1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

Team Coach Wins Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 4 San Miguel Beermen Ron Jacobs 2
Dates	August 2–14, 1998
Television	VTV (IBC)
Radio network	DZRH

The 1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1998 Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Alaska Milkmen and San Miguel Beermen played for the 70th championship contested by the league, this serves as a rematch of their All-Filipino series.

The Alaska Milkmen won their 9th PBA title, defeating the San Miguel Beermen for the second time in the season, winning in six games. It was the third straight crown for Alaska, which had been into the finals series in 12 of the last 13 conferences as they continued their quest for another Grandslam season.

Qualification

Alaska		San Miguel
Finished 9–2 (.818), 1st	Eliminations		Finished 6–5 (.545), tied for 2nd
Qualified outright	Quarterfinals		defeated 6th seed Mobiline
defeated Formula Shell, 3-2	Best-of-5 Semifinals		defeated Pop Cola, 3-0

Series scoring summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Wins
Alaska	107	106	81	83	92	85	4
San Miguel	97	89	88	92	84	74	2
Venue	Cuneta	Cuneta	Araneta	Cuneta	Cuneta	Araneta

Games summary

Game 1

VTV

August 2

Alaska Milkmen 107, San Miguel Beermen 97 (OT)
Pts: Devin Davis 33		Pts: Lamont Strothers 43
Alaska leads series, 1-0

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

The Beermen enjoyed a 10-point spread, 88-78, going into the last 4:24 of regulation play, the Milkmen came charging back and a 12-0 blast shoved them ahead, Lamont Strothers knotted the score with two free throws sending the game into overtime.

Game 2

VTV

August 4

Alaska Milkmen 106, San Miguel Beermen 89
Scoring by quarter: 25-23, 29-17, 25-19, 27-30
Pts: Devin Davis 25		Pts: Lamont Strothers 33
Alaska leads series, 2-0

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

From a measly two-point lead, 30-28, Alaska stormed on top, 42-28, 8:13 in the second quarter, In that stretch, Strothers was slapped a technical foul for shoving Lastimosa and Mike Mustre was tagged a deliberate foul for decking Devin Davis, the Milkmen maintain a 14-point spread, 54-40 at the half and stretched their lead to 20 points, 79-59 at the end of the third quarter, the Milkmen padded their advantage to 25 points, 98-73, 4:40 remaining in the contest.^[1]

Game 3

VTV

August 7

Alaska Milkmen 81, San Miguel Beermen 88
Scoring by quarter: 23-12, 25-17, 17-35, 16-24
Pts: Devin Davis 29		Pts: Lamont Strothers 35
Alaska leads series, 2-1

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

San Miguel were down by 19 points, 29-48 at halftime, the Beermen rallied from a 21-point deficit and were trailing by just a point, 64-65, entering the fourth period.^[2]

Game 4

VTV

August 9

Alaska Milkmen 83, San Miguel Beermen 92
Pts: Devin Davis 26		Pts: Lamont Strothers 45
Series tied, 2-2

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Game 5

VTV

August 11

Alaska Milkmen 92, San Miguel Beermen 84
Scoring by quarter: 22-14, 17-26, 20-13, 33-31
Pts: Devin Davis 35		Pts: Lamont Strothers 34
Alaska leads series, 3-2

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

From a 40-39 halftime edge for San Miguel, the Milkmen outscored the Beermen, 20-13 in the third period for a 59-53 advantage going into the final quarter. Alaska pulled away in the final six minutes, taking a 15-point spread, 88-73, and put the game beyond doubt.^[3]

Game 6

VTV

August 14

Alaska Milkmen 85, San Miguel Beermen 74
Scoring by quarter: 26-12, 18-23, 15-21, 26-18
Pts: Devin Davis 22		Pts: Lamont Strothers 34
Alaska wins series, 4-2

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

San Miguel scored the first six points of the contest when a 24-2 blast by Alaska gave them a huge 24-8 lead in the first quarter, the Milkmen went up by 21 points, 37-16, early in the second period, but the Beermen rallied and tied the count for the last time at 59-all early in the fourth quarter, with the score at 74-71 in favor of Alaska, Kenneth Duremdes spark a 6-0 run to put the game away, 80-71.^[4]

1998 PBA Commissioners Cup Champions
Alaska Milkmen Ninth title

Rosters

Alaska Milkmen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 4 Lim, Braulio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) East 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 Santos, Rodney 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian C 12 Bachmann, Dickie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle G 14 Abarrientos, Johnny 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Far Eastern F 15 David, Albert 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran F 16 Hawkins, Bong 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Perpetual Help College C 17 Ramas, Kevin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Mapua Tech F 19 Duremdes, Kenneth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson University C 32 Juinio, Poch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) State U C 42 Davis, Devin (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Miami University	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Richard Bachmann Gilbert Reyes Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

San Miguel Beermen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 4 Tanquingcen, Siot 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UST C 5 Padilla, Ronilo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Cebu G 7 Mustre, Michael 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran F 8 Caidic, Allan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) East C 10 Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) NU F 11 Asaytono, Nelson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Manila F 12 Dignadice, Yves 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) West Negros College F 14 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern G 15 Naron, Edward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) University of Visayas G 17 Racela, Olsen 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Ateneo de Manila F 18 Dela Cruz, Art 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian F/C 25 Abuda, Freddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Cebu G/F 34 Antonio, William 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Chaminade University G/F 42 Strothers, Lamont (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Christopher Newport	Head coach Ron Jacobs Assistant coach(es) Jong Uichico 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
Game 6

References

1. Alaska unforgiving
2. San Miguel springs back to life
3. Alaska regains driver's seat
4. Alaska clinches 9th PBA title

External links

• PBA official website