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1996 PBA season
22nd PBA season
The 1996 PBA season was the 22nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Quick Facts Duration, Number of teams ...
| 1996 PBA season | |
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| Duration | February 18 – December 17, 1996 |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| TV partner(s) | Vintage Sports (IBC) |
| 1996 PBA Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Marlou Aquino |
| Picked by | Ginebra San Miguel |
| Season MVP | Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska Milkmen) |
| All-Filipino Cup champions | Alaska Milkmen |
| All-Filipino Cup runners-up | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs |
| Commissioner's Cup champions | Alaska Milkmen |
| Commissioner's Cup runners-up | Formula Shell Zoom Masters |
| Governors Cup champions | Alaska Milkmen |
| Governors Cup runners-up | Ginebra San Miguel |
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Executive committee
- Jun Bernardino (Commissioner)
- Teodoro L. Dimayuga (Chairman, representing Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
- Nazario L. Avendaño (Vice-Chairman, representing San Miguel Beermen)
- Dr. Antonio V. Concepcion (Treasurer, representing Ginebra San Miguel)
Teams
More information Team, Company ...
| 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 |
| Ginebra San Miguel | La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. | Dr. Antonio Concepcion | Bernabe Navarro, Jr. |
| Pepsi Mega/Mobiline Cellulars | Lapanday Holdings Corporation | Luis F. Lorenzo | |
| Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | Purefoods Corporation | Teodoro Dimayuga | Eliezer Capacio |
| San Miguel Beermen | San Miguel Corporation | Nazario Avendaño | Eddie Veneracion |
| Sta. Lucia Realtors | Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation | Manuel Encarnado | Vicente Santos |
| Sunkist Orange Juicers | RFM Corporation | Elmer Yanga | Aurora Timbol |
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- The league's broadcast partner, Vintage Sports, switched networks from People's Television to Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation. They also changed their primary language from English to Tagalog.
- Crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel return to their winning ways after years of being a doormat with the entry of top draft pick, 6-9 Marlou Aquino, the Ginebras advances in the semifinals for the first time in three years during the All-Filipino Cup, their season was highlighted by a finals trip in the third conference, losing to grandslam champions Alaska Milkmen.
- The Pepsi Mega Bottlers sold their franchise to PILTEL and was renamed Mobiline Cellulars at the start of the Commissioner's Cup.
- The Alaska Milkmen became the fourth team to win the PBA Grand slam by sweeping all three conferences of the season, joining the 1976 and 1983 Crispa Redmanizers and the 1989 San Miguel Beermen. [1]
- Johnny Abarrientos became the first pure guard to win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award since Ricardo Brown in 1985. [2]
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
More information Team, Muse ...
| Team | Muse |
|---|---|
| Alaska Milkmen | Anamarie Pukon and Sharon Fuentes |
| Formula Shell | Teresa Herrera |
| Ginebra San Miguel | Amanda Page |
| Pepsi Mega | Maricel Morales (Mutya ng Pilipinas) |
| Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | Chantal Umali |
| San Miguel Beermen | Candice Coral and Gracia |
| Sta. Lucia Realtors | Cara Sobejano and Abigail Arenas |
| Sunkist Orange Juicers | Vina Morales |
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- All-Filipino Cup: Alaska Milkmen
- Commissioner's Cup: Alaska Milkmen
- Governor's Cup: Alaska Milkmen
- Team with best win–loss percentage: Alaska Milkmen (51-21, .708)
- Best Team of the Year: Alaska Milkmen (1st)
Main article: 1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Elimination round
More information Pos, W ...
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Alaska Milkmen | 10 | 4 | .714 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | |
| 3 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2 | |
| 4 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2 | |
| 5 | Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sunkist Orange Juicers | 4 | 10 | .286 | 6 | |
| 8 | Pepsi Mega Bottlers | 4 | 10 | .286 | 6 |
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Semifinal round
More information Pos, W ...
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Third place playoff
More information Team 1, Score ...
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| (3) Ginebra San Miguel | 99–100 | (4) San Miguel Beermen |
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Finals
Main article: 1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals
More information Team 1, Series ...
| 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 Tender Juicy Hotdogs | 1–4 | (2) Alaska Milkmen | 77–78 | 79–86 | 99–87 | 62–75 | 92–93 (OT) | — | — |
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- Finals MVP: Jojo Lastimosa (Alaska)
- Best Player of the Conference: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
Main article: 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Elimination round
More information Pos, W ...
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Alaska Milkmen | 8 | 2 | .800 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 4 | .600[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
| 3 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 6 | 4 | .600[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
| 4 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 5 | 5 | .500[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | |
| 5 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | 5 | 5 | .500[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | |
| 6 | Sunkist Orange Juicers | 5 | 5 | .500[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | |
| 7 | San Miguel Beermen | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4 | |
| 8 | Mobiline Cellulars | 1 | 9 | .100 | 7 |
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Semifinal round
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Third place playoff
More information Team 1, Score ...
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| (2) Ginebra San Miguel | 106–111 | (4) Sta. Lucia Realtors |
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Finals
Main article: 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
More information Team 1, Series ...
| 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 | 4–3 | (3) Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 82–85 | 93–86 | 77–85 | 79–76 | 70–63 | 85–88 | 83–77 |
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- Finals MVP: Bong Hawkins (Alaska)
- Best Player of the Conference: Bong Hawkins (Alaska)
- Best Import of the Conference: Ken Redfield (Formula Shell)
Main article: 1996 PBA Governors' Cup
Elimination round
More information Pos, W ...
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Alaska Milkmen | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | |
| 3 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 6 | 5 | .545[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
| 5 | Sunkist Orange Bottlers | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | |
| 7 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 5 | 6 | .455[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | |
| 8 | Mobiline Cellulars | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6 |
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Playoffs
| Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Semifinals (Best-of-5 series) | Finals (Best-of-7 series) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Alaska | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Shell | 100 | 104 | 4 | Shell | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Sunkist | 107 | 101 | 1 | Alaska | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 | Ginebra | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Ginebra | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | San Miguel | 91* | 89 | 3 | San Miguel | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Purefoods | 97 | 86 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 4 | Shell | 103 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | San Miguel | 99 | |||||||||||||
Finals
Main article: 1996 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
More information Team 1, Series ...
| 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 | 4–1 | (2) Ginebra San Miguel | 90–79 | 110–105 | 95–82 | 96–97 | 91–83 | — | — |
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- Finals MVP: Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska)
- Best Player of the Conference: Marlou Aquino (Ginebra)
- Best Import of the Conference: Sean Chambers (Alaska)
- Most Valuable Player: Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska)
- Rookie of the Year: Marlou Aquino (Ginebra)
- Sportsmanship Award: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
- Most Improved Player: Edward "Poch" Juinio (Alaska)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Marlou Aquino (Ginebra)
- Mythical Five:
- Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska)
- Rene Hawkins, Jr. (Alaska)
- Jojo Lastimosa (Alaska)
- Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
- Marlou Aquino (Ginebra)
- Mythical Second Team:
- Bal David (Ginebra)
- Noli Locsin (Ginebra)
- Jeffrey Cariaso (Alaska)
- Benjie Paras (Shell)
- Nelson Asaytono (San Miguel)
- All Defensive Team:
- Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
- Chris Jackson (Sta. Lucia)
- Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska)
- Jeffrey Cariaso (Alaska)
- Marlou Aquino (Ginebra)
Awards given by the PBA Press Corps
- Coach of the Year: Tim Cone (Alaska)
- Mr. Quality Minutes: Gilbert "Jun" Reyes, Jr. (Alaska)
- Executive of the Year: Jun Bernardino (PBA Commissioner)
- Comeback Player of the Year: Richie Ticzon (Shell)
- Referee of the Year: Ogie Bernarte
More information Team, GP ...
| Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
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| Alaska Milkmen | 72 | 51 | 21 | .708 |
| Ginebra San Miguel | 64 | 35 | 29 | .547 |
| Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 65 | 33 | 32 | .508 |
| San Miguel Beermen | 51 | 25 | 26 | .490 |
| Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | 60 | 29 | 31 | .483 |
| Sta. Lucia Realtors | 45 | 20 | 25 | .444 |
| Sunkist Orange Juicers/Bottlers | 38 | 16 | 22 | .421 |
| Pepsi Mega/Mobiline Cellulars | 35 | 7 | 28 | .200 |
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- "It's our time - Alaska's Cone". Manila Standard.
- "Abarrientos is PBA's '96 MVP". Manila Standard.