1989 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals

1989 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals

Team Coach Wins San Miguel Beermen Norman Black 4 Purefoods Hotdogs Baby Dalupan 2
Dates	August 22 - September 3, 1989
Television	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Radio network	DZSR
Referees
Game 1: G. Ledesma, E. de Leon, R. Hines Game 2: G. Ledesma, I. Valera, R. Hines Game 3: G. Ledesma, D. Bayais, R. Hines Game 6: D. Bayais, E. de Leon, S. Cordero
PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals chronology
< 1988 1990 >
PBA Finals chronology

The 1989 PBA Fiesta All-Filipino Conference Finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1989 PBA All-Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Purefoods Hotdogs played for the 43rd championship contested by the league. This is the first All-Filipino finals series that will be competed in a best-of-seven format.

San Miguel Beermen won their first All-Filipino crown and seventh PBA title with a 4-2 series victory against the Purefoods Hotdogs, the Beermen had won five of the last six conferences and are now getting close towards their bid for a possible grandslam.

Qualification

Purefoods		San Miguel
Finished 9–2 (.818), 1st	Eliminations		Finished 8–3 (.727), 2nd
Finished 14–5 (.737), 1st	Semifinals		Finished 12–7 (.632), 2nd

Series scoring summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Wins
San Miguel	112	119	122	119	136	128	4
Purefoods	120	111	109	113	142	109	2
Venue	ULTRA	ULTRA	ULTRA	ULTRA	ULTRA	ULTRA

Games summary

Game 1

Vintage

August 22 7:20 pm

San Miguel Beermen 112, Purefoods Hotdogs 120
Scoring by quarter: 35-25, 19-36, 24-32, 34-27
Pts: Ramon Fernandez 23		Pts: Jerry Codiñera 30
Purefoods leads series, 1-0

The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Referees: G. Ledesma, E. de Leon, R. Hines

The Hotdogs caught fire in the third quarter and had their largest lead of 15 points as Nelson Asaytono strung up 10 of his 12 points during that period, Lastimosa, Solis, Capacio and Alolor took turns hitting from the perimeter to propel Purefoods to seven 15-point spreads, the last at 114-99, 3:26 remaining, San Miguel tried desperately to overhaul the Purefoods lead as Ramon Fernandez, Yves Dignadice and Bobby Jose caught fire to close the gap, 108-114.^[1]

Game 2

Vintage

August 24 7:20 pm

San Miguel Beermen 119, Purefoods Hotdogs 111
Scoring by quarter: 25-20, 32-20, 27-34, 35-37
Pts: Ramon Fernandez 30		Pts: Alvin Patrimonio 32
Series tied, 1-1

The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Referees: G. Ledesma, I. Valera, R. Hines

San Miguel led by as much as 18 in the second quarter, 55-37, but the Hotdogs managed to comeback from that deficit to close in at 55-61, the Beermen stretch their lead back to 15 at 80-65, Ramon Fernandez outplayed Jerry Codinera in the closing four minutes to preserve the Beermen's triumph.^[2]

Game 3

Vintage

August 27 6:20 pm

San Miguel Beermen 122, Purefoods Hotdogs 109
Scoring by quarter: 30-19, 18-30, 30-30, 44-30
Pts: Ramon Fernandez 26		Pts: Jerry Codiñera 24
San Miguel leads series, 2-1

The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Referees: G. Ledesma, D. Bayais, R. Hines

Purefoods open up leads of 69-58 and 73-63 in the third quarter when Glenn Capacio and Jojo Lastimosa started hitting from the outside, Hector Calma and Samboy Lim presided over a late third quarter onslaught as the Beermen wrest the lead at 76-75, Ramon Fernandez and Ato Agustin sizzled in the final period, from an 86-all count, an 11-1 run by the Beermen gave them a 97-87 advantage and never look back, the Hotdogs big men fouled out one by one in the final two minutes.^[3]

Game 4

Vintage

August 29 7:20 pm

San Miguel Beermen 119, Purefoods Hotdogs 113

Scoring by quarter: 22-29, 30-26, 36-26, 31-32

San Miguel leads series, 3-1

The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila

Trailing by five early in the third period at 56-61, an 18-0 blast by San Miguel put them on top by 13 at 74-61, the Beermen keep answering every baskets the Hotdogs made for several 10-point leads in the fourth quarter until the final three minutes when Purefoods came up with a 9-2 spurt to inch closer at 113-110, rookie Ato Agustin went strong to the hoop and scored to give the Beermen a five-point edge.

Game 5

Vintage

August 31 7:20 pm

San Miguel Beermen 136, Purefoods Hotdogs 142 (OT)

Scoring by quarter: 32-34, 35-26, 24-29, 31-33, Overtime: 14-20

San Miguel leads series, 3-2

The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Referees: G. Ledesma, I. Valera, R. Hines

Alvin Patrimonio was held scoreless in the first two quarters, San Miguel opened the third quarter with a ten straight points to up their lead to 17 at 77-60, the Hotdogs slowly came back as Patrimonio finally began to find his range, Purefoods was down by only two, 89-91, going into the last 12 minutes, the Hotdogs got their first taste of the lead in a long while at 95-94, as Game five reaches its down-the-wire finish, Purefoods led by seven, 116-109, when Samboy Lim spreaheaded a 9-1 San Miguel attack to regain the upperhand at 118-117, with the score tied at 120-all, only few seconds remaining, Tonichi Yturri scored on a perfect assists pass, on the resume play, Jojo Lastimosa was fouled with 10 ticks left, Lastimosa converted his two free throws to tie the count at 122-all, the game went into overtime, San Miguel last tasted the lead at 129-128 on Bobby Jose's triple but Patrimonio, Asaytono and Capacio orchestrate a strong 12-5 finishing kick as San Miguel key players fouled out in succession. Alvin Patrimonio finish with a series-high 37 points.

Game 6

Vintage

September 3 6:30 pm

San Miguel Beermen 128, Purefoods Hotdogs 109
Scoring by quarter: 26-30, 31-18, 28-29, 43-32
Pts: Elmer Reyes 25		Pts: Alvin Patrimonio 31
San Miguel wins series, 4-2

The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Referees: D. Bayais, E. de Leon, S. Cordero

The Beermen surge to a 57-48 halftime advantage. In the fourth quarter, a three-point play by Samboy Lim off Jojo Lastimosa gave San Miguel a 12-point margin at 90-78, the Beermen padded their lead to 21 at 101-80, held the Hotdogs to no more than three points in the first five minutes of the final quarter, Purefoods tried to come back, capitalizing on several miscues by the Beermen to cut the deficit to 13 points, 93-106 on a 6-0 run, but San Miguel countered with an 8-0 attack to take another 21-point spread, 114-93.^[4]

1989 PBA Fiesta All-Filipino Conference Champions
San Miguel Beermen Seventh title

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 4 Reyes, Elmer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) San Beda College G 5 Pumaren, Franz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) De La Salle G 6 Agustin, Ato 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Lyceum F 7 Almario, Alfie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) De La Salle F 8 Jose, Bobby 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 192 lb (87 kg) UST F 9 Lim, Samboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Letran College F 10 Teng, Alvin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Arellano University C 11 Yturri, Tonichi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) De La Salle F 12 Dignadice, Yves 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) West Negros College G 14 Calma, Hector 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Adamson F 15 Cui, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Lyceum F 17 Graves, Jeffrey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Angeles University F/C 19 Fernandez, Ramon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 174 lb (79 kg) University of San Carlos	Head coach Norman Black Assistant coach(es) Derrick Pumaren Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Purefoods Hotdogs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 2 Alolor, Alejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) University of Visayas C 5 Cabatu, Sonny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) PSBA G 6 Lastimosa, Jojo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Jose-Recoletos G 7 Dela Cerna, Tony 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) University of Baguio G 8 Solis, Alfonso 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) University of Visayas F 9 Valenciano, Naning 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) La Salle-Bacolod G 10 Pumaren, Dindo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) De La Salle F 11 Asaytono, Nelson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) University of Manila G 12 Capacio, Glenn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) FEU C 14 Tanuan, Edgar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) FEU F 16 Patrimonio, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Mapua Tech G 25 Jarencio, Pido 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UST C 44 Codiñera, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 245 lb (111 kg) UE	Head coach Baby Dalupan Assistant coach(es) Cris Calilan Ely Capacio Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1	Joe Cantada	Joaqui Trillo
Game 2	Ed Picson	Joaqui Trillo
Game 3	Joe Cantada	Quinito Henson
Game 4	Sev Sarmenta	Andy Jao
Game 5	Joe Cantada	Joaqui Trillo
Game 6	Sev Sarmenta	Andy Jao

References

1. Purefoods grabs opener
2. San Miguel squares series
3. San Miguel grabs 2-1 lead
4. San Miguel finish off Purefoods