1997 PBA season | |
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Duration | February 16 – December 14, 1997 |
Number of teams | 8 |
TV partner(s) | Vintage Sports (IBC) |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Andy Seigle |
Picked by | Mobiline Cellulars |
Conferences | |
All-Filipino Cup champions | Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys |
Runners-up | Gordon's Gin Boars |
Commissioner's Cup champions | Gordon's Gin Boars |
Runners-up | Alaska Milkmen |
Governors Cup champions | Alaska Milkmen |
Runners-up | Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies |
Awards | |
Season MVP | Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies) |
Seasons | |
The 1997 PBA season was the 23rd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Team | Company | Governor | Alternate Governor |
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Alaska Milkmen | Alaska Milk Corporation | Wilfred Steven Uytengsu | Joaquin Trillo |
Formula Shell Zoommasters | Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation | Reynaldo Gamboa | Eliseo Santiago |
Gordon's Gin Boars | La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. | Bernabe Navarro, Jr. | Roberto Eduardo |
Mobiline Phone Pals | Lapanday Holdings Corporation | Luis F. Lorenzo | Ignatius F. Yenko |
Pop Cola 800s | RFM Corporation | Elmer Yanga | Atty. Aurora Timbol |
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | Purefoods Corporation | Teodoro Dimayuga | Eliezer Capacio |
San Miguel Beermen | San Miguel Corporation | Nazario Avendaño | |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation | Manuel Encarnado | Vicente R. Santos |
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
Team | Muse |
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Alaska Milkmen | Carmela Lastimosa & Sha Sha Hawkins |
Formula Shell Zoom Masters | Teresa Herrera |
Gordon's Gin Boars | Ruffa Mae Quinto |
Mobiline Cellulars | Joey Mead |
Pop Cola Bottlers | Gill Baltazar |
Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys | Ciara Sotto |
San Miguel Beermen | Leng Damiles |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | Sherilyn Reyes |
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Gordon's Gin Boars | 10 | 4 | .714 | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2 | |
3 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2 | |
4 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3 | |
5 | Mobiline Cellulars | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3 | |
6 | Alaska Milkmen | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | |
7 | Pop Cola Bottlers | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5 | |
8 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5 |
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Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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(3) Sta. Lucia Realtors | 75–64 | (4) San Miguel Beermen |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(1) Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys | 4–2 | (2) Gordon's Gin Boars | 103–90 | 91–73 | 83–92 | 94–84 | 95–96 | 82–73 | — |
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Gordon's Gin Boars | 6 | 4 | .600 | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 4 | .600 | — | |
3 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 6 | 4 | .600 | — | |
4 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 6 | 4 | .600 | — | |
5 | Alaska Milkmen | 5 | 5 | .500 | 1 | |
6 | Mobiline Cellulars | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2 | |
7 | Pop Cola Bottlers | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2 | |
8 | Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3 |
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Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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(3) San Miguel Beermen | 96–95 | (4) Sta. Lucia Realtors |
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 | 2–4 | (2) Gordon's Gin Boars | 89–99 | 96–102 | 86–87 | 108–90 | 86–81 | 79–105 | — |
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 5 | .643 [lower-alpha 1] | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Alaska Milkmen | 9 | 5 | .643 [lower-alpha 1] | — | |
3 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 9 | 5 | .643 [lower-alpha 1] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
4 | Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1 | |
5 | Mobiline Cellulars | 7 | 7 | .500 [lower-alpha 2] | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
6 | Gordon's Gin Boars | 7 | 7 | .500 [lower-alpha 2] | 2 | |
7 | Pop Cola Sizzlers | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4 | |
8 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 2 | 12 | .143 | 7 |
Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Semifinals (Best-of-5 series) | Finals (Best-of-7 series) | |||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 2 | |||||||||||||
4 | Purefoods | 93 | 4 | Purefoods | 3 | ||||||||||
5 | Mobiline | 91 | 4 | Purefoods | 1 | ||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 4 | |||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 3 | |||||||||||||
3 | Sta. Lucia | 102 | 3 | Sta. Lucia | 0 | ||||||||||
6 | Gordon's Gin | 93 | Third place | ||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 99 | |||||||||||||
3 | Sta. Lucia | 89 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(2) Alaska Milkmen | 4–1 | (4) Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies | 76–87 | 85–79 | 96–85 | 92–75 | 94–66 | — | — |
Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
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Alaska Milkmen | 60 | 35 | 25 | .583 |
Gordon's Gin Boars | 68 | 39 | 29 | .574 |
San Miguel Beermen | 63 | 35 | 28 | .556 |
Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys/Carne Norte Beefies | 63 | 34 | 29 | .540 |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | 61 | 31 | 30 | .508 |
Mobiline Cellulars/Phone Pals | 47 | 20 | 27 | .426 |
Pop Cola Bottlers | 38 | 14 | 24 | .368 |
Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 46 | 15 | 31 | .326 |
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