2000 Alaska Milkmen season explained

Pbayear:2000
Team:Alaska Aces (PBA)
Team2:Alaska Milkmen
Coach:Tim Cone
Ownertitle:Wilfred Uytengsu
1C-Name:All-Filipino Cup
1C-Wins:18
1C-Losses:6
1C-Place:3rd seed
1C-Playoffs:Champions
2C-Name:Commissioner's Cup
2C-Wins:7
2C-Losses:7
2C-Place:4th seed
2C-Playoffs:Semis (lost to SMB)
3C-Name:Governors Cup
3C-Wins:6
3C-Losses:5
3C-Place:5th seed
3C-Playoffs:QF (lost to Purefoods)
Manager:Joaqui Trillo
Owners:Wilfred Uytengsu
Pol Team:3
Prevseason:1999
Nextseason:2001

The 2000 Alaska Milkmen season was the 15th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

See main article: 2000 PBA Draft.

Transactions

Players Added
Via Draft
  • Glen Peter Yap

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

Players Lost
Via Free Agency

Via Trade

  • Jojo Lastimosa (To Pop Cola Panthers)
  • Roehl Gomez (To Pop Cola Panthers)
  • Alaska acquired Brixter Encarnacion and Ruel Buenaventura from Pop Cola in a trade with Lastimosa and Gomez
  • Buenaventura was shipped to newcomer Batang Red Bull for a future second round pick

Championship

The Alaska Milkmen won the All-Filipino Cup title with a 4-1 series win over the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs. This was the third All-Filipino crown for Alaska in the last five seasons and winning every two years, first in 1996 and then in 1998.

See main article: 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals.

Eliminations (Won games)

DATEOPPONENTSCOREVENUE (Location)
February 25Shell67-64 Philsports Arena
March 12 Pop Cola89-71Araneta Coliseum
March 22 Purefoods88-67Philsports Arena
March 25 Shell76-66Ynares Center
March 31 Mobiline91-76Philsports Arena
April 2 Red Bull91-73Araneta Coliseum
April 8 Sta.Lucia67-60 [1] General Santos City
April 19 Brgy.Ginebra81-75Araneta Coliseum
April 30 Sta.Lucia75-69Araneta Coliseum
May 5 Pop Cola81-71Philsports Arena
July 2 Sunkist90-82Araneta Coliseum
July 8 Shell99-98 OTYnares Center
July 16 Sta.Lucia91-84 [2] Araneta Coliseum
July 23 Mobiline91-85Araneta Coliseum
August 4 Red Bull108-100Philsports Arena
October 6 Tanduay93-86Philsports Arena
October 15 San Miguel97-81Araneta Coliseum
October 20 Pop Cola101-86Araneta Coliseum
October 28 Brgy.Ginebra93-79 [3] Dagupan City
November 12 Sta.Lucia87-80Araneta Coliseum

Notes and References

  1. News: Alaska whips SLR. Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. News: Alaska leans on King to trample Sta.Lucia. Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. News: Alaska stops Ginebra. Philippine Daily Inquirer.