1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals

The 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Coney Island Ice Cream Stars played for the 57th championship contested by the league. A trip to Hiroshima, Japan, for the Asian Games in September is at stake for the winner to represent the Country in basketball competition.

1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals
TeamCoachWins
San Miguel Beermen Norman Black 4
Coney Island Ice Cream Stars Chot Reyes 2
DatesMay 15–27, 1994
TelevisionVintage Sports (PTV)
Radio networkDZAM

San Miguel Beermen won their 11th league crown and earn the right by winning against defending champion Coney Island Ice Cream Stars in six games, avenging their last season's All-Filipino Cup finals loss to this same team as the Beermen became the first back-to-back champions in the 1990s era.[1]

Qualification
San MiguelConey Island
Finished 8–2 (.800), 1stEliminationsFinished 7–3 (.700), 2nd
Finished 12–6 (.667), tied for 1stSemifinalsFinished 12–6 (.667), tied for 1st
PlayoffWon against Swift, 86-74

Series scoring summary
Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Wins
San Miguel 95108879386854
Coney Island 9995778497742
Venue CunetaCunetaCunetaCunetaCunetaCuneta

Games summary

Game 1
May 15
San Miguel Beermen 95, Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 99
Scoring by quarter: 23-22, 30-22, 21-27, 21-28
Pts: Allan Caidic 41 Pts: Alvin Patrimonio 27
Coney Island leads series, 1-0
Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City

Rookie Richie Ticzon buried back-to-back triples in a 16-2 run by the Ice Cream Stars that erased a 78-71 San Miguel lead early in the fourth period to an 87-80 Coney Island advantage, Alvin Patrimonio and Jerry Codinera played well without relief in the second half, together with rookie Rey Evangelista, delivered the points, mostly within the shaded lane, Allan Caidic fired 41 points, seven triples with two four-point plays, except for Ato Agustin, the Beermen didn't get ample support from the rest of Caidic's teammates.

Game 2

Allan Caidic scored 27 points and the Beermen, behind Yves Dignadice's 10 boards and Dong Polistico's clogging the lanes, held the upper hand in rebounds, 38-31, and predictably prevailed, a rotating double team was clamped on Alvin Patrimonio, while the rest of the Ice Cream Stars were hounded by the relentless defensive pressure applied by the Beermen.

Game 3
May 20
San Miguel Beermen 87, Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 77
Pts: Allan Caidic 29 Pts: Alvin Patrimonio 26
San Miguel leads series, 2-1
Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City

Coney Island was leading, 65-61 in the fourth period when the Beermen unleashed a 12-0 bomb as the Stars went scoreless in a long while, Allan Caidic and Ato Agustin hit with unerring accuracy, Caidic's trey gave San Miguel a 10-point advantage at 80-70.

Game 4
May 22
San Miguel Beermen 93, Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 84
Pts: Ato Agustin 21 Pts: Alvin Patrimonio 33
San Miguel leads series, 3-1
Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City

Trailing 69-72 entering the fourth quarter, the Beermen held Coney Island to only 12 points in the final period, with Allan Caidic and Ato Agustin again doing the scoring, both teams played rugged defense with many elbows, trippings, Alvin Patrimonio's face was badly hurt when he was hit by Ramon Fernandez' shoulder.

Game 5
May 24
San Miguel Beermen 86, Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 97
Pts: Allan Caidic 23 Pts: Alvin Patrimonio 22
San Miguel leads series, 3-2
Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City

Alvin Patrimonio poured all of his 22 points in the second half while Vince Hizon chipped in three triples that enable the Ice Cream Stars to pull away and extend the series.

Game 6
May 27
San Miguel Beermen 85, Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 74
Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 22-14, 19-23, 21-19
Pts: Allan Caidic 33 Pts: Alvin Patrimonio 24
San Miguel wins series, 4-2
Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City

San Miguel stormed quickly and established their biggest lead of 17 points, 39-22 in the second quarter. The Ice Cream Stars, from a 32-45 halftime deficit, threatened to within five points late in the third period at 50-55, but Ramon Fernandez anchored a 9-2 counterattack to give the Beermen a 64-52 lead. Allan Caidic's trey put San Miguel up by 11 at 69-58 in the fourth quarter, Yves Dignadice scored four crucial points at close range in the last four minutes for a 76-68 Beermen advantage. Alvin Patrimonio went hard for the basket to cut the deficit again to five points at 72-77. On San Miguel's possession, Alvin Teng was a recipient of a perfect pass and scored underneath for a safe 79-72 lead with less than two minutes left.

1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Champions

San Miguel Beermen
11th title

Rosters
San Miguel Beermen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 5 Pumaren, Franz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
G 6 Agustin, Ato 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Lyceum
F 8 Caidic, Allan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
F 10 Teng, Alvin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Arellano University
G 11 Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Cebu
F 12 Dignadice, Yves 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) West Negros
G 14 Calma, Hector 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson
G 16 Belmonte, Rudolf 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST
C 17 Ramas, Kevin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Mapua
F 18 Dela Cruz, Art 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian
F/C 19 Fernandez, Ramon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Carlos
C 20 Polistico, Adriano 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Letran College
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Coney Island Ice Cream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G/F 1 Ravena, Bong 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
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 11 in (1.80 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) UE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Broadcast notes
GamePlay-by-playAnalyst
Game 1Sev SarmentaAndy Jao
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6Ed PicsonQuinito Henson
gollark: Yes, probably.
gollark: Lines are a *terrible* metric for actual customisation.
gollark: There are probably better ways.
gollark: *kind
gollark: I'm king of worried that I'll have no chance of running this.

References
  1. Beer Bash - Sports Flash, May 29-June 1, 1994
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.