2000 PBA Governors' Cup finals

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2000 PBA Governors Cup finals
TeamCoachWins
San Miguel Beermen Jong Uichico 4
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Derrick Pumaren 1
DatesDecember 10–20, 2000
MVP Danny Seigle
Television Viva TV (IBC)
Radio network DZRV
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The 2000 PBA Governors Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2000 PBA Governors Cup and the conclusion of the Conference playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Purefoods TJ Hotdogs played for the 77th championship contested by the league. [1]

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San Miguel Beermen retains the Governors Cup title and captured their 15th PBA crown, defeating Purefoods TJ Hotdogs in their finals series, four games to one.

Danny Seigle won on his third back-to-back finals MVP in Governors Cup finals.

Series scoring summary

TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Wins
San Miguel857910595964
Purefoods7976101107881

Games summary

Game 1

December 10
San Miguel Beermen 85, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 79
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 27–9, 15–29, 28–16
Pts: Lamont Strothers 27 Danny Seigle 26Pts: Derrick Brown 27

The hotdogs went up by six points, 63–57, going into the final quarter and were still ahead, 78–77, with four minutes left to play when Danny Seigle converted on a three-point play with a foul from Derrick Brown, giving the beermen an 80–78 lead. Danny's older brother, Andy Seigle from Purefoods, split his charities to narrow the gap at 79–80, but everything crumbled for the Hotdogs after Danny Seigle rambled downcourt with a fastbreak slam for a three-point beermen lead, 82–79. [2]

Game 2

December 13
San Miguel Beermen 79, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 76
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 19–18, 24–13, 19–29
Pts: Lamont Strothers 28Pts: Derrick Brown 32

Lamont Strothers flicked a baseline fallaway as San Miguel watched Purefoods crumble at crunchtime. Derrick Brown missed three crucial free throws in the last 1.4 seconds. From a 59–72 deficit, the TJ Hotdogs climbed back to tie the count at 76-all on Dindo Pumaren's free throw with a minute left. [3]

Game 3

December 15
San Miguel Beermen 105, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 101 (2OT)
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 20–21, 20–24, 32–27,  Overtime: 17–13
Pts: Lamont Strothers 36Pts: Derrick Brown 27

Lamont Strothers hit back-to-back triples as San Miguel struggled to two overtimes to beat Purefoods. Strothers' trey give the beermen a comfortable 105–99 lead with a minute left. The beermen were down by seven at 78–85 with 1:24 to go in regulation. Strothers and Danny Seigle took turns in hitting from the arc to put them within a point, 87–88 with ten seconds left. Strothers could have ended the game in regulation but missed his second free throw on a foul by Derrick Brown with 0.8 seconds left. In the first overtime, Alvin Patrimonio missed a wayward three-pointer with 1.2 seconds left as San Miguel forces second extension at 97-all. [4]

Game 4

December 17
San Miguel Beermen 95, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 107

A 14–0 burst by the Hotdogs increased their margin to 66–50 at the start of the second half. The beermen tried to come back in the last two minutes of the game, cutting the deficit to four points at 93–97. The Hotdogs wisely used time to its advantages. [5]

Game 5

December 20
San Miguel Beermen 96, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 88
San Miguel wins series, 4–1

The beermen led by 16 points late in the third quarter as Danny Seigle went on a scoring frenzy. San Miguel used a solid endgame despite Purefoods' comeback try to finish off the hotdogs. Danny Seigle won on his third sophomore back-to-back finals MVP and San Miguel captures on his back to back 2 peat champs 15th title. [6]

2000 PBA Governors Cup Champions

San Miguel Beermen
15th title

Roster

San Miguel Beermen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Victoria, Emmanuel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda
C 3 Flag of the United States.svg Belasco, Nic 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Notre Dame (OH)
C 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Padilla, Ronilo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Cebu
G 6 Flag of the United States.svg Strothers, Lamont  (I)6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Christopher Newport
F 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Mustre, Michael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran
F/C 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) National-U
F 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Lago, Dwight 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle
G 17 Flag of the Philippines.svg Racela, Olsen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Ateneo
F 18 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dela Cruz, Arturo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Sebastian
F 25 Flag of the Philippines.svg Abuda, Freddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Cebu
F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Duat, Robert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo
F 42 Flag of the United States.svg Seigle, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Wagner
F/C 44 Flag of the Philippines.svg Carmona, June 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UPHSD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Import
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
F 2 Flag of the Philippines.svg Yee, Richard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST
F 3 Flag of the Philippines.svg Lim, Braulio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UE
G 4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Cabanayan, Jessie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Baguio
G 6 Flag of the Philippines.svg Fernandez, Boyet 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) San Agustin
F 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST
G 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pumaren, Dindo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
C 11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Feihl, Edward Joseph 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson
F 16 Flag of the Philippines.svg Patrimonio, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 24 Flag of the Philippines.svg Daep, Rommel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian
G/F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Derrick  (I)6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Providence
G 40 Flag of the United States.svg Castillo, Noy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) The Citadel
C 52 Flag of the United States.svg Seigle, Andy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) New Orleans
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Import
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Broadcast notes

Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside Reporters
Game 1 Noli Eala Tommy Manotoc Paolo Trillo
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4 Ed Picson Quinito Henson
Game 5 Noli Eala Tommy Manotoc and Yeng Guiao

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