1998 PBA season

1998 PBA season
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1998 PBA season
DurationFebruary 1, 1998 – December 9, 1998
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)VTV (IBC)
Draft
Top draft pickDanny Ildefonso
Picked byFormula Shell Zoom Masters
Conferences
All-Filipino Cup championsAlaska Milkmen
  Runners-upSan Miguel Beermen
Commissioner's Cup championsAlaska Milkmen
  Runners-upSan Miguel Beermen
Centennial Cup championsMobiline Phone Pals
  Runners-upFormula Shell Super Unleaded
Governors Cup championsFormula Shell Super Unleaded
  Runners-upMobiline Phone Pals
Awards
Season MVPKenneth Duremdes
Seasons

The 1998 PBA season was the 24th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights

  • The PBA is in their toughest challenge with the formation of a new league called Metropolitan Basketball Association, backed by the giant network ABS-CBN, and is perceived to be a threat to the 24-year existence of the PBA. [1]
  • The Alaska Milkmen won two titles during the year while Formula Shell ended a six-year title-drought by winning the final conference of the season.
  • For the third time in every four years, an All-pro squad to be known as Philippine Centennial Team will be given a task to win the basketball gold in the Asian Games, slated in December in Bangkok, Thailand. Alaska coach Tim Cone was chosen to handle to national team and pick the pro cagers to comprise the 12-man lineup. The Centennial team participated in the Jones Cup basketball tournament in Taipei and won their third championship. [2]
  • This is the only season that features four conferences with the addition of the Centennial Cup in celebration of the centennial anniversary of Philippine independence. The Philippine Centennial Team played as guest team in preparation for the 1998 Asian Games. The tournament was won by the Mobiline Phone Pals.
  • The two-import format was revived during the Centennial Cup and the Governor's Cup.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team Muse
Alaska Milkmen Antoiniette Enciso and Maricris Fernandez
Formula Shell Zoom Masters Janine Hermann
Gordon's Gin Boars Michelle Aldana
Mobiline Phone Pals Sunshine Cruz
Pop Cola 800s Bea and Valentin of Eat Bulaga fame
Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies Cris Villonco
San Miguel Beermen Giselle Toengi
Sta. Lucia Realtors Sheryl Brahman

Champions

Individual awards

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

  • Coach of the Year: Perry Ronquillo (Formula Shell)
  • Mr. Quality Minutes: Rodney Santos (Alaska)
  • Executive of the Year: Wilfred Uytengsu (Alaska)
  • Comeback Player of the Year: Glenn Capacio (Mobiline)
  • Referee of the Year: Franco Ilagan

Board of Governors

  • Emilio Bernardino (Commissioner)
  • Ruben Cleofe (Secretary)
  • Bernabe Navarro (Chairman, La Tondeña Distillers, Inc)
  • Reynaldo Gamboa (Vice-Chairman, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.)
  • Manuel Encarnado (Treasurer, Sta. Lucia Realty and Development, Inc)
  • Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Alaska Milk Corp.)
  • Luis Lorenzo, Jr (Lapanday Holdings Corp.)
  • Nazario Avendaño (San Miguel Corp.)
  • Joaquin Trillo (Alaska Milk Corp.)
  • Teodoro Dimayuga (Purefoods Corp.)
  • Elmer Yanga (Republic Flour Mills Corp.)
  • Roberto Eduardo (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc)
  • Eliezer Capacio (Purefoods Corp.)
  • Ignatius Yenko (Lapanday Holdings Corp.)

Cumulative standings

Team GP W L PCT
Alaska Milkmen 66 41 25 .621
San Miguel Beermen 74 43 31 .581
Formula Shell Zoom Masters / Super Unleaded 61 31 30 .508
Pop Cola 800s 54 27 27 .500
Mobiline Phone Pals 54 27 27 .500
Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies / Tender Juicy Hotdogs 59 27 32 .458
Sta. Lucia Realtors 49 22 27 .449
Gordon's Gin Boars / Ginebra Kings 49 18 31 .368
Philippine Centennial Team 8 1 7 .125

References

  1. ^ "PBA, MBA in TV ratings war!". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "All about the Jones Cup". Philstar.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

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