1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup explained

Year:1999
Conference Name:All-Filipino Cup
Pixels:250px
Duration:February 7 – June 6, 1999
Tv:VTV (IBC)
Best Player:Eric Menk
Finals Mvp:Gerald Esplana
Champion:Formula Shell Zoom Masters
Runner-Up:Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters
Prevconf Link:1998 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Prevconf Year:1998
Nextconf Link:2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Nextconf Year:2000
Prev Conf:1998 Governors'
Prev Conf Link:1998 PBA Governors' Cup
Next Conf:1999 Commissioner's
Next Conf Link:1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup or known as the 1999 McDonald's-PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the First Conference of the 1999 PBA season. It started on February 7 and ended on June 6, 1999. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

Format

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

Elimination round

Eighth seed playoff

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Mobiline vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

With a 7–0 start, Mobiline had a losing run to finish the elimination round. Being the #1 seed, they faced the ragtag Barangay Ginebra Kings with a twice to beat advantage.

The Kings managed to keep in step with the Phone Pals throughout the game; with Mobiline leading by one point in the closing seconds, Bal David converted a jump-shot as time expired that caused jubilation at the mostly pro-Ginebra crowd. Asi Taulava broke down and slumped to the bench right after David's game-clinching jumper and booked a flight to the United States the day after the game.[1]

(4) Shell vs. (5) San Miguel

Semifinals

(4) Shell vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

Barangay Ginebra would come up short in their playoffs run as the Zoom Masters swept them in their semifinals series, 3–0. Game 2 had a free-for all bench-clearing brawl that saw punches being thrown; Shell player Jay Mendoza instigated the fight when he elbowed Ginebra's Wilmer Ong. A total of ₱235,000 worth of fines were issued by PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino, the second-greatest amount since the 1990 finals played, ironically, by Shell and Ginebra, where Ginebra walked out to hand Shell the championship trophy.[2]

Finals

See main article: 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Reyes. Marc Anthony. 1999-05-14. [//www.inquirer.net/issues/may99/may14/sports/spo_2.htm Semis begin today; dejected Asi to US]. Philippine Daily Inquirer. dead. 2009-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20000526100853/http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may99/may14/sports/spo_2.htm. May 26, 2000.
  2. News: Marc Anthony . Reyes . [//www.inquirer.net/issues/may99/may18/sports/spo_main.htm Shell cager slapped record P40,000 fine ]. . 1999-05-18 . 2009-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20000621123635/http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may99/may18/sports/spo_main.htm . June 21, 2000 .