Formerly Ginebra San Miguel, the La Tondeña ballclub will be known as Gordon's Gin Boars for the league's 23rd season. The Boars won their first three games in the All-Filipino Cup and were on top of the standings with six wins and one loss after the first round of eliminations, losing only to Alaska on March 2. [1] The Boars finish with the best record of 10 wins and four losses, despite losing their last two assignments.
Gordon's Gin and traditional All-Filipino powerhouse Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys easily made it to the finals and the two most popular teams will play against each other in the championship for only the second time in their history since they last played way back in the 1988 All-Filipino finals, won by Gordon's Gin (then Añejo Rum 65).
In the All-Filipino Cup finals series, the Boars lost to the more experience Cowboys in six games with Alvin Patrimonio playing superb for Purefoods in the title-clinching Game Six, scoring 40 points to lead his team to an 82-73 win.
Championship
Import Tyrone Hopkins led the Boars to the Commissioner's Cup semifinals with six wins and four losses and tied with three other teams at first place. Starting the semifinal round, the hardworking Hopkins was unexpectedly replaced by NBA veteran Chris King. [2] Gordon's Gin and San Miguel Beermen battled it out for the second finals berth after the Alaska Milkmen advances first. On August 24, the Boars outlasted San Miguel in two overtimes, 106-100, for their third straight finals appearance.
In the best-of-seven title series against defending champion Alaska, the Boars went up 3-0 and on a verge of a four-game sweep but the Milkmen came back with victories in Games four and five. On September 7, Gordon's Gin ended a six-year title drought when they wrapped it up in Game six as they held Alaska to only five points in the third quarter to pull away with a 30-point lead, 79-49, going into the final 12 minutes. The Boars won in a convincing fashion, 105-79, for their first championship since they last won a crown in 1991. Boars' playing-coach Sonny Jaworski became the oldest active player to win a PBA title.
February 23: Bal David dribbled past the midcourt line with three seconds to go and threw a prayer of a shot that went in as the buzzer sounded to lift Gordon's Gin to an 83-81 win over San Miguel Beermen for their second victory. [3]
March 8: Gordon's Gin gifted playing-coach Sonny Jaworski on his 51st birthday with an 86-79 win over Purefoods in Iloilo City. The Boars raised their record to a league-leading 5-win, 1-loss slate. This is the first time in nine seasons that the two rivals and most popular ballclubs play in an out-of-town game. [4]
August 24: In the knockout game for the right to play Alaska in the Commissioners Cup finals, Gordon's Gin were trailing by five points against the San Miguel Beermen in regulation, 75-80 with 51 seconds left, Boars import Chris King hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to two points and he issued a nice feed on Noli Locsin with nine seconds to go as Gordon's forces overtime at 80-all. The playoff match went into second overtime after Beermen Olsen Racela missed his second free throw and Marlou Aquino threw a long pass on Bal David for the go-ahead basket with 1.5 seconds remaining, forcing second extension at 94-all. San Miguel lost import Jeff Ward to injuries in the final five minutes as Gordon's Gin pulled away with a 106-100 victory.
October 10: New Boars import Leon Trimmingham debut with 34 points as Gordon's Gin nip Sta.Lucia Realtors, 97-96. [5]
Occurrences
An incident occurred during the April 29 semifinals game between Gordon's Gin and San Miguel Beermen which was won by the Boars, 98-94. Beerman Allan Caidic fell hard on the floor after an accidental collision between him and teammate Nelson Asaytono who leap in the air for a rebound, Boars' playing coach Sonny Jaworski was accused for his behavior when in full view of the thousands watching live at the Cuneta Astrodome and on live TV, the vintage camera captured Jaworski appearing to be arguing with game officials for Allan Caidic to be removed from the playing floor and went to the extent of making a "slit-the-throat" gesture, public response was immediate and callers swamped TV and radio stations to express their disgust, the controversy regarding the Big J's acts on the much-publicized accident has stirred a debate and mixed reactions from everybody putting in their worth of opinion.
Center Edward Joseph Feihl, who decided to sit out upon wanting to get a better contract during the off-season negotiations and has since refused to sign up with Gordon's Gin and opted to play in the PBL for AMA Computer College instead was traded to Purefoods on July 21 in exchange for Cris Bolado, who started playing for the Boars in the Governor's Cup. [6]
Purnell Perry, a former Tanduay import in the PBL, played one game and the Boars lost to Mobiline, 117-136, in their first outing in the Governor's Cup on September 23. Perry was replaced by Dennis Edwards, another former Tanduay import in the PBL. Edwards led Gordon's Gin to three straight victories but when the much-talk about Leon Trimmingham, the Most Valuable Player in the Australian League and known as "Flight 44" became available, Edwards was sent home. [7] Trimmingham's inconsistent performance in which the Boars won four of the nine games he played had convince the coaching staff to replaced him with Andy Bostick, a veteran of Venezuelan and Swedish league, with only one game left in their elimination round assignments.
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The 1997 Gordon s Gin Boars season was the 19th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association PBA 1997 Gordon s Gin Boars seasonHead coachRobert JaworskiAll Filipino Cup resultsRecord16 12 57 1 Place2ndPlayoff finishRunner upCommissioner s Cup resultsRecord16 9 64 Place1stPlayoff finishChampionsGovernors Cup resultsRecord7 8 46 7 Place6thPlayoff finishQuarterfinalsGordon s Gin Boars seasons 19961998 Contents 1 Runner up finish 2 Championship 3 Notable dates 4 Occurrences 5 Roster 5 1 Recruited imports 6 ReferencesRunner up finish EditFormerly Ginebra San Miguel the La Tondena ballclub will be known as Gordon s Gin Boars for the league s 23rd season The Boars won their first three games in the All Filipino Cup and were on top of the standings with six wins and one loss after the first round of eliminations losing only to Alaska on March 2 1 The Boars finish with the best record of 10 wins and four losses despite losing their last two assignments Gordon s Gin and traditional All Filipino powerhouse Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys easily made it to the finals and the two most popular teams will play against each other in the championship for only the second time in their history since they last played way back in the 1988 All Filipino finals won by Gordon s Gin then Anejo Rum 65 In the All Filipino Cup finals series the Boars lost to the more experience Cowboys in six games with Alvin Patrimonio playing superb for Purefoods in the title clinching Game Six scoring 40 points to lead his team to an 82 73 win Championship EditImport Tyrone Hopkins led the Boars to the Commissioner s Cup semifinals with six wins and four losses and tied with three other teams at first place Starting the semifinal round the hardworking Hopkins was unexpectedly replaced by NBA veteran Chris King 2 Gordon s Gin and San Miguel Beermen battled it out for the second finals berth after the Alaska Milkmen advances first On August 24 the Boars outlasted San Miguel in two overtimes 106 100 for their third straight finals appearance In the best of seven title series against defending champion Alaska the Boars went up 3 0 and on a verge of a four game sweep but the Milkmen came back with victories in Games four and five On September 7 Gordon s Gin ended a six year title drought when they wrapped it up in Game six as they held Alaska to only five points in the third quarter to pull away with a 30 point lead 79 49 going into the final 12 minutes The Boars won in a convincing fashion 105 79 for their first championship since they last won a crown in 1991 Boars playing coach Sonny Jaworski became the oldest active player to win a PBA title Main article 1997 PBA Commissioner s Cup FinalsNotable dates EditFebruary 23 Bal David dribbled past the midcourt line with three seconds to go and threw a prayer of a shot that went in as the buzzer sounded to lift Gordon s Gin to an 83 81 win over San Miguel Beermen for their second victory 3 March 8 Gordon s Gin gifted playing coach Sonny Jaworski on his 51st birthday with an 86 79 win over Purefoods in Iloilo City The Boars raised their record to a league leading 5 win 1 loss slate This is the first time in nine seasons that the two rivals and most popular ballclubs play in an out of town game 4 August 24 In the knockout game for the right to play Alaska in the Commissioners Cup finals Gordon s Gin were trailing by five points against the San Miguel Beermen in regulation 75 80 with 51 seconds left Boars import Chris King hit a three pointer to cut the lead to two points and he issued a nice feed on Noli Locsin with nine seconds to go as Gordon s forces overtime at 80 all The playoff match went into second overtime after Beermen Olsen Racela missed his second free throw and Marlou Aquino threw a long pass on Bal David for the go ahead basket with 1 5 seconds remaining forcing second extension at 94 all San Miguel lost import Jeff Ward to injuries in the final five minutes as Gordon s Gin pulled away with a 106 100 victory October 10 New Boars import Leon Trimmingham debut with 34 points as Gordon s Gin nip Sta Lucia Realtors 97 96 5 Occurrences EditAn incident occurred during the April 29 semifinals game between Gordon s Gin and San Miguel Beermen which was won by the Boars 98 94 Beerman Allan Caidic fell hard on the floor after an accidental collision between him and teammate Nelson Asaytono who leap in the air for a rebound Boars playing coach Sonny Jaworski was accused for his behavior when in full view of the thousands watching live at the Cuneta Astrodome and on live TV the vintage camera captured Jaworski appearing to be arguing with game officials for Allan Caidic to be removed from the playing floor and went to the extent of making a slit the throat gesture public response was immediate and callers swamped TV and radio stations to express their disgust the controversy regarding the Big J s acts on the much publicized accident has stirred a debate and mixed reactions from everybody putting in their worth of opinion Center Edward Joseph Feihl who decided to sit out upon wanting to get a better contract during the off season negotiations and has since refused to sign up with Gordon s Gin and opted to play in the PBL for AMA Computer College instead was traded to Purefoods on July 21 in exchange for Cris Bolado who started playing for the Boars in the Governor s Cup 6 Purnell Perry a former Tanduay import in the PBL played one game and the Boars lost to Mobiline 117 136 in their first outing in the Governor s Cup on September 23 Perry was replaced by Dennis Edwards another former Tanduay import in the PBL Edwards led Gordon s Gin to three straight victories but when the much talk about Leon Trimmingham the Most Valuable Player in the Australian League and known as Flight 44 became available Edwards was sent home 7 Trimmingham s inconsistent performance in which the Boars won four of the nine games he played had convince the coaching staff to replaced him with Andy Bostick a veteran of Venezuelan and Swedish league with only one game left in their elimination round assignments Roster EditGordon s Gin Boars rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht Wt G 1 David Bal 5 ft 9 in 1 75 m USTF 6 Locsin Noli 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m De La SalleG 7 Jaworski Robert 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m UEG 8 Albarillo Teroy 5 ft 10 in 1 78 m MindanaoF 9 De Joya Macky 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m San BedaG F 11 Gayoso Jayvee 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m AteneoG 12 Hizon Vince 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m AteneoC 13 Aquino Marlou 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m AdamsonG 15 Orquillas Michael 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m CebuF 16 Cheng Benny 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m MapuaF 17 Saldana Terry 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m LetranF C 18 Ong Wilmer 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m USLSC 24 Bolado Cris 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m National UG 25 Jarencio Pido 5 ft 10 in 1 78 m USTG 52 Jaworski Jr Robert 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m Ateneo Head coach Robert JaworskiAssistant coach es Rino Salazar Philip CezarLegend C Team captain InjuredRecruited imports Edit Tournament Name Number Position University CollegeCommissioner s Cup Tyrone Hopkins 33 Forward University of Central OklahomaChris King 44 Forward Wake Forest UniversityGovernors Cup Purnell Perry 2 Forward Voorhees CollegeDennis Edwards 32 Forward Fort Hays State UniversityLeon Trimmingham 44 Forward Briar Cliff UniversityAndy Bostick Forward University of South CarolinaReferences Edit Alaska halts Gordon s streak Manila Bulletin Online Now or never for Gordon s Manila Standard Buzzer beating trey lifts Gordon s Gin Manila Bulletin Online Gordon s wins in Iloilo Manila Bulletin Online Flight 44 arrives on time leads Gordon s past SLR five Manila Standard Gordon s ships Feihl to Purefoods for Bolado Manila Standard Can Flight 44 propel Gordon s Manila Standard Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 Gordon 27s Gin Boars season amp oldid 1128825552, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
