1996 PBA Governors' Cup

1996 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration September 29 - December 17, 1996
TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (IBC)
Finals
Champions Alaska Milkmen
Runners-up Ginebra San Miguel
Awards
Best Player Marlou Aquino (Ginebra)
Best Import Sean Chambers (Alaska)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 1996 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the third and last conference of the 1996 PBA season. It started on September 29 and ended on December 17, 1996. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:[1]

Group A:

  1. Alaska Milkmen
  2. Ginebra San Miguel
  3. Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys
  4. Mobiline Cellulars

Group B:

  1. Formula Shell Zoom Masters
  2. San Miguel Beermen
  3. Sta. Lucia Realtors
  4. Sunkist Orange Bottlers

Elimination round

Team standings

Qualified for semifinals
Qualified for quarterfinals
#TeamWLPCTGBPO
1 Alaska Milkmen 8 3 .727 --
2 Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636 1
3 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545 2
4 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 6 5 .545 2
5 Sunkist Orange Bottlers 5 6 .455 3
6 Purefoods Corned Beef 5 6 .455 3
7 Sta. Lucia Realtors 5 6 .455 3
8 Mobiline Cellulars 2 9 .182 6

Note: Sunkist automatically advanced to the semifinals due to a higher winning quotient.

Seeding playoffs

Playoffs bracket

  Quarterfinals
(#3 and #4 twice to beat)
    Semifinals
(Best-of-5 series)
    Finals
(Best-of-7 series)
                           
        1  Alaska 3  
  4  Shell 1     4  Shell 0    
  5  Sunkist 1         1  Alaska 4
      2  Ginebra 1
        2  Ginebra 3    
  3  San Miguel 1     3  San Miguel 1   Third-place playoff
  6  Purefoods 1   4  Shell 1
  3  San Miguel 0

Quarterfinal round

Shell vs. Sunkist

San Miguel vs. Purefoods

Shell and San Miguel have a twice-to-beat advantage

Semifinal round

Alaska vs Shell

December 1
Alaska Milkmen 100, Formula Shell 91
Alaska wins series, 3-0

Ginebra vs San Miguel

December 3
Ginebra San Miguel 122, San Miguel Beermen 106
Ginebra wins series, 3-1

Battle for third

December 8
Formula Shell 103, San Miguel Beermen 99
Shell wins third place trophy.

Finals

December 17
Alaska Milkmen 91, Ginebra San Miguel 83
Alaska wins series, 4-1

References

  1. Bidding for basketball immortality, Jimbo Gulle, September 27, 1996

External links

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