	5	5	.500	3
6	Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers	3	7	.300	5
7	Pepsi Mega Bottlers	3	7	.300	5
8	Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters	2	8	.200	6

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Semifinal round

Cumulative standings Pos Team v t e W L PCT GB Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 12 6 .667 [lower-alpha 1] — Advance to the Finals [lower-alpha 2] 2 Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 12 6 .667 [lower-alpha 1] — Guaranteed Finals berth playoff 3 Swift Mighty Meaties 11 7 .611 1 Qualify to Finals berth playoff 4 Alaska Milkmen 10 8 .556 2 Proceed to third-place playoffs 5 Sta. Lucia Realtors 7 11 .389 5 Source: [ citation needed ] Notes: Head-to-head record: San Miguel 2–2 Coney Island; San Miguel +19, Coney Island −19 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.

Semifinal round standings: Pos Team v t e W L Qualification 1 Swift Mighty Meaties 6 2 Qualify to Finals berth playoff [lower-alpha 1] 2 Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 5 3 3 San Miguel Beermen 4 4 4 Alaska Milkmen 4 4 5 Sta. Lucia Realtors 1 7 Source: [ citation needed ] Notes: Coney Island qualified to the Finals berth playoff as #2 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Coney Island 86–74 Swift

Third place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(3) Swift Mighty Meaties	2–3	(4) Alaska Milkmen	93–97	105–102	115–118 (OT)	87–84	76–90

Finals

Main article: 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) San Miguel Beermen	4–2	(2) Coney Island Ice Cream Stars	95–99	108–95	87–77	93–84	86–97	85–74	—

• Best Player of the Conference: Jerry Codiñera (Coney Island)

Commissioner's Cup

Main article: 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Milkmen	9	2	.818	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	7	4	.636	2
3	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545	3
4	Swift Mighty Meaties	6	5	.545	3
5	Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers	6	5	.545	3
6	Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters	5	6	.455	4
7	Sta. Lucia Realtors	3	8	.273	6
8	Pepsi Mega Bottlers	2	9	.182	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Semifinal round

Cumulative standings Pos Team v t e W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Alaska Milkmen 14 5 .737 — Advance to the Finals 2 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 13 6 .684 1 3 Swift Mighty Meaties 10 9 .526 4 Proceed to third-place playoffs 4 San Miguel Beermen 9 10 .474 5 5 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers 8 11 .421 6 Source: [ citation needed ]

Semifinal round standings: Pos Team v t e W L 1 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 6 2 2 Alaska Milkmen 5 3 3 Swift Mighty Meaties 4 4 4 San Miguel Beermen 3 5 5 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers 2 6 Source: [ citation needed ]

Third place playoffs

• San Miguel Beermen forfeited the third place playoffs in favor of the Swift Mighty Meaties.

Finals

Main article: 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) Alaska Milkmen	1–4	(2) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	92–97	79–84	89–92	91–90	79–94	⁠—	⁠—

• Best Player of the Conference: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
• Best Import of the Conference: Ken Redfield (Purefoods)

Governors' Cup

Main article: 1994 PBA Governors' Cup

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Pepsi Mega Bottlers	7	3	.700	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Alaska Milkmen	6	4	.600	1
3	Swift Mighty Meaties	6	4	.600	1
4	Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers	5	5	.500 [lower-alpha 1]	2
5	Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters	5	5	.500 [lower-alpha 1]	2
6	Sta. Lucia Realtors	1	7	.125	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Semifinal berth playoff: Shell 125–123 Tondeña 65 (OT)

Semifinal round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Milkmen	7	3	.700	—	Advance to the Finals
2	Swift Mighty Meaties	7	3	.700	—
3	Pepsi Mega Bottlers	5	5	.500	2	Proceed to third-place playoffs
4	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	4	6	.400	3
5	San Miguel Beermen	4	6	.400	3
6	Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers	3	7	.300	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Third place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(3) Pepsi Mega Bottlers	3–1	(4) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	91–102	105–102	119–105	110–105	—

Finals

Main article: 1994 PBA Governors' Cup Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) Alaska Milkmen	4–1	(2) Swift Mighty Meaties	85–89	119–111	92–87	90–85	108–123	114–92	⁠—

• Best Player of the Conference: Vergel Meneses (Sunkist)
• Best Import of the Conference: Ronnie Coleman (Pepsi)

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
• Rookie of the Year: Boybits Victoria (Swift)
• Sportsmanship Award: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
• Most Improved Player: Bong Hawkins (Alaska)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
• Mythical Five:
  • Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska)
  • Ato Agustin (San Miguel)
  • Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
  • Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
  • Vergel Meneses (Swift)
• Mythical Second Team:
  • Boybits Victoria (Sunkist)
  • Allan Caidic (San Miguel)
  • Benjie Paras (Shell)
  • Bong Hawkins (Alaska)
  • Nelson Asaytono (Swift)
• All Defensive Team:
  • Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
  • Glenn Capacio (Purefoods)
  • Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska)
  • Alvin Teng (San Miguel)
  • Bong Hawkins (Alaska)

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

• Coach of the Year: Tim Cone (Alaska)
• Mr. Quality Minutes: Merwin Castelo (Alaska)
• Executive of the Year: Elmer Yanga (Swift)
• Special Award (Outstanding Freshman Season): Rey Evangelista
• Referee of the Year: Ernesto de Leon

Board of Governors

• Jun Bernardino (Commissioner)
• Ruben Cleofe (Secretary)
• Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Chairman, General Milling Corp.)
• Jose Concepcion III (Vice-Chairman, Republic Flour Mills Corp.)
• Nazario Avendaño (Treasurer, San Miguel Corp.)
• Renato Buhain (Purefoods Corp.)
• Edgardo Viron Cruz (Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.)
• Vicente Santos (Sta. Lucia Realty and Development, Inc)
• Moro Lorenzo (Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Inc)
• Bernabe Navarro (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc)

Cumulative standings

Team	GP	W	L	PCT
Alaska Milkmen	73	45	28	.616
Coney Island Ice Cream Stars / Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	63	37	26	.588
Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	73	40	33	.547
San Miguel Beermen	57	31	26	.544
Pepsi Mega Bottlers	35	13	22	.444
Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers	50	20	30	.400
Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters	32	12	20	.375
Sta. Lucia Realtors	39	11	28	.282

References

1. "PBA spreads its wings". Manila Standard.
2. "RP five gets boost". Manila Standard.