1990 Alaska Air Force season

1990 Alaska Air Force season
Head coach	Tim Cone
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation
First Conference results Record 9–9 (.500) Place 5th Playoff finish Semifinals All-Filipino Conference results Record 6–12 (.333) Place 5th Playoff finish Semifinals Third Conference results Record 14–9 (.609) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Stats @ PBA-Online.net Alaska Air Force seasons 1989 1991

The 1990 Alaska Air Force season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

PBA Draft
Macario Torres (2nd round)
Loreto Manaog (3rd round)
David Zamar (4th round)

Summary

The Alaska Air Force maintain the same roster from last season, only losing forward Ricardo Relosa to expansion team Pepsi-Cola, while signing up their two rookie picks; Macario Torres and Loreto Manaog. In the First Conference, Alaska brought in Anthony Simms as their import. Simms suited up for the Canadian national team in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and 1986 World Basketball championships and became the third Canadian native to play in the PBA. Alaska won their first game of the season against Añejo Rum, 140-135 on February 20 as Anthony Simms scored 50 points. ^[1] The Airmen raced to a 5-1 won-loss start, dealing Formula Shell their first loss, 132-130 on March 11, in a match-up between early leaders, towards the end of eliminations. The Airmen lost two straight games to Pop Cola and Añejo Rum which dropped their standings at 6-4. In the semifinal round, Alaska continued its skid and failed to qualify in the battle for third place, losing their last game against Presto, 110-111 on April 29.

Despite finishing with a 6-4 won-loss slate in the elimination round of the All-Filipino Conference, the Airmen lost all their eight semifinal assignments, placed fifth for the second straight conference. Just before the Third Conference started, Alaska traded league pioneer Abet Guidaben to Pepsi Hotshots in exchange for Harmon Codiñera. Sean Chambers return as their import, along with Carlos Clark, a member of the 1984 NBA World Champions Boston Celtics. The Airmen were the top team in the elimination round with 8 wins and 2 losses, scored their 12th victory in 17 games against Shell, 114-94 on November 27, ^[2] and got a free ride for the first finals berth when Purefoods lost to Sarsi in their last game in the semifinals on December 2. ^[3] Alaska went on to battle the Purefoods Hotdogs for the Third Conference championship and came so close in winning their first PBA title after surging ahead, 2-0 in the best-of-five finals series, only to lose the remaining three games. High-leaping Paul Alvarez, who played the hero's role in their first two victories, was injured in Game three and was out for the rest of the final playoffs.

Scoring record

April 26: Paul Alvarez scored a record-breaking 71 points in Alaska's 169-138 win over Shell. The 71-point output by Mr.Excitement surpass Allan Caidic's 68 points set in November of last year.

Occurrences

Assistant coach Chot Reyes took over the coaching duties from coach Tim Cone for a couple of games in the All-Filipino Conference, following the Basketball Coaches of the Philippines (BCOP) decision issuing a temporary restraining order preventing coach Tim Cone from handling the team. Reyes led Alaska to its first win in the conference with a 100-99 squeaker over Purefoods on June 17. ^[4]

Roster

ROSTER	#	POS	HT	COLLEGE
Eric Altamirano	11	Guard	5"9'	University of the Philippines
Paul Alvarez	21	Forward	6"0'	San Sebastian College
Elmer Cabahug	9	Guard-Forward	5"11'	University of Visayas
Harmon Codiñera ^Acquired from Pepsi	31	Forward	6"4'	Far Eastern University
Edgardo Cordero ^Signed midway in the All-Filipino	3	Forward	6"4'	University of Santo Tomas
Reynaldo Lazaro	12	Forward	6"1'	Far Eastern University
Frankie Lim	22	Guard	5"11'	San Beda College
Loreto Manaog	8	Guard-Forward	6"1'
Ricardo Marata	23	Guard	5"8'	South Western University
Adriano Polistico	10	Center	6"7'	Letran College
Melchor Ravanes	6	Guard-Forward	6"0'	Cebu Central Colleges
Macario Torres	16	Center	6"4'	Far Eastern University
Elpidio Villamin	13	Forward-Center	6"2'	Far Eastern University
Anthony Simms ^1st conference import	34	Forward	6"5'	Boston University
Sean Chambers ^3rd conference import	20	Forward	6"1'	California Polytechnic State University
Carlos Clark ^3rd conference import	4	Forward	6"4'	University of Mississippi
Abet Guidaben ^Traded to Pepsi	32	Center-Forward	6"5'	University of San Jose Recoletos

_{Assistant Coach: Chot Reyes / Aric Del Rosario Team Manager: Joaquin Trillo}

References

1. Alaska turns back Añejo Rum
2. Alaska cuts down Shell
3. Alaska gets title crack
4. Tight win by Alaska