San Miguel–Purefoods rivalry

The San Miguel Beer–Purefoods Hotdogs rivalry is between two of the most successful basketball teams in the Philippine Basketball Association.

History of their rivalry

In the First conference of the 1988 PBA season, then newcomer Purefoods Hotdogs aims to win their first title in a cinderella fashion, they battle the San Miguel Beermen in the finals, while there was no existing rivalry between San Miguel Beer and the team that Purefoods Corporation brought their franchise with, the Tanduay Rhum Makers, the roster of both squads suggest a rivalry is in the offing, the Open Conference championship was the first time two of the top centers at that time, Abet Guidaben and Ramon Fernandez, Purefoods' playing-coach, will be pitted against each other in the finals since the Crispa–Toyota heyday, In 1986, when San Miguel made a comeback in the third conference, they took in 8 members of the Northern Cement basketball team that won the ABC men's basketball championships earlier that year, among them Samboy Lim, Hector Calma, Yves Dignadice and Elmer Reyes. When Purefoods entered the PBA, the hotdogs got the best catch among the crop of amateurs which includes national mainstays Jojo Lastimosa, Jerry Codinera, Glenn Capacio and soon-to-be Alvin Patrimonio. The San Miguel Beermen winning the Open Conference crown over Purefoods in a seven-game series marks only the second time the finals series went the full route, adding color to their rivalry later was the blockbuster trade that saw Ramon Fernandez and Abet Guidaben, switch places with Fernandez ending up as a beerman and Guidaben donning the hotdogs' jersey.

In 1989, San Miguel and Purefoods clash for the second time in the Fiesta All-Filipino Conference Finals, with Ramon Fernandez now on the side of the beermen, the Hotdogs' main man was Alvin Patrimonio, who will go on to tie Fernandez' four MVP awards in the 1990s, and will be playing against the beermen for the first time in a championship series, also at first was the match-up between aerial artists and two highly popular cagers back in the amateurs, Samboy Lim and Jojo Lastimosa, since Lim was not able to play in the 1988 PBA Open Conference Finals. San Miguel Beer coach Norman Black will now go up against the "maestro", coach Baby Dalupan of Purefoods, the beermen repeated over the hotdogs in six games in the best-of-seven finals series. ^[1]

After two years of non-finals meeting of both squads, San Miguel Beer and Purefoods battled again in the 1992 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals. This time, the Hotdogs have won two titles already and were defending champions in the All-Filipino tournament although beermen coach Norman Black has the edge over Purefoods' coach Ding Panganiban, gone from the Hotdogs' lineup are Jojo Lastimosa and Nelson Asaytono, who along with Dindo Pumaren joined their fellow national teammates three years ago, enter Elmer "Boy" Cabahug and former beerman Elmer Reyes on the Purefoods' camp, while San Miguel maintain its 1989 Grandslam line-up intact with only few additions, the 1992 finals series was the toughest so far for San Miguel as Purefoods forces a seventh game before eventually losing by 19 points, 86–105 in Game 7, and yield the title to the beermen, it is now 3–0 for San Miguel in their finals duel. ^[2]

It didn't take long for Purefoods, known as Coney Island Ice Cream in the 1993 PBA All-Filipino Cup to finally scored their first victory over the beermen in the championship series, San Miguel bolster its lineup during the pre-season with the acquisition of Allan Caidic, reunited with his former NCC teammates, the Ice Cream Stars, under new coach Chot Reyes, equalled the beermen's strength by signing in promising rookies Dwight Lago, Benny Cheng and Olsen Racela, and league veterans Abe King and Frankie Lim. The captain Alvin Patrimonio was at its very best in the finals series in leading his team to a title-triumph.

For the third straight time in the All-Filipino tournament, San Miguel Beer and Coney Island clash anew in the 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals, the Ice Cream Stars had an entirely different line-up from the previous season, with rookies Rey Evangelista, Vince Hizon and Richie Ticzon carrying the fight with Coney Island's main stars Alvin Patrimonio, Jerry Codinera and Glenn Capacio, San Miguel reasserted its mastery and dominance by winning in six games, for the second half of the 1990s, their rivalry was non-existent, Purefoods did eliminate San Miguel from the top four in the 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup, the first time San Miguel places lower than fourth in the first two conferences of the season since re-entering in 1986, San Miguel ousted Purefoods in the 1996 PBA Governors Cup, and Purefoods winning the best-of-five semifinal series over the beermen in the 1997 PBA Governors Cup.

In the new millennium, San Miguel Beer and Purefoods fought for the sixth time in the finals series during the 2000 PBA Governors Cup and the second in the import-spiced conference, ^[3] It turn out to be the most lopsided finals showdown between these two teams, the beermen finish off the Hotdogs in five games as league MVP Danny Ildefonso and Danny Seigle were at the peak of their careers while Hotdogs' main man Alvin Patrimonio had his best years behind him. In 2002, San Miguel Corporation brought the Purefoods franchise and the two squads became sister teams.

Nearly a decade later, these two teams meet again for the championship in the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, the old Purefoods franchise has since change names and monikers from Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants to B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados to San Mig Coffee Mixers, San Miguel renamed itself as the Petron Blaze Boosters during the 2011 PBA Governors' Cup. ^[4] Under winning coach Tim Cone, formerly of Alaska Aces, the San Mig Coffee Mixers, with their present stars James Yap, Marc Pingris, Peter June Simon, defeated the Petron Blaze Boosters, coach by Gee Abanilla and led by reigning Most Valuable Player Arwind Santos, in seven games, it was the first Game 7 win by the old Purefoods ballclub over the former San Miguel team, likewise only the second time in seven finals clash the then Ayala-owned ballclub won over the SMC team.

Finals results (Best-of-7)

Year	1988	1989	1992	1993	1994	2000	2013
San Miguel/Petron	4	4	4	2	4	4	3
Purefoods/San Mig Coffee	3	2	3	4	2	1	4
Conference	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd

Trivias

The two teams' seventh finals match-up history are tied at third along with Purefoods vs Alaska. The PBA's well-known rivalry during the first decade, Crispa vs Toyota, still holds the record for most number of championship meeting of two teams with 10, followed by San Miguel vs Alaska with 8.

Previous to the 2013 Governors' Cup finale, San Miguel and Purefoods played in two best-of-seven semifinal series in the 2009–10 PBA season, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants won in six games during the Philippine Cup while the San Miguel Beermen even the score in the Fiesta Conference, winning also in six games against the Derby Ace Llamados.

References

External links

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San Miguel Beermen

Founded in 1975 • Owned by San Miguel Brewery, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation • Formerly the Royal Tru Orangemen, Magnolia Ice Cream Makers and Petron Blaze Boosters

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

Coaches	Ramos Ocampo Manotoc D. Pumaren Black Jacobs P. Pumaren Uichico Reyes Tanquingcen Agustin Racela Abanilla Ravanes Austria

Championships (22)	1979 Open 1982 Invitational 1987 Reinforced 1988 Open 1988 Reinforced 1989 Open 1989 All-Filipino 1989 Reinforced 1992 All-Filipino 1993 Governors' 1994 All-Filipino 1999 Commissioner's 1999 Governors' 2000 Commissioner's 2000 Governors' 2001 All-Filipino 2005 Fiesta 2009 Fiesta 2011 Governors' 2014–15 PBA Philippine 2015 Governors' 2015–16 PBA Philippine

Runner-up finishes (14)	1982 Reinforced Filipino 1985 Open 1992 First 1993 All-Filipino 1995 Governors 1998 All-Filipino 1998 Commissioner's 2001 Commissioner's 2001 Governors' 2003 Reinforced 2006–07 Philippine 2010 Fiesta 2010–11 Philippine 2013 Governors'

Retired jerseys	8 Caidic 9 Lim 12 Dignadice 14 Calma 17 Racela 19 Fernandez

Seasons (41)	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Culture and lore	Alaska–San Miguel rivalry El Presidente The Skywalker The Director 1989 Grand Slam Spiderman Crunchman Petron -novela The Kraken BEERacle

Star Hotshots

Formerly the Purefoods TJ Giants, Coney Island Ice Cream Stars, B-Meg Llamados and San Mig Coffee Mixers Founded in 1988 Owned by the San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

Coaches	Fernandez Calilan Dalupan Capacio Panganiban Reyes Altamirano Narvasa Pumaren Altamirano Gregorio Gallent Cone Webb

Administration	Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala Jaime Zobel de Ayala Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. Ramon S. Ang

Championships (13)	1990 Third 1991 All-Filipino 1993 All-Filipino 1994 Commissioner's 1997 All-Filipino 2002 Governors 2006 Philippine 2009–10 Philippine 2012 Commissioner's 2013 Governors' 2013–14 Philippine 2014 Commissioner's 2014 Governors'

Runner-up finishes (13)	1988 Open 1988 All-Filipino 1989 All-Filipino 1990 All-Filipino 1992 All-Filipino 1993 Commissioner's 1994 All-Filipino 1996 All-Filipino 1997 Governors' 2000 All-Filipino 2000 Governors' 2005-06 Fiesta 2007-08 Philippine 2012 Governors'

Seasons (27)	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Retired numbers	7 Evangelista 16 Patrimonio 44 Codiñera

Culture and lore	Manila Clasico Kontrapelo The Captain The Defense Minister Big Game Pinoy Sakuragi The Scoring Apostle 2013–14 Grand Slam

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