1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

The 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Sunkist Orange Juicers and the Alaska Milkmen played for the 61st championship contested by the league.

1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals

Team Coach Wins Sunkist Orange Juicers Derrick Pumaren 4 Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 2
Dates	August 25 – September 5, 1995
Television	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Radio network	DZRH

The Alaska Milkmen and Sunkist Orange Juicers clash in the PBA finals for the third straight conference, living up to their billing as the rivalry of the mid-1990s. Sunkist repeated over Alaska for their second straight crown of the season and fourth title overall as the Orange Juicers bolster its bid towards the Grandslam.

Qualification

Sunkist		Alaska
Finished 9–1 (.900), 1st	Eliminations		Finished 7–3 (.700), 3rd
Finished 12–3 (.800), 1st	Quarterfinals		Finished 10–5 (.667), tied for 2nd
defeated Purefoods, 3-2	Best-of-5 Semifinals		defeated Sta. Lucia, 3-0

Series scoring summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Wins
Sunkist	112	99	99	95	93	106	4
Alaska	106	105	87	93	114	87	2
Venue	Cuneta	Cuneta	Araneta	Araneta	Cuneta	Cuneta

Games summary

Game 1

Vintage

August 25

Sunkist Orange Juicers 112, Alaska Milkmen 106 (OT)
Pts: Grandison 30 Asaytono 26		Pts: Hamilton 37
Sunkist leads series, 1-0

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City

Alaska led 96-88 going into the final 3:13 of regulation but a 6-0 roll by Sunkist capped by a three-pointer from Boybits Victoria cut the lead to two, 96-94 with two minutes left. Vergel Meneses scored two short jumpers, the last over Merwin Castelo with 46.2 seconds remaining, to tie the count and forces overtime at 98-all. Meneses team up with Nelson Asaytono and Ronnie Grandison in the extra period as the Juicers unleashed a 9-4 spurt that gave them a 107-102 advantage with time down to 2:02. [1]

Game 2

Vintage

August 27

Sunkist Orange Juicers 99, Alaska Milkmen 105
Pts: Ronnie Grandison 19		Pts: Derrick Hamilton 44
Series tied, 1-1

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City

The Milkmen led by as many as 19 points in the first half but foul trouble on big men Cris Bolado, Bong Hawkins and import Derrick Hamilton allowed the Juicers to come within a point, 92-91, a final 11-2 burst capped by a two-handed back dunk by Hamilton gave Alaska a 103-93 lead with only 33.6 seconds left. Hamilton finished the game with 44 points and 12 rebounds. [2]

Game 3

Vintage

August 29

Sunkist Orange Juicers 99, Alaska Milkmen 87
Pts: Nelson Asaytono 27		Pts: Derrick Hamilton 29
Sunkist leads series, 2-1

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

With Alaska guard Johnny Abarrientos sideline with a bruised right thigh, Sunkist turned to Nelson Asaytono for the crucial baskets in the last 1:26 to thwart the milkmen's final rally. The Juicers led by 17 points, 54-37, at the start of the third quarter, but the milkmen rallied to within four points, 85-89 with 1:43 left, despite Abarrientos' absence. [3]

Game 4

Vintage

September 1

Sunkist Orange Juicers 95, Alaska Milkmen 93

Sunkist leads series, 3-1

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 5

Vintage

September 3

Sunkist Orange Juicers 93, Alaska Milkmen 114

Sunkist leads series, 3-2

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City

Game 6

Vintage

September 5

Sunkist Orange Juicers 106, Alaska Milkmen 87

Sunkist wins series, 4-2

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City

Sunkist came in full battle gear and right from the first half took a commanding 16-point lead at 52-36. The Milkmen gave the Juicers a scare in the third quarter but after several miscues, the Orange Juicers regained composure to upend an impending rally.

1995 PBA Commissioners Cup Champions
Sunkist Orange Juicers Fourth title

Rosters

Sunkist Orange Juicers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 4 Balingit, Bonel 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Visayas G 8 Solis, Al 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) University of Visayas G 9 Victoria, Boybits 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda F 10 Reyes, Enrique 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Ateneo de Manila F 11 Asaytono, Nelson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Manila F 13 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) G 16 Albarillo, Teroy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) University of Mindanao F 18 Meneses, Vergel 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jose Rizal College F 19 Duremdes, Kenneth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson G 23 Marata, Ricardo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SWU F 31 Grandison, Ronnie (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) New Orleans C 35 Realubit, Zaldy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) San Jose-Recoletos	Head coach Derrick Pumaren Assistant coach(es) Gabby Velasco Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Alaska Milkmen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 3 Hamilton, Derrick (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Southern Mississippi G/F 4 Castelo, Merwin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda 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) Cebu Central 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 16 Hawkins, Bong 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Perpetual Help College G/F 22 Cariaso, Jeffrey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sonoma State C 24 Bolado, Cris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) National University F/C 31 Pineda, Giovanni 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Adamson C 32 Juinio, Poch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UP-Diliman C 50 Araneta, Alex 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Ateneo de Manila F 54 Ampalayo, Dondon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Jose-Recoletos	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Joel Banal Aric del Rosario Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside reporters
Game 1	Sev Sarmenta	Andy Jao	Anthony Suntay and Butch Maniego
Game 2	Noli Eala	Quinito Henson
Game 3	Ed Picson	Andy Jao	Anthony Suntay and Butch Maniego
Game 4	Sev Sarmenta	Quinito Henson	Anthony Suntay and Butch Maniego
Game 5	Noli Eala	Andy Jao
Game 6

References

1. "Sweet Sunkist start". Manila Standard.
2. "Alaska pulls even". Manila Standard.
3. "Sunkist bounces back". Manila Standard.

External links

• PBA official website