Ramon Fernandez, who spent his last seven seasons with San Miguel Beer and one of the only three remaining pioneers in the PBA and the league's winningest cager with 19 titles, retired from active playing after 20 seasons at age 41.
Point guard Hector Calma, who's been with San Miguel since returning to the league in 1986 and was a key factor in the Beermen's Grandslam conquest in 1989, also decided to retire as he was saddled with injuries for most of the 1994 season.
Melchor Ravanes, who played for San Miguel from 1980-1985 and returned to the team from 1992-1994, decided to retire too and call it quits after 15 seasons.
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The defending All-Filipino champions beat Ginebra, 90-87, in their first game as the league returns to the Araneta Coliseum on February 24 after a decade. The Beermen had a hard time scoring victories with new acquisitions in their lineup. San Miguel defeated Pepsi Mega, 95-82, in their last game in the eliminations on April 4 for their fourth win in 10 games. [1] The Beermen were ousted from the semifinals along with Ginebra and Pepsi.
Import John Best led the Beermen to four straight victories in the Commissioners Cup. [2] San Miguel enters the quarterfinal round with six wins and four losses, the Beermen blew a chance to make it to the best-of-five semifinals when they lost to Purefoods, 103-104 in overtime, in their do-or-die battle on August 6 as both teams carry an 8-6 won-loss card on the last day of the quarterfinals. It was the first time the Beermen placed no higher than fourth in the first two conferences of the season since returning in 1986.
Kenny Travis is the Beermen's reinforcement in the season-ending conference for the fourth straight year. During the ongoing eliminations, a trade took place when San Miguel gave up pre-season acquisition Victor Pablo to Shell in exchange for Paul Alvarez. From a 6-4 won-loss slate in the eliminations, the Beermen advances in the Governors Cup finals on December 3 with the help of Formula Shell upsetting grandslam-seeking Sunkist Orange Juicers earlier in the first game, the Beermen easily won over their finals opponent Alaska Milkmen, 103-87, in the second game for their 12th win in 18 games and winning six of their eight semifinal assignments.
In the championship series between the last two Governors Cup titlist, San Miguel led three games to two and one win away from winning the crown. The Beermen were up by 16 points in the second quarter of Game Six but the Milkmen battled back in the second half to win the ballgame. In the deciding Game Seven, the Beermen were leading by four points with less than six minutes remaining in the fourth period but they went on to lose by 13 points, 86-99, as the Alaska Milkmen were able to retain the title they won from last season.
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The 1995 San Miguel Beermen season was the 21st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association PBA 1995 San Miguel Beermen seasonHead coachNorman BlackOwner s San Miguel CorporationAll Filipino Cup resultsRecord4 6 40 Place7thPlayoff finishN ACommissioner s Cup resultsRecord8 7 53 3 Place5thPlayoff finishQuarterfinalsGovernors Cup resultsRecord15 10 60 Place2ndPlayoff finishFinalsSan Miguel Beermen seasons 19941996 Contents 1 Draft picks 2 Retirement 3 Summary 4 Roster 5 Transactions 5 1 Additions 5 2 Trades 5 3 Late season trade 5 4 Recruited imports 6 ReferencesDraft picks editRound Pick Player College1 5 Bryant Punzalan FEU2 Matthew Makalintal Saint BenildeRetirement editRamon Fernandez who spent his last seven seasons with San Miguel Beer and one of the only three remaining pioneers in the PBA and the league s winningest cager with 19 titles retired from active playing after 20 seasons at age 41 Point guard Hector Calma who s been with San Miguel since returning to the league in 1986 and was a key factor in the Beermen s Grandslam conquest in 1989 also decided to retire as he was saddled with injuries for most of the 1994 season Melchor Ravanes who played for San Miguel from 1980 1985 and returned to the team from 1992 1994 decided to retire too and call it quits after 15 seasons Summary editThe defending All Filipino champions beat Ginebra 90 87 in their first game as the league returns to the Araneta Coliseum on February 24 after a decade The Beermen had a hard time scoring victories with new acquisitions in their lineup San Miguel defeated Pepsi Mega 95 82 in their last game in the eliminations on April 4 for their fourth win in 10 games 1 The Beermen were ousted from the semifinals along with Ginebra and Pepsi Import John Best led the Beermen to four straight victories in the Commissioners Cup 2 San Miguel enters the quarterfinal round with six wins and four losses the Beermen blew a chance to make it to the best of five semifinals when they lost to Purefoods 103 104 in overtime in their do or die battle on August 6 as both teams carry an 8 6 won loss card on the last day of the quarterfinals It was the first time the Beermen placed no higher than fourth in the first two conferences of the season since returning in 1986 Kenny Travis is the Beermen s reinforcement in the season ending conference for the fourth straight year During the ongoing eliminations a trade took place when San Miguel gave up pre season acquisition Victor Pablo to Shell in exchange for Paul Alvarez From a 6 4 won loss slate in the eliminations the Beermen advances in the Governors Cup finals on December 3 with the help of Formula Shell upsetting grandslam seeking Sunkist Orange Juicers earlier in the first game the Beermen easily won over their finals opponent Alaska Milkmen 103 87 in the second game for their 12th win in 18 games and winning six of their eight semifinal assignments In the championship series between the last two Governors Cup titlist San Miguel led three games to two and one win away from winning the crown The Beermen were up by 16 points in the second quarter of Game Six but the Milkmen battled back in the second half to win the ballgame In the deciding Game Seven the Beermen were leading by four points with less than six minutes remaining in the fourth period but they went on to lose by 13 points 86 99 as the Alaska Milkmen were able to retain the title they won from last season Main article 1995 PBA Governors Cup FinalsRoster editSan Miguel Beermen rosterPlayers CoachesPos POB Name Height Weight DOB YYYY MM DD FromG 5 nbsp Pumaren Franz 5 ft 9 in 1 75 m De La SalleG 6 nbsp Agustin Ato 5 ft 11 in 1 80 m LyceumG 7 nbsp Mustre Mike 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m LetranF 8 nbsp Caidic Allan 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m UEC 10 nbsp Polistico Adriano 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m LetranG 11 nbsp Makalintal Matthew 5 ft 8 in 1 73 m St BenildeF C 12 nbsp Dignadice Yves 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m STI WNUC 15 nbsp Punzalan Bryant 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m Far EasternG 16 nbsp Belmonte Rudolf 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m USTF 18 nbsp Dela Cruz Art 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m San SebastianG 22 nbsp Regidor Lou nbsp 5 ft 10 in 1 78 m San CarlosF 23 nbsp Alvarez Paul 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m San SebastianF C 25 nbsp Abuda Freddie 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m CebuC 52 nbsp Babilonia Gido 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m UST Head coach nbsp Norman BlackAssistant coach es nbsp Jong Uichico nbsp Filomeno PumarenLegend C Team captain DP Unsigned draft pick FA Free agent S Suspended nbsp InjuredTransactions editAdditions edit Player Signed Deal InformationMike Mustre Off season Rookie free agentLou Regidor Off season Draft rights acquired from GinebraTrades edit Off season To Pepsi Alvin Teng To San Miguel Beermen Victor PabloOff season To Pepsi Kevin Ramas To San Miguel Beermen Gido BabiloniaLate season trade edit October 1995 To Formula ShellVictor Pablo To San Miguel BeermenPaul AlvarezRecruited imports edit IMPORT Conference No Pos Ht College DurationJohn Best Commissioner s Cup 21 Forward Center 6 4 Tennessee Tech June 9 to August 6Kenny Travis Governors Cup 21 Guard Forward 6 1 New Mexico State October 1 to December 19References edit Caidic Agustin sizzle as SMB pummels Pepsi Manila Standard San Miguel slams SLR Manila Standard Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1995 San Miguel Beermen season amp oldid 1155207384, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
