1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup

1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration May 22 - August 14, 1998
TV partner(s) VTV (IBC)
Finals
Champions Alaska Milkmen
Runners-up San Miguel Beermen
Awards
Best Import Devin Davis (Alaska)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 1998 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 1998 PBA season. It started on May 22 and ended on August 14, 1998. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'8" height limit. [1]

Format

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

Group A:

  1. San Miguel Beermen
  2. Ginebra San Miguel
  3. Pop Cola 800s
  4. Mobiline Phone Pals

Group B:

  1. Formula Shell Zoom Masters
  2. Alaska Milkmen
  3. Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
  4. Sta. Lucia Realtors

Elimination round

Team standings

Qualified for semifinals
Qualified for quarterfinals
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1 Alaska Milkmen 9 2 .819 --
2 Pop Cola 800s 6 5 .545 4
3 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545 4
4 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 5 6 .455 5
5 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 5 6 .455 5
6 Mobiline Phone Pals 5 6 .455 5
7 Sta. Lucia Realtors 4 7 .364 6
8 Ginebra San Miguel 4 7 .364 6

Alaska was unbeaten in their first eight outings before losing to Mobiline and San Miguel in succession. Pop Cola clinched the 2nd seed with a superior quotient over San Miguel Beermen. [2]

Playoffs bracket

  Quarterfinals
(#3 and #4 twice to beat)
    Semifinals
(Best-of-5 series)
    Finals
(Best-of-7 series)
                           
        1  Alaska 3  
  4  Purefoods 0     5  Formula Shell 2    
  5  Formula Shell 2         1  Alaska 4
      3  San Miguel 2
        2  Pop Cola 0    
  3  San Miguel 1     3  San Miguel 3   Third-place playoff
  6  Mobiline 0   2  Pop Cola 84
  5  Formula Shell 80

Quarterfinal round

Best-of-five semifinals

San Miguel vs Pop Cola

July 24
San Miguel Beermen 92, Pop Cola 800s 79
San Miguel wins series, 3-0

Alaska vs Formula Shell

July 31
Alaska Milkmen 71, Formula Shell 69
Alaska wins series, 3-2

Battle for third place

August 2
Pop Cola 800s 84, Formula Shell 80
Pop Cola wins third place trophy.

Finals

August 14
Alaska Milkmen 85, San Miguel Beermen 74
Alaska wins series, 4-2

References

  1. Milkmen over Beermen, Realtors over Phone Pals Philippine Headline News Online
  2. Alaska beats Shell, Pop drowns San Miguel Philippine Headline News Online

External links

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