The Meaties without enforcer Rudy Distrito, who is serving a five-game suspension, held an imposing 77–61 spread in the fourth quarter and despite blowing a 16-point lead, hang tough when the Milkmen with Johnny Abarrientos orchestrating the plays, came to within 85–86, only to falter in the end.
Alaska played hard-nosed defense, strangled the meaties in the endgame. Alex Araneta nearly lost the ball but scored to shove the Milkmen ahead, 86–84. After Swift was forced into a turnover, Sean Chambers' running shot pushed Alaska on top by four with less than a minute remaining. The Mighty Meaties opened a 12-point lead early in the third quarter at 60–48, but the Milkmen battled back and were only trailing by a point, 70–71, going into the final period.
Alaska took an early 24–12 lead in the first quarter. The Meaties banked on a big second quarter as Rudy Distrito ignited a 9–0 blast that allowed Swift to equalized at 42-all and later turn the tables in the next five minutes in a 16–6 run to take a 58–48 lead, a near free-for-all happened with 30.7 seconds left in the second quarter, Swift leading, 66–55, as Jojo Lastimosa reacted on a hard foul by Swift import Herb Jones that sent him crashing to the floor, action was halted for nearly five minutes and play was resumed after technical fouls were slapped on Jones, Bonel Balingit and Roehl Gomez. The Milkmen came back in the third period to cut the deficit to four, 80–84, but Swift immediately responded to the uprising as Vergel Meneses and Nelson Asaytono went to work and the Meaties opened leads of 19 points, 108–89 in the fourth quarter.[1]
Swift came back from 17 points down in the first quarter to take a 63–62 lead on a short stab by import Herb Jones midway in the third period that turned out to be the Meaties' last taste of the lead as Alaska launched a decisive 16–0 run that broke their backs as the Milkmen zoomed to a 78–63 advantage at the end of the third quarter.[2]
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The 1994 PBA Governors Cup Finals was the best of 7 championship series of the 1994 PBA Governors Cup and the conclusion of the conference playoffs The Alaska Milkmen and Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs played for the 59th championship contested by the league 1994 PBA Governors Cup FinalsTeamCoachWinsAlaska Milkmen Tim Cone 4Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs Derrick Pumaren 2DatesDecember 6 18 1994TelevisionVintage Sports PTV Radio networkDZRHPBA Governors Cup Finals chronology lt 1993 1995 gt PBA Finals chronology lt 1994 Commissioner s 1995 All Filipino gt The Alaska Milkmen won their 2nd PBA title with a 4 2 series victory over the Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs Contents 1 Qualification 2 Series scoring summary 3 Games summary 3 1 Game 1 3 2 Game 2 3 3 Game 3 3 4 Game 4 3 5 Game 5 3 6 Game 6 4 Rosters 5 Broadcast notes 6 References 7 External linksQualification editAlaska SwiftFinished 6 4 600 tied for 2nd Eliminations Finished 6 4 600 tied for 2ndFinished 7 3 700 tied for 1st Semifinals Finished 7 3 700 tied for 1stSeries scoring summary editTeam Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 WinsAlaska 85 119 92 90 108 114 4Swift 89 111 87 85 123 92 2Venue Cuneta Cuneta Cuneta Cuneta Cuneta CunetaGames summary editGame 1 edit VintageDecember 6Alaska Milkmen 85 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 89Pts Sean Chambers 28 Pts Vergel Meneses 24Swift leads series 1 0Cuneta Astrodome Pasay The Meaties without enforcer Rudy Distrito who is serving a five game suspension held an imposing 77 61 spread in the fourth quarter and despite blowing a 16 point lead hang tough when the Milkmen with Johnny Abarrientos orchestrating the plays came to within 85 86 only to falter in the end Game 2 edit VintageDecember 9Alaska Milkmen 119 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 111Pts Sean Chambers 37 Bong Hawkins 27 Pts Herb Jones 38Series tied 1 1Cuneta Astrodome Pasay Game 3 edit VintageDecember 11Alaska Milkmen 92 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 87Scoring by quarter 27 21 21 34 22 16 22 16Pts Sean Chambers 24 Pts Nelson Asaytono 26Alaska leads series 2 1Cuneta Astrodome Pasay Alaska played hard nosed defense strangled the meaties in the endgame Alex Araneta nearly lost the ball but scored to shove the Milkmen ahead 86 84 After Swift was forced into a turnover Sean Chambers running shot pushed Alaska on top by four with less than a minute remaining The Mighty Meaties opened a 12 point lead early in the third quarter at 60 48 but the Milkmen battled back and were only trailing by a point 70 71 going into the final period Game 4 edit VintageDecember 13Alaska Milkmen 90 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 85Pts Sean Chambers 36 Pts Herb Jones 28Alaska leads series 3 1Cuneta Astrodome Pasay In almost a repeat of Game three a 12 4 tear by Alaska in the last five minutes iced Swift s downfall Game 5 edit VintageDecember 16Alaska Milkmen 108 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 123Scoring by quarter 32 24 26 45 29 24 21 30Pts Sean Chambers 26 Pts Vergel Meneses 28Alaska leads series 3 2Cuneta Astrodome Pasay Alaska took an early 24 12 lead in the first quarter The Meaties banked on a big second quarter as Rudy Distrito ignited a 9 0 blast that allowed Swift to equalized at 42 all and later turn the tables in the next five minutes in a 16 6 run to take a 58 48 lead a near free for all happened with 30 7 seconds left in the second quarter Swift leading 66 55 as Jojo Lastimosa reacted on a hard foul by Swift import Herb Jones that sent him crashing to the floor action was halted for nearly five minutes and play was resumed after technical fouls were slapped on Jones Bonel Balingit and Roehl Gomez The Milkmen came back in the third period to cut the deficit to four 80 84 but Swift immediately responded to the uprising as Vergel Meneses and Nelson Asaytono went to work and the Meaties opened leads of 19 points 108 89 in the fourth quarter 1 Game 6 edit VintageDecember 18Alaska Milkmen 114 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 92Scoring by quarter 29 16 25 31 24 16 36 29Pts Sean Chambers 38 Pts Vergel Meneses 26Alaska wins series 4 2Cuneta Astrodome Pasay Swift came back from 17 points down in the first quarter to take a 63 62 lead on a short stab by import Herb Jones midway in the third period that turned out to be the Meaties last taste of the lead as Alaska launched a decisive 16 0 run that broke their backs as the Milkmen zoomed to a 78 63 advantage at the end of the third quarter 2 1994 PBA Governors Cup ChampionsAlaska Milkmen Second titleRosters editAlaska Milkmen rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht Wt G F 4 nbsp Castelo Merwin 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m San BedaG 5 nbsp Reyes Gilbert 5 ft 8 in 1 73 m AteneoG F 6 nbsp Lastimosa Jojo 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m USJ RG 7 nbsp Gomez Roehl 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m CebuG F 9 nbsp Cardel Johnedel 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m De La SalleC 12 nbsp Bachmann Dickie 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m De La SalleG 14 nbsp Abarrientos Johnny 5 ft 8 in 1 73 m Far EasternF 16 nbsp Hawkins Bong 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m UPHSDG F 20 nbsp Chambers Sean I 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m Cal PolyC 24 nbsp Bolado Cris 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m National UC 32 nbsp Juinio Poch 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m UP DilimanF 34 nbsp Solomon Stevenson 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m San SebastianC 50 nbsp Araneta Alex 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m AteneoF 54 nbsp Ampalayo Dondon 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m USJ R Head coach nbsp Tim ConeAssistant coach es nbsp Joel Banal nbsp Aric del RosarioLegend C Team captain I Import nbsp Injured Swift Mighty Meaties rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht Wt C 4 nbsp Balingit Bonel 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m VisayasG 8 nbsp Solis Al 5 ft 11 in 1 80 m VisayasG 9 nbsp Victoria Boybits 5 ft 11 in 1 80 m San BedaF 10 nbsp Reyes Enrique 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m AteneoF 11 nbsp Asaytono Nelson 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m ManilaF 13 nbsp Villamin Elpidio 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m G 14 nbsp Distrito Rudy 5 ft 11 in 1 80 m UEG 15 nbsp Estrada Juancho 5 ft 11 in 1 80 m AdamsonG 16 nbsp Albarillo Teroy 5 ft 10 in 1 78 m MindanaoF 18 nbsp Meneses Vergel 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m Jose RizalF 24 nbsp Bognot Richard 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m G F 34 nbsp Jones Herb I 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m CincinnatiC 35 nbsp Realubit Zaldy 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m USJ R Head coach nbsp Derrick PumarenAssistant coach es nbsp Gabby VelascoLegend C Team captain I Import nbsp InjuredBroadcast notes editGame Play by play AnalystGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6References edit Swift bags Game 5 Manila Standard Alaska romps off with title Manila Standard External links editPBA official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1994 PBA Governors 27 Cup Finals amp oldid 1172387106, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
