1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup explained

Year:	1994
Conference Name:	Commissioner's Cup
Duration:	June 17 – September 9, 1994
Tv:	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Best Player:	Alvin Patrimonio
Best Import:	Kenny Redfield
Champion:	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Runner-Up:	Alaska Milkmen
Prevconf Link:	1993 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Prevconf Year:	1993
Nextconf Link:	1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Nextconf Year:	1995
Prev Conf:	1994 All-Filipino
Prev Conf Link:	1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Next Conf:	1994 Governors'
Next Conf Link:	1994 PBA Governors' Cup

The 1994 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 1994 PBA season. It started on June 17 and ended on September 9, 1994. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.^[1]

Format

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

The teams were divided into 2 groups.

Group A:

Group B:

Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 11 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.^[2]
The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.
Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least five of their eight semifinal games.
The top two teams (or the top team and the winner of the playoff incentive) will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series. The next two teams will qualify for a best-of-five playoff for third place.

Elimination round

Team standings

Semifinals

Team standings

Cumulative standings

Semifinal round standings:

Philippine national team tune-up series

After winning Game 1 of their series for third place against Swift on August 30, the San Miguel Beermen forfeited the third-place trophy to the Mighty Meaties and request the PBA to carry the national colors for the remaining games as part of their preparation for the upcoming Asian Games, amateur standouts Marlou Aquino, Kenneth Duremdes, Dennis Espino, Jeffrey Cariaso and EJ Feihl joined the team, RP-San Miguel split four games with Swift, and played Shell for their last tune-up game.

Finals

See main article: 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals.

External links

PBA.ph

Notes and References

News: Parks-Thompson principal match-up at PBA kickoff. Manila Standard.
News: Crucial outings for SMB, Tondeña. Manila Standard.