1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

Team Coach Wins San Miguel Beermen Jong Uichico 4 Formula Shell Zoom Masters Perry Ronquillo 2
Dates	September 3–15, 1999
Television	VTV (IBC)
Radio network	DZRH

The 1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Formula Shell Zoom Masters and San Miguel Beermen played for the 73rd championship contested by the league.

The San Miguel Beermen halted Formula Shell Zoom Masters' two straight title-winning runs and won their first championship in five years, under coach Jong Uichico, ushering a new era in their franchise history.^[1]

Qualification

Shell		San Miguel
Finished 5–3 (.625), tied for 2nd	Eliminations		Finished 5–3 (.625), tied for 2nd
defeated 7th seed Purefoods	Quarterfinals		defeated 5th seed Tanduay
defeated Sta. Lucia, 3-2	Best-of-5 Semifinals		defeated Alaska, 3-2

Series scoring summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Wins
San Miguel Beer	68	78	87	72	89	74	4
Formula Shell	64	68	89	77	85	64	2

Games summary

Game 1

VTV

September 3

San Miguel Beermen 68, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 64
Scoring by quarter: 16-10, 20-18, 15-17, 17-19
Pts: Terquin Mott 20		Pts: John Best 29
San Miguel leads series, 1-0

Philsports Arena, Pasig City

Game 2

VTV

September 5

San Miguel Beermen 78, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 68

San Miguel leads series, 2-0

Philsports Arena, Pasig City

Game 3

VTV

September 8

San Miguel Beermen 87, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 89 (OT)

San Miguel leads series, 2-1

Philsports Arena, Pasig City

Shell squandrered a 15-point lead early in the third quarter but got big baskets from Benjie Paras and import John Best in the extension period. Paras and Best each scored 27 points, Best knocked in five points in overtime, including two crucial charities off Danny Seigle's offensive foul with 12.6 seconds left, Best' two free throws gave Shell an 88-84 lead.^[2]

Game 4

VTV

September 10

San Miguel Beermen 72, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 77
Pts: Terquin Mott 29		Pts: Victor Pablo 23
Series tied, 2-2

Philsports Arena, Pasig City

Victor Pablo and Noy Castillo rose to the challenge with Pablo scoring 23 points, seven of them in the final 12 minutes, and Castillo's three-point shot down the stretch gave Shell their biggest lead at 68-55.^[3]

Game 5

VTV

September 12

San Miguel Beermen 89, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 85

San Miguel leads series, 3-2

Philsports Arena, Pasig City

Game 6

VTV

September 15

San Miguel Beermen 74, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 64

San Miguel wins series, 4–2

Philsports Arena, Pasig City

The beermen ripped the game wide open in the second quarter when they held the Zoom Masters to only three field goals and a charity while pouring in the shots for a 33-21 halftime advantage, San Miguel entered the fourth period with a 55-44 lead, But John Best, Victor Pablo and Noy Castillo combined to pull Shell within 59-63 with 5:35 remaining, the beermen came through with a 7-2 run with Freddie Abuda making a key putback and Terquin Mott hitting a baseline turnaround shot and a thunderous dunk over Benjie Paras.

1999 PBA Commissioners Cup Champions
San Miguel Beermen 12th title

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Victoria, Boybits 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda College F 3 Belasco, Nic 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Notre Dame College C 5 Padilla, Ronilo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) University of Cebu G 7 Mustre, Michael 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran College C 10 Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) National University G/F 15 Lago, Dwight 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) De La Salle G 17 Racela, Olsen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Ateneo de Manila G 18 Dela Cruz, Art 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Sebastian C 24 Bolado, Cris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) National University F 25 Abuda, Freddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Cebu G 32 Duat, Rob 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Menlo College F 42 Seigle, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Wagner College F 40 Mott, Terquin (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Coppin State	Head coach Jong Uichico Assistant coach(es) Jojo Villa Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (I) Import Injured

Formula Shell Zoom Masters roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Harrison, Dennis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Hawaii F 3 Jackson, Chris 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Bernardino G 4 Castillo, Noy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Citadel College G 6 Rodriguez, Arnold 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) PUP F 9 Mendoza, Jay 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Mapua C 11 Luna, Erwin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Adamson University G 12 Marzan, Porferio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Baguio C 14 Paras, Benjie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) State U F 19 Dualan, Joel 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Manila G/F 25 Best, John (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Tennessee Tech G 30 Esplana, Gerald 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern G 31 Santos, Rommel 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Staten Island F 33 Pablo, Victor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Far Eastern	Head coach Perry Ronquillo Assistant coach(es) Joey Guanio Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (I) Import Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3	Noli Eala	Yeng Guiao
Game 4
Game 5	Ed Picson	Andy Jao
Game 6	Noli Eala	Yeng Guiao

References

1. San Miguel Beer back on top
2. Shell bounces back in OT
3. Shell makes it 2-2

External links

• PBA official website