1994 PBA season

{{Short description|20th PBA season}}

{{Use Philippine English|date=February 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox PBA season league

| title = 1994 PBA season

| year = 1994

| logo = Pba1994.png

| duration = March 6 – December 18, 1994

| no_of_teams = 8

| attendance =

| TV = Vintage Sports (PTV)

| draft = 1994 PBA Draft

| top_pick = Noli Locsin

| picked_by = Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters

| MVP = Alvin Patrimonio
{{small|(Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)}}

| top_scorer =

| top_scorer_link =

| conf1 = All-Filipino Cup

| conf1_link = 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup

| conf1_champ = San Miguel Beermen

| conf1_runner-up = Coney Island Ice Cream Stars

| conf2 = Commissioner's Cup

| conf2_link = 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup

| conf2_champ = Purefoods TJ Hotdogs

| conf2_runner-up = Alaska Milkmen

| conf3 = Governors Cup

| conf3_link = 1994 PBA Governors Cup

| conf3_champ = Alaska Milkmen

| conf3_runner-up = Swift Mighty Meaties

| prevseason_link =1993 PBA season

| prevseason_year =1993

| nextseason_link =1995 PBA season

| nextseason_year =1995

}}

The 1994 PBA season was the 20th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights

  • PBA Commissioner Rey Marquez steps down and Deputy Commissioner Jun Bernardino succeeded Marquez as the new PBA Commissioner.
  • The PBA has decided to send the All-Filipino Cup champions to the Hiroshima Asian Games in their continuing support to help the country in its quest to win the Asian basketball gold. {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YZMVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6218%2C805521|title=PBA spreads its wings|work=Manila Standard}}
  • The San Miguel Beermen earned the right to represent team Philippines by winning the All-Filipino championship over Coney Island. Amateur standouts Marlou Aquino, Kenneth Duremdes, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso join the RP-San Miguel team.
  • With injuries still hounding the San Miguel-RP Team in their preparation, Purefoods' stalwarts Alvin Patrimonio and Jerry Codiñera, who led the hotdogs to the Commissioner's Cup title, volunteered to play for the Philippine flag, the PBA change its original format in the Governor's Cup, as Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs were seeded, along with San Miguel in the semifinal round, the league gave national coach Norman Black a free hand to pick one more player from Purefoods and he chooses rookie Rey Evangelista, the Alaska Milkmen also release Johnny Abarrientos to the national team with no conditions, three of the five amateur cagers practicing with the team, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso were dropped from the roster.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q64mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5945%2C2509890|title=RP five gets boost|work=Manila Standard}}
  • The Philippine Team salvaged fourth place, losing their final game against Japan for the Bronze Medal.
  • Purefoods forward Alvin Patrimonio became the first back-to-back winner of the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award since William Adornado won it during the league's first two seasons. Patrimonio won his third MVP trophy, tying Bogs Adornado' three MVP awards.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

class="wikitable sortable sortable"
style= style="width:45%;"| Team

! style= style="width:55%;"| Muse

Alaska Milkmen

|

Coney Island Ice Cream Stars

| Mikee Cojuangco

Pepsi Mega Bottlers

|

San Miguel Beermen

|

Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers

|

Sta. Lucia Realtors

|

Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs

|

Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters

| Anjanette Abayari

Champions

All-Filipino Cup

{{main|1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup}}

=Elimination round=

{{#section:1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup|elimsstandings}}

=Semifinal round=

{{#section:1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup|semisstandings}}

= Third place playoffs =

{{ThreeLegStart|legs=5}}

{{ThreeLegResult|(3) Swift Mighty Meaties||2–3|(4) Alaska Milkmen||93–97|105–102|{{nowrap|115–118 {{(OT)}}}}|87–84|76–90}}

|}

=Finals=

{{main|1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals}}

{{ThreeLegStart|legs=7}}

{{ThreeLegResult|(1) San Miguel Beermen||4–2|(2) Coney Island Ice Cream Stars||95–99|108–95|87–77|93–84|86–97|85–74|—}}

|}

Commissioner's Cup

{{main|1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup}}

=Elimination round=

{{#section:1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup|elimsstandings}}

=Semifinal round=

{{#section:1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup|semisstandings}}

= Third place playoffs =

=Finals=

{{main|1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals}}

{{ThreeLegStart|legs=7}}

{{ThreeLegResult|(1) Alaska Milkmen||1–4|{{nowrap|(2) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs}}||92–97|79–84|89–92|91–90|79–94|⁠—|⁠—}}

|}

Governors' Cup

{{main|1994 PBA Governors' Cup}}

=Elimination round=

{{#section:1994 PBA Governors' Cup|elimsstandings}}

=Semifinal round=

{{#section:1994 PBA Governors' Cup|semisstandings}}

= Third place playoffs =

{{ThreeLegStart|legs=5}}

{{ThreeLegResult|(3) Pepsi Mega Bottlers||3–1|{{nowrap|(4) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs}}||91–102|105–102|119–105|110–105|—}}

|}

=Finals=

{{main|1994 PBA Governors' Cup finals}}

{{ThreeLegStart|legs=7}}

{{ThreeLegResult|(1) Alaska Milkmen||4–1|(2) Swift Mighty Meaties||85–89|119–111|92–87|90–85|108–123|114–92|⁠—}}

|}

Awards

=Awards given by the PBA Press Corps=

  • Coach of the Year: Tim Cone (Alaska)
  • Mr. Quality Minutes: Merwin Castelo (Alaska)
  • Executive of the Year: Elmer Yanga (Swift)
  • Special Award (Outstanding Freshman Season): Rey Evangelista
  • Referee of the Year: Ernesto de Leon

Board of Governors

  • Jun Bernardino (Commissioner)
  • Ruben Cleofe (Secretary)
  • Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Chairman, General Milling Corp.)
  • Jose Concepcion III (Vice-Chairman, Republic Flour Mills Corp.)
  • Nazario Avendaño (Treasurer, San Miguel Corp.)
  • Renato Buhain (Purefoods Corp.)
  • Edgardo Viron Cruz (Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.)
  • Vicente Santos (Sta. Lucia Realty and Development, Inc)
  • Moro Lorenzo (Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Inc)
  • Bernabe Navarro (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc)

Cumulative standings

{{#invoke:Sports table|main |style=WL |ranking_style=percentage |show_GB=no |hide_played=no |GB_team=1 |for_against_style=none |update= complete |source=

|team1=ALA |win_ALA= 45 |loss_ALA= 27 |name_ALA=Alaska Milkmen

|team5=PEP |win_PEP= 20 |loss_PEP= 25 |name_PEP=Pepsi Mega Bottlers

|team2=PF |win_PF= 37 |loss_PF= 26 |name_PF=Coney Island Ice Cream Stars / Purefoods TJ Hotdogs

|team3=SMB |win_SMB= 30 |loss_SMB= 24 |name_SMB=San Miguel Beermen

|team6=SHL |win_SHL= 20 |loss_SHL= 30 |name_SHL=Shell Rimula X

|team8=SLR |win_SLR= 11 |loss_SLR= 28 |name_SLR=Sta. Lucia Realtors

|team4=SWI |win_SWI= 37 |loss_SWI= 32 |name_SWI=Swift Mighty Meaties

|team7=TON |win_TON= 12 |loss_TON= 20 |name_TON=Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters

|result1=C |result2=C |result3=C |result4=F |result5=3rd |result6=SF |result7=X |result8=SF

|res_col_header=Best finish

|status_pos=after

|col_C=gold |text_C=Champions

|col_F=silver |text_F=Finalist

|col_3rd=#CD7F32 |text_3rd=Third place

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinalist

|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=Quarterfinalist

|col_X=red1 |text_X=Elimination round

}}

= Elimination round =

{{#invoke:Sports table|main |style=WL |ranking_style=percentage |show_GB=no |hide_played=no |GB_team=1 |for_against_style=none |update= complete |source=

|team1=ALA |win_ALA= 21 |loss_ALA= 10 |name_ALA=Alaska Milkmen

|team6=PEP |win_PEP= 12 |loss_PEP= 19 |name_PEP=Pepsi Mega Bottlers

|team2=PF |win_PF= 14 |loss_PF= 7 |name_PF=Coney Island Ice Cream Stars / Purefoods TJ Hotdogs

|team3=SMB |win_SMB= 14 |loss_SMB= 7 |name_SMB=San Miguel Beermen

|team5=SHL |win_SHL= 14 |loss_SHL= 17 |name_SHL=Shell Rimula X

|team8=SLR |win_SLR= 10 |loss_SLR= 21 |name_SLR=Sta. Lucia Realtors

|team4=SWI |win_SWI= 17 |loss_SWI= 14 |name_SWI=Swift Mighty Meaties

|team7=TON |win_TON= 12 |loss_TON= 19 |name_TON=Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters

}}

= Playoffs =

{{#invoke:Sports table|main |style=WL |ranking_style=wins |show_GB=no |hide_played=no |GB_team=1 |for_against_style=none |update= complete |source=

|team1=ALA |win_ALA= 24 |loss_ALA= 17 |name_ALA=Alaska Milkmen

|team5=PEP |win_PEP= 8 |loss_PEP= 6 |name_PEP=Pepsi Mega Bottlers

|team2=PF |win_PF= 23 |loss_PF= 19 |name_PF=Coney Island Ice Cream Stars / Purefoods TJ Hotdogs

|team4=SMB |win_SMB= 16 |loss_SMB= 17 |name_SMB=San Miguel Beermen

|team6=SHL |win_SHL= 6 |loss_SHL= 13 |name_SHL=Shell Rimula X

|team7=SLR |win_SLR= 1 |loss_SLR= 7 |name_SLR=Sta. Lucia Realtors

|team3=SWI |win_SWI= 20 |loss_SWI= 18 |name_SWI=Swift Mighty Meaties

|team8=TON |win_TON= 0 |loss_TON= 1 |name_TON=Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters

}}

References

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{{1994 PBA season by team}}

{{PBA seasons}}

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