1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup

1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Duration June 9 - September 5, 1995
TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions Sunkist Orange Juicers
Runners-up Alaska Milkmen
Awards
Best Import Ronnie Grandison (Sunkist)
PBA Commissioner's Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 1995 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 1995 PBA season. It started on June 9 and ended on September 5, 1995. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

  • The teams were divided into 2 groups.

  • Teams in a group will play against each other twice and against teams in the other group once; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.
  • The top six teams after the eliminations will advance to the quarterfinals. [1]
  • Quarterfinals will be a single round robin affairs with the remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over.
  • The top four teams will advance to a best-of-five semifinal round. [2]
    • SF1: #1 vs. #4
    • SF2: #2 vs. #3
  • Best-of-three third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals
  • Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Team standings

Qualified for quarterfinals
#TeamWLPCTGB
1 Sunkist Orange Juicers91.900--
2 Sta. Lucia Realtors82.8001
3 Alaska Milkmen73.7002
4 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs64.6003
5 San Miguel Beermen64.6003
6 Formula Shell Zoom Masters28.2007
7 Pepsi Mega Bottlers19.1008
8 Ginebra San Miguel19.1008

Quarterfinal round

Team standings

Qualified for semifinals
#TeamCumulativeQF
WLPCTGBWL
1 Sunkist Orange Juicers123.800--32
2 Sta. Lucia Realtors105.667223
3 Alaska Milkmen105.667232
4 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs96.600332
5 San Miguel Beermen87.533423
6 Formula Shell Zoom Masters411.267823

Semifinal round

Playoff bracket

  Semifinals     Finals
                 
  1 Sunkist 3  
  4 Purefoods 2    
      1 Sunkist 4
      3 Alaska 2
  2 Sta. Lucia 0    
  3 Alaska 3   Battle-for-third
 
4 Purefoods 0
  2 Sta. Lucia 2

Best of five semifinals

Sunkist vs Purefoods

Sta. Lucia vs Alaska

August 15
Alaska Milkmen 99, Sta. Lucia Realtors 94
Alaska wins series, 3-0

Battle for third place

August 27
Sta. Lucia Realtors 101, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 89
Sta. Lucia wins series, 2-0

Finals

September 5
Sunkist Orange Juicers 106, Alaska Milkmen 87
Sunkist wins series, 4-2

References

  1. "Sunkist wants to check slide". Manila Standard.
  2. "Sunkist top qualifier for final four". Manila Standard.
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