1995 PBA Governors' Cup Finals

The 1995 PBA Governors Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 1995 PBA Governors Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the Alaska Milkmen played for the 62nd championship contested by the league.[1]

1995 PBA Governors Cup Finals
TeamCoachWins
Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 4
San Miguel Beermen Norman Black 3
DatesDecember 5–19, 1995
TelevisionVintage Sports (PTV)
Radio networkDZRH

The Alaska Milkmen retains the Governor's Cup title and ending frustrations of two bridesmaid finishes during the season, defeating the San Miguel Beermen in a seven-game series, winning the last two games.[2]

Qualification
AlaskaSan Miguel
Finished 7–3 (.700), tied for 2ndEliminationsFinished 6–4 (.600), tied for 3rd
Finished 13–5 (.722), 1stSemifinalsFinished 12–6 (.667), 2nd

Series scoring summary
Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Wins
Alaska 939011010011094994
San Miguel 851029610811786863
Venue CunetaAranetaCunetaCunetaAranetaCunetaCuneta

Games summary

Game 1

Alaska outscored San Miguel, 25 to 13 in the final period. Allan Caidic buried his only triple for the game to move the Beermen ahead, 75-69, but the Milkmen countered with a 10-0 run to put them on top, 79-75. Sean Chambers led Alaska with 25 points and his defense on Caidic held the triggerman to just five points on a 2-of-9 shooting.

Game 2

Paul Alvarez teamed up with Gido Babilonia in a crucial 7-2 run that snapped the final 88-all tie. Alvarez led the Beermen's rally from nine points down in the third quarter. Alaska scored just 12 points in the fourth quarter as Sean Chambers was held scoreless by the hustling San Miguel defense.

Game 3

Alaska exploited every fumble, error and missed San Miguel committed in the third quarter to fuel a breakaway and rout the Beermen. The Milkmen led by as many as 34 points midway in the fourth quarter.

Game 4

Allan Caidic played his best game of the series, poured in 28 points and fired three of his six three-pointers in the third period, a short jumper by Paul Alvarez gave the Beermen its biggest lead, 99-84 with 7:33 remaining.

Game 5
December 15
Alaska Milkmen 110, San Miguel Beermen 117 (2OT)
Pts: Sean Chambers 25 Pts: Kenny Travis 48 Allan Caidic 33
San Miguel leads series, 3-2

Kenny Travis scored nine of his 48 points in the second overtime, Travis snapped the final tie at 110-all with his seventh triple with 1:07 left and gave San Miguel the lead for good. The Beermen missed two chances of putting away the Milkmen in regulation and the first extra period. Sean Chambers follow up on Abarrientos layup with 8.7 seconds left in regulation tied the game at 94-all, Jojo Lastimosa's triple with 31 seconds left in the first overtime tied it again at 103-all.

Game 6

Alaska rallied from 16 points down in the first half and from a 41-53 halftime deficit. The Milkmen outscored the Beermen, 28-10 in the third quarter to take a 69-63 lead going into the final 12 minutes. Jojo Lastimosa and Jeffrey Cariaso combined for 13 points that broke a 74-all deadlock and gave the Milkmen their biggest lead, 90-79, with time down to 1:37.

Game 7
December 19
Alaska Milkmen 99, San Miguel Beermen 86
Scoring by quarter: 31-22, 19-23, 20-24, 29-17
Pts: Sean Chambers 28 Pts: Kenny Travis 27
Alaska wins series, 4-3.

Alaska trailed by four points, the last at 75-79 with eight minutes to go in the final quarter when they held the Beermen to a single free throw for five minutes to put the game away, Jojo Lastimosa bury a triple as the Milkmen regain the upper hand at 80-79, jumpers from the right flank by Bong Hawkins and Johnny Abarrientos gave Alaska an 89-80 lead with 1:36 left.

1995 PBA Governors Cup Champions

Alaska Milkmen
Third title

Rosters
Alaska Milkmen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G/F 4 Castelo, Merwin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda
G 5 Reyes, Gilbert 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Ateneo de Manila
G/F 6 Lastimosa, Jojo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Jose-Recoletos
G 7 Gomez, Roehl 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Cebu
C 12 Bachmann, Dickie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle
G 14 Abarrientos, Johnny 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Far Eastern
F 16 Hawkins, Bong 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) PHCR
F 20 Chambers, Sean (I) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) California State
G/F 22 Cariaso, Jeffrey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sonoma State
C 24 Bolado, Cris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) National University
F/C 31 Pineda, Giovanni 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Adamson
C 32 Juinio, Poch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) State U
C 50 Araneta, Alex 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Ateneo de Manila
F 54 Ampalayo, Dondon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Jose-Recoletos
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Import
  • Injured
San Miguel Beermen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 5 Pumaren, Franz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
G 6 Agustin, Ato 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Lyceum
G 7 Mustre, Mike 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran
F 8 Caidic, Allan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
C 10 Polistico, Adriano 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Letran
G 11 Makalintal, Matthew 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Saint Benilde
F 12 Dignadice, Yves 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) West Negros
C 15 Punzalan, Bryant 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Far Eastern
G 16 Belmonte, Rudolf 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST
F 18 Dela Cruz, Art 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian
G/F 21 Travis, Kenny (I) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) New Mexico State
F 23 Alvarez, Paul 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian
F/C 25 Abuda, Freddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Cebu
C 52 Babilonia, Gido 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UST
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Import
  • Injured

Broadcast notes
GamePlay-by-playAnalyst
Game 1Ed PicsonQuinito Henson
Game 2Sev SarmentaAndy Jao
Game 3Noli EalaAndy Jao
Game 4Ed PicsonAndy Jao
Game 5Sev SarmentaQuinito Henson
Game 6Ed PicsonAndy Jao
Game 7Sev SarmentaAndy Jao

References
  1. "Alaska Milk renews search for respect". Manila Standard.
  2. "Governors Cup finale". Manila Standard.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.