1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

Team Coach Wins Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Chot Reyes 4 Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 1
Dates	August 30 – September 9, 1994
Television	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Radio network	DZAM

The 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Purefoods TJ Hotdogs and Alaska Milkmen played for the 58th championship contested by the league.

Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs wins their 4th PBA title with a 4-1 series victory over the Alaska Milkmen.

Qualification

Alaska		Purefoods
Finished 9–2 (.818), 1st	Eliminations		Finished 7–4 (.636), 2nd
Finished 14–5 (.737), 1st	Semifinals		Finished 13–6 (.684), 2nd

Series scoring summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Wins
Purefoods	97	84	92	90	94	4
Alaska	92	79	89	91	79	1
Venue	Cuneta	Cuneta	Cuneta	Cuneta	Cuneta

Games summary

Game 1

Vintage

August 30

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 97, Alaska Milkmen 92
Pts: Kenny Redfield 37

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Game 2

Vintage

September 2

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 84, Alaska Milkmen 79
Scoring by quarter: 20-22, 25-25, 20-26, 19-6
Pts: Kenny Redfield 27		Pts: Marques Bragg 25

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Down by 12 points at least twice in the first three quarters, Purefoods limited Alaska to a record-low 6 points in the final period, the Milkmen were up 73-65 starting the fourth quarter.^[1]

Game 3

Vintage

September 4

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 92, Alaska Milkmen 89
Scoring by quarter: 23-22, 26-19, 23-24, 20-24
Pts: Kenny Redfield 22		Pts: Marques Bragg 36

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Purefoods held Alaska scoreless for more than two minutes while unleashing a 7-0 run, Kenny Redfield's triple late in the game dashed the Milkmen's hopes of pulling out their first victory in the series.^[2]

Game 4

Vintage

September 6

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 90, Alaska Milkmen 91
Scoring by quarter: 22-20, 16-31, 30-18, 22-22
Pts: Alvin Patrimonio 28		Pts: Marques Bragg 26

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Glenn Capacio missed a game-tying free throw with 3.7 seconds left as Alaska averted a Purefoods' sweep with a one-point victory, the Milkmen grabbed their biggest lead in the third quarter at 60-45, But Capacio and Kenny Redfield, hitting from the three-point arc, led the Hotdogs' comeback to pull abreast at 84-all with 3:30 to go, the Milkmen scored six straight points to erect a 90-84 lead in the last 1:52, Alvin Patrimonio connected with his own trey and Redfield scored on a drive as the Hotdogs close to within a point, 89-90.^[3]

Game 5

Vintage

September 9

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 94, Alaska Milkmen 79

Scoring by quarter: 24-28, 29-21, 20-17, 21-13

Purefoods wins series, 4-1

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Glenn Capacio sizzled hot in the fourth quarter, knocking in six straight points to capped an 11-2 Hotdogs' rampage that broke the game wide open at 88-75, Kenny Redfield started the breakaway with a triple from a 77-73 count in the middle of the final period.^[4]

1994 PBA Commissioners Cup Champions
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Fourth title

Rosters

Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 1 Ravena, Bong 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) East F 3 Redfield, Kenny (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Michigan State F 6 King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College F 7 Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST F 8 Abuda, Freddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Cebu F 9 Naron, Peter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Visayas G 11 Ticzon, Richie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Ateneo de Manila G 12 Capacio, Glenn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern F 16 Patrimonio, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua Tech G 17 Racela, Olsen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Ateneo de Manila G 22 Lim, Frankie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda College G 25 Hizon, Vince 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Manila C 33 Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jose Rizal College C 44 Codinera, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) East	Head coach Chot Reyes Assistant coach(es) Chito Narvasa Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

Alaska Milkmen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 4 Castelo, Merwin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda College G 5 Reyes, Gilbert 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Ateneo de Manila G/F 6 Lastimosa, Jojo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Jose-Recoletos G 7 Gomez, Roehl 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Cebu G/F 9 Cardel, Johnedel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle C 12 Bachmann, Richard 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle G 14 Abarrientos, Johnny 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Far Eastern F 16 Hawkins, Bong 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) PHCR C 24 Bolado, Cris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) National University F 25 Bragg, Marques (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Providence College F 34 Solomon, Stevenson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Sebastian C 32 Juinio, Poch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UP-Diliman C 50 Araneta, Alex 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Ateneo de Manila F 54 Ampalayo, Dondon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Jose-Recoletos	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Joel Banal Aric del Rosario Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5

References

1. Purefoods chills foes in 4th, leads 2-0
2. Purefoods set for sweep
3. Alaska stalls executioner
4. Purefoods wraps it all up

External links

• PBA official website