2006 PBA Philippine Cup
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Wildcard phase
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Games behind
In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
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Red Bull-Barangay Ginebra series
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|7||align=left|Barangay Ginebra Kings
Barangay Ginebra Kings
The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...
|| 86 || 112 || 95 || 97 || 98 || 2
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|3||align=left|Red Bull Barako
Red Bull Barako
The Barako Bull Energy Boosters was a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association that is owned by the Photokina Marketing Corporation...
|| 95 || 103 || 87 || 118 || 120 || 3
|-style="font-size: 75%;"
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Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
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Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
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Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
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Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
|| Y
Ynares Center
The Ynares Center is an indoor sporting arena located in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines.The arena was built at a cost of P350 million. The coliseum was constructed in a 5-hectare lot located at the heart of the City of Antipolo. This is the current landmark in the province where PBA games and big...
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Alaska-Coca-Cola series
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|5||align=left|Coca-Cola Tigers
Coca-Cola Tigers
The Powerade Tigers is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2002 when the then-San Miguel Corporation-owned Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines bought the RFM-owned Cosmos Bottling Corporation. In 2006, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company under the Coca-Cola...
|| 94 || 75 || 77 || 69 || x || 1
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|4||align=left|Alaska Aces
Alaska Aces (PBA)
The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest...
|| 95 || 81 || 75 || 94 || x || 3
|-style="font-size: 75%;"
|colspan=2 align=left|Venue: || A
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
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Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
|| A
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
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Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
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Purefoods-Alaska series
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|4||align=left|Alaska Aces
Alaska Aces (PBA)
The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest...
|| 94 || 86 || 79 || 91 || 74 || 96 || 89 || 3
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|1||align=left|Purefoods Chunkee Giants
Purefoods Chunkee Giants
The B-Meg Llamados is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association owned by the San Miguel-Purefoods Company, Inc., a company of the San Miguel Corporation...
|| 92 || 77 || 82 || 77 || 85 || 99 || 90 || 4
|-style="font-size: 75%;"
|colspan=2 align=left|Venue: || A
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
|| A
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
|| A
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
|| A
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
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Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
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Cuneta Astrodome
Cuneta Astrodome is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasay, Philippines. It is better known as the home of the Philippine Basketball Association from 1993, when it left the PhilSports Arena, then known as the ULTRA, until 1998...
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Cuneta Astrodome
Cuneta Astrodome is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasay, Philippines. It is better known as the home of the Philippine Basketball Association from 1993, when it left the PhilSports Arena, then known as the ULTRA, until 1998...
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San Miguel-Red Bull series
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|4||align=left| Red Bull Barako
Red Bull Barako
The Barako Bull Energy Boosters was a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association that is owned by the Photokina Marketing Corporation...
|| 94 || 98 || 99 || 82 || 107 || 101 || 86 || 4
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|2||align=left| San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
|| 78 || 114 || 95 || 106 || 101 || 116 || 84 || 3
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Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
|| A
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
|| A
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
|| A
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
|| A
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
|| C
Cuneta Astrodome
Cuneta Astrodome is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasay, Philippines. It is better known as the home of the Philippine Basketball Association from 1993, when it left the PhilSports Arena, then known as the ULTRA, until 1998...
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Cuneta Astrodome
Cuneta Astrodome is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasay, Philippines. It is better known as the home of the Philippine Basketball Association from 1993, when it left the PhilSports Arena, then known as the ULTRA, until 1998...
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Third place playoff
(2) San Miguel BeermenSan Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
vs. (4) Alaska Aces
Alaska Aces (PBA)
The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest...
- At AranetaAraneta ColiseumThe Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
: Alaska 102, San Miguel 95
Finals
(1) Purefoods Chunkee GiantsPurefoods Chunkee Giants
The B-Meg Llamados is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association owned by the San Miguel-Purefoods Company, Inc., a company of the San Miguel Corporation...
vs. (3) Red Bull Barako
Red Bull Barako
The Barako Bull Energy Boosters was a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association that is owned by the Photokina Marketing Corporation...
: Chunkee Giants win series 4-2
Series scoring summary
The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;"
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!width=6%|Game 1
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|align=left|Purefoods
| 101 || 93 || 79 || 99 || 93 || 90 || 4
|- style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Red Bull
| 97 || 82 || 89 || 81 || 98 || 83 || 2
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† denotes number of overtimes
Series schedule
- Game 1 @ AranetaAraneta ColiseumThe Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
: Purefoods 101, Red Bull 97 - Game 2 @ CunetaCuneta AstrodomeCuneta Astrodome is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasay, Philippines. It is better known as the home of the Philippine Basketball Association from 1993, when it left the PhilSports Arena, then known as the ULTRA, until 1998...
: Purefoods 93, Red Bull 82 - Game 3 @ AranetaAraneta ColiseumThe Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
: Red Bull 89, Purefoods 79 - Game 4 @ AranetaAraneta ColiseumThe Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
: Purefoods 99, Red Bull 81 - Game 5 @ AranetaAraneta ColiseumThe Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
: Red Bull 98, Purefoods 93 - Game 6 @ AranetaAraneta ColiseumThe Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
: Purefoods 90, Red Bull 83
Game One
Wednesday, July 7, at the Araneta Coliseum{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;"
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|align=left|Purefoods
| 23 || 30 || 17 || 21 || 101
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| 22|| 12 || 35 || 28 || 97
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Game Two
Friday, July 9, at the Cuneta Astrodome{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;"
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|align=left|Red Bull
| 13|| 35||14 ||20 || 82
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|align=left|Purefoods
| 24||15 ||28 ||26 || 93
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Purefoods came off to a great start in the first quarter, taking a big 12-point lead. But the Bulls bounced back behind Lordy Tugade and the rest of the team to take a 46-38 halftime lead. But the Giants' strong third quarter put the game out of reach for a 2-0 lead in the series.
Game Three
Sunday, July 11, at the Araneta Coliseum{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;"
|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
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|- style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Red Bull
| 16 || 18 || 32 || 23 || 89
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|align=left|Purefoods
| 13 || 16 || 23 || 27 || 79
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Trailing 0-2, the Bulls made a strong statement in Game 3. Big games by the rest of the team in the third quarter, gave Red Bull a commanding 17-point cushion. Despite a fourth-quarter rally by Purefoods, the Bulls held on to cut the margin to just one game, going into Game 4.
Game Four
Wednesday, July 13, at the Araneta Coliseum{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;"
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|align=left|Purefoods
| 32 || 34 || 16 || 17 || 99
|- style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Red Bull
| 11 || 23 || 29 || 18 || 81
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Purefoods started hot from the get go with key games from newly-crowned MVP James Yap and Most Improved Player Marc Pingris. The Giants led by as many as 34 points and the Bulls never looked back as Purefoods needs one more win to clinch their first crown since 2002.
Game Five
Wednesday, July 19, at the Araneta Coliseum{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;"
|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
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|- style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Red Bull
| 16 || 27 || 23 || 32 || 98
|- style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Purefoods
| 23 || 31 || 18 || 21 || 93
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Purefoods was on the verge to win the title with a 15-point third quarter lead behind the strong shooting of James Yap. But Red Bull fought back in the fourth quarter as Enrico Villanueva and the Bulls slowly mounted a comeback to steal the game from the Chunkee Giants extending the series to a sixth game.
Game Six
Friday, July 21, at the Araneta Coliseum{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;"
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|align=left|Purefoods
| 30 || 9 || 26 || 25 || 90
|- style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Red Bull
| 14 || 20 || 25 || 24 || 83
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Purefoods and Red Bull had a see-saw battle, with neither trailing by more than ten points. By the halfway mark of the fourth quarter, Red Bull committed a barage of fouls that led to freethrows for Purefoods, which a majority were converted. Missed freethrows by Barako Junthy Valenzuela sealed defeat for the Barakos.
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!2006 Philippine Cup Champions
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Purefoods Chunkee Giants
Seventh title
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Broadcasters
The play-by-play commentators are Mico Halili and Ed Picson, while the color commentatorColor commentator
A color commentator is a sports commentator who assists the play-by-play announcer, often by filling in any time when play is not in progress. The color analyst and main commentator will often exchange comments freely throughout the broadcast, when the play-by-play announcer is not describing the...
s are Norman Black
Norman Black
Norman Augustus Black is an American retired professional basketball player in the CBA, NBA, and PBA who has since settled in the Philippines. He is also a former head coach of the San Miguel Beermen, Mobiline Phone Pals, Pop Cola 800s, and Sta. Lucia Realtors...
, Quinito Henson
Quinito Henson
Quinito Henson is a Filipino sports analyst and television color commentator. His newspaper column, Sporting Chance, has appeared in the Philippine Star since the 1980s...
and Chot Reyes
Chot Reyes
Vincent P. Reyes , better known as Chot Reyes, is a Filipino basketball head coach of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
. The courtside reporters are Richard del Rosario, Eric Reyes
Eric Reyes
Eric Reyes is a Puerto Rican international soccer player who plays college soccer for Florida International University, as a goalkeeper.-Career:...
, Jason Webb
Jason Webb
Jason Webb is a former professional soccer player and a Partner and Co-Founder of Soccer Shots, a national soccer program based in the Harrisburg, Pa. area that introduces children ages 3 – 8 to the game of soccer, as well as character development and fundamental life skills.Webb moved from...
and Patricia Bermudez-Hizon
Patricia Bermudez-Hizon
Patricia Bermudez-Hizon is a sportscaster and television host in the Philippines. She is the first ever female basketball television and radio anchor in the country. She started as a courtside reporter for the PBA in...
.
Further information
- Talk N' TextTalk N' Text Phone PalsThe Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters is a professional basketball team in Philippine Basketball Association.The team was first owned by Pepsi Philippines of Luis Francisco R. Lorenzo and was granted an expansion franchise prior to the 1990 PBA season...
failed to enter the quarterfinals for the first time since the 1998 All-Filipino Cup, when the then-Mobiline Phone Pals failed to enter the semifinals of the said tournament. - Barangay GinebraBarangay Ginebra KingsThe Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...
failed to enter the semifinals for the first since the 2003 Reinforced Conference. - Coca-Cola and AlaskaAlaska Aces (PBA)The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest...
met for the first time since Alaska won the 2003 Invitational tournament over the Tigers. - PurefoodsPurefoods Chunkee GiantsThe B-Meg Llamados is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association owned by the San Miguel-Purefoods Company, Inc., a company of the San Miguel Corporation...
became the second team since the 1991 Ginebra San Miguel GinsBarangay Ginebra KingsThe Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...
to come back from a 1-3 deficit in a PBA best-of-seven series to win the series. - Alaska's defeat in the semifinals was the third time that the Aces fail to beat Purefoods after leading a series 2-0. In 1990, Alaska lost to Purefoods, 3-2 in the Third Conference Finals after they won the first two games of the series. In 2002, the Aces lost to the then-TJ Hotdogs in seven games after taking a 2-0 series lead. In the semifinals, they had a 2-0 and 3-1 series leads.
- San MiguelSan Miguel BeermenThe Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
has not won a seventh game since 1992, since defeating Purefoods for the Third Conference crown. Since then, the Beermen lost to Alaska in the 1995 Governors Cup Finals and the 1998 All-Filipino Cup, to Coca-Cola in the 2003 Reinforced Conference Finals and to Red Bull in the 2006 Philippine Cup semifinals. - Red BullRed Bull BarakoThe Barako Bull Energy Boosters was a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association that is owned by the Photokina Marketing Corporation...
has won all Game 7s they have played since joining the league in 2000. Red Bull defeated Talk N' Text for the 2002 Commissioners Cup trophy. In the 2006 Fiesta Conference semifinals, the Bulls beat Barangay Ginebra and in the 2006 Philippine Cup Playoffs semis, they won over San Miguel. - It was Purefoods' 11th finals appearance in the All-Filipino Conference, now called as the Philippine Cup since the 2004-2005 event. They have won four All-Filipino titles in history with the 1997 edition as their last.
- A win by Red Bull in the finals would sweep all the titles available in the 2005-2006 PBA season. It would be the first since Alaska won the PBA grand slamGrand Slam (PBA)The Grand Slam in the Philippine Basketball Association refers to a PBA team who has won all three conferences in a single season. After the PBA reduced the number of conferences from three to two beginning in 2004, the term became quite obsolete to some...
in 1996. However, the term grand slam, provided a Bulls win in the Philippine Cup, is disputed as of the moment. - The Red Bull-Purefoods finals duel was the first back-to-back conference finals matchup since 1998, when Mobiline Phone PalsTalk N' Text Phone PalsThe Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters is a professional basketball team in Philippine Basketball Association.The team was first owned by Pepsi Philippines of Luis Francisco R. Lorenzo and was granted an expansion franchise prior to the 1990 PBA season...
and the Formula Shell Zoom MastersShell Turbo ChargersThe Shell Turbo Chargers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team under the ownership of Pilipinas Shell Corporation. Shell has been a member of the PBA since 1985 until 2005 when the team filed for a leave of absence after the season. Shell sold its franchise to PBL team Welcoat Paints...
met in the special 1998 PBA Centennial Cup and the 1998 PBA Governors Cup. The Phone Pals won 67-66 in the one game Centennial final, while the Zoom Masters defeated Mobiline in seven full games to win the Governor's Cup. With the Centennial Cup being classified as a special tournament, the last back-to-back full conference Finals match-ups was between Alaska and San Miguel in the same 1998 season, at the All-Filipino and Commissioner's Cups.