1995–96 Philippine Basketball League season

1995–96 PBL season
Duration March 4, 1995 – January 9, 1996
Number of teams 9
Conferences
Reinforced Conference champions Stag Pale Pilseners
  Runners-up Red Bull Energy Drink
All-Filipino Cup champions Stag Pale Pilseners
  Runners-up Casino Rubbing Alcohol
Danny Floro Cup champions Stag Pale Pilseners
  Runners-up Red Bull Energy Drink
Awards
Season MVP Marlou Aquino
Seasons

The 1995–96 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL).

Notable achievements

Under coach Junel Baculi, the PBL-Andoks team won the Asian Interclub basketball championships in Kuala Lumpur, defeating Malaysia-Petronas, 101–82, in the finals. The PBL selection were reinforced by seven-time PBA best import Bobby Parks and former Ginebra import Alexander Coles.

The Stag Pale Pilseners completed a three-conference sweep and a grandslam in their very first season in the PBL. The Pilseners of coach Alfrancis Chua, with the likes of MVP Marlou Aquino, Bal David, Reuben Dela Rosa, Randy Alcantara, Derrick Bughao, Paul Du and best import Antoine Joubert, became the third team to win a title in their first try during the Reinforced Conference, defeating Red Bull Energy Drink in four games. [1] Stag had an easier time scoring a three-game finals sweep in the next two conferences, winning over Casino Rubbing Alcohol in the All-Filipino Cup and repeating over Red Bull in the Danny Floro Cup on January 1996. [2]

Occurrences

The PBL took a two-week break during the month of June to give way to the ABC Championships where most of the top players are members of the national team, the league resume on June 29 with the best-of-three semifinal pairings in the short All-Filipino Cup. [3]

Team standings (Reinforced)

Qualified for semifinals
Teams Win Loss PCT
Stag Pale Pilseners 14 2 .875
Red Bull Energy Drink 13 3 .812
Chowking Fastfood Kings 9 7 .562
Kutitap Toothpaste 8 8 .500
Casino Rubbing Alcohol 8 8 .500
Magnolia Cheezee Spread 7 9 .438
Burger Machine 6 10 .375
Ramcar Oriental Battery 4 12 .250
Carol Ann Snack Masters 3 13 .188

The imports who saw action in this conference were: Antoine Joubert (Stag), Ray Reed (Red Bull), who was replaced by Stevie Thompson, Glynn Blackwell (Chowking), Claude Moore (Casino), Gary Gaspard (Kutitap), David Barksdale (Magnolia), Tony Tolbert (Burger Machine), Steve Hall (Ramcar), and Mark Harris (Carol Ann).

Finals summary

Reinforced Conference

All-Filipino Cup

July 3
Stag Pale Pilseners 71, Casino Rubbing Alcohol 61
July 6
Stag Pale Pilseners 74, Casino Rubbing Alcohol 64
July 8
Stag Pale Pilseners 83, Casino Rubbing Alcohol 79
Stag wins series, 3-0

1996 Danny Floro Cup

January 9
Stag Pale Pilseners 102, Red Bull Energy Drink 92
Stag wins series, 3-0

Stag scored a 2-0 sweep over Casino in their best-of-three semifinal series. Red Bull also swept their own series against Kutitap and sealed a return finals showdown with the Pale Pilseners. [4]

International Invitational Cup

The short international invitational tournament took place from December 9-17, 1995. Guest teams were Boysen-International Bank of Korea, Hapee Ozeta Slovak Club of the Slovak Republic and the Budweiser King of Guam. [5] Casino Rubbing Alcohol and Slovak were declared co-champions after their final game ended at 97-all. The PBL was forced to let the Slovak squad leave early to catch their flight. [6] The Danny Floro Cup resumes just before Christmas.

Individual awards

All-Filipino Cup

References

External links

www.philippinebasketball.ph

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