1997 PBA Governors' Cup

1997 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration September 20 - December 14, 1997
TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (IBC)
Finals
Champions Alaska Milkmen
Runners-up Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies
Awards
Best Import Larry Robinson (San Miguel)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 1997 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the third and last conference of the 1997 PBA season. It started on September 20 with a provincial game in Tarlac City and ended on December 14, 1997. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team. [1]

Format

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

Elimination round

Team standings

Qualified for semifinals
Qualified for quarterfinals
#TeamWLPCTGB
1 San Miguel Beermen 9 5 .643 --
2 Alaska Milkmen 9 5 .643 --
3 Sta. Lucia Realtors 9 5 .643 --
4 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies 8 6 .571 1
5 Mobiline Phone Pals 7 7 .500 2
6 Gordon's Gin Boars 7 7 .500 2
7 Pop Cola Sizzlers 5 9 .357 4
8 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 2 12 .214 6

Playoffs bracket

  Quarterfinals
(#3 and #4 twice to beat)
    Semifinals
(Best-of-5 series)
    Finals
(Best-of-7 series)
                           
        1  San Miguel 2  
  4  Purefoods 1     4  Purefoods 3    
  5  Mobiline 0         4  Purefoods 1
      2  Alaska 4
        2  Alaska 3    
  3  Sta. Lucia 1     3  Sta. Lucia 0   Third-place playoff
  6  Gordon's Gin 0   1  San Miguel 1
  3  Sta. Lucia 0

Quarterfinal round

Best of five semifinals

Alaska vs Sta. Lucia

November 28
Alaska Milkmen 95, Sta. Lucia Realtors 80
Alaska wins series, 3-0

Purefoods vs San Miguel

Battle for third

December 5
San Miguel Beermen 99, Sta. Lucia Realtors 89
San Miguel wins third place trophy

Finals

December 14
Alaska Milkmen 94, Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies 66
Alaska wins series, 4-1

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