Chris King registered a triple-double of 40 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, as he figured in Gordon's key third quarter assault when they grabbed a 55–52 lead. Alaska had one last chance to stage a reversal late in the game but King took command, giving the Boars a 94–84 bubble with a minute to go.
Chris King, despite suffering a pulled left hamstring, never gave up, he hits the dagger three-pointer from a Marlou Aquino pass with 37.2 seconds left to give the Boars a four-point lead. Doctors later found out that King had a strained ligament and a partial tear on his left hamstring.
The Boars pulled through a down-the-wire final minute with import Chris King's inside basket and Pido Jarencio's key triple as the Milkmen succumbed to turnovers and missed attempts in their last possessions. Jarencio waxes hot with seven triples, five in the final half, on a 7-of-8 shooting from the three-point range. Alaska had one last crack to win the game but Dwight Lago's jumper went all air as Gordon's takes a 3–0 lead.[1]
A decisive 33–5 run in the third quarter as the Boars' avalanche of points blew the game wide open. Gordon's steamrolled to a 30-point lead at 79–49, going into the fourth quarter, while limiting Alaska to an all-time lowest score of five points in a quarter.[2]
^"Abarrientos named best player". Manila Standard.
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1997, commissioner, finals, best, series, basketball, championship, 1997, commissioner, conclusion, conference, playoffs, gordon, boars, alaska, milkmen, played, 67th, championship, contested, league, teamcoachwinsgordon, boars, robert, jaworski, 4alaska, milk. The 1997 PBA Commissioner s Cup finals was the best of 7 series basketball championship of the 1997 PBA Commissioner s Cup and the conclusion of the conference s playoffs The Gordon s Gin Boars and Alaska Milkmen played for the 67th championship contested by the league 1997 PBA Commissioner s Cup finalsTeamCoachWinsGordon s Gin Boars Robert Jaworski 4Alaska Milkmen Tim Cone 2DatesAugust 26 September 7 1997MVPMarlou AquinoTelevisionVTV IBC Radio networkDWFMPBA Commissioner s Cup finals chronology lt 1996 1998 gt PBA finals chronology lt 1997 All Filipino 1997 Governors gt Gordon s Gin Boars finally ended a six year title drought winning their finals series over Alaska Milkmen 4 games to 2 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 Awards 5 Rosters 6 Broadcast notes 7 References 8 External linksQualification editGordon s Gin Alaska Finished 6 4 600 tied for 1st Eliminations Finished 5 5 500 5th Finished 11 7 611 tied for 1st Semifinals Finished 11 7 611 tied for 1st and 12 in overall point differential over San Miguel Won against San Miguel 106 100 PlayoffSeries scoring summary editTeam Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Wins Gordon s Gin 99 102 87 90 81 105 4 Alaska 89 96 86 108 86 79 2 Venue Cuneta Araneta Cuneta Cuneta Araneta CunetaGames summary editGame 1 edit VTV August 267 30 pm Gordon s Gin Boars 99 Alaska Milkmen 89 Scoring by quarter 21 26 24 18 22 20 32 25Pts Chris King 40Rebs Chris King 13Asts King 10 Pts Johnny Abarrientos 23Rebs Kevin Holland 18Asts Abarrientos Hawkins 5Gordon s Gin leads series 1 0 Cuneta Astrodome Pasay Chris King registered a triple double of 40 points 13 rebounds and 10 assists as he figured in Gordon s key third quarter assault when they grabbed a 55 52 lead Alaska had one last chance to stage a reversal late in the game but King took command giving the Boars a 94 84 bubble with a minute to go Game 2 edit VTV August 297 00 pm Gordon s Gin Boars 102 Alaska Milkmen 96 Gordon s Gin leads series 2 0 Araneta Coliseum Quezon City Chris King despite suffering a pulled left hamstring never gave up he hits the dagger three pointer from a Marlou Aquino pass with 37 2 seconds left to give the Boars a four point lead Doctors later found out that King had a strained ligament and a partial tear on his left hamstring Game 3 edit VTV August 316 00 pm Gordon s Gin Boars 87 Alaska Milkmen 86 Scoring by quarter 12 18 24 21 26 17 25 30Pts Pido Jarencio 23Rebs Terry Saldana 12Asts Aquino 5 Pts Kevin Holland 23Rebs Kevin Holland 14Asts Abarrientos 10Gordon s Gin leads series 3 0 Cuneta Astrodome Pasay The Boars pulled through a down the wire final minute with import Chris King s inside basket and Pido Jarencio s key triple as the Milkmen succumbed to turnovers and missed attempts in their last possessions Jarencio waxes hot with seven triples five in the final half on a 7 of 8 shooting from the three point range Alaska had one last crack to win the game but Dwight Lago s jumper went all air as Gordon s takes a 3 0 lead 1 Game 4 edit VTV September 27 00 pm Gordon s Gin Boars 90 Alaska Milkmen 108 Scoring by quarter 20 17 17 28 22 35 31 26Pts Noli Locsin 18Rebs Chris King Wilmer Ong 5Asts King 6 Pts Johnny Abarrientos 24Rebs Kevin Holland 10Asts Abarrientos 4Gordon s Gin leads series 3 1 Cuneta Astrodome Pasay Game 5 edit VTV September 57 00 pm Gordon s Gin Boars 81 Alaska Milkmen 86 Scoring by quarter 19 13 14 26 29 27 19 20Pts Chris King 19Rebs Marlou Aquino 11Asts King 10 Pts Jojo Lastimosa 16Rebs Kevin Holland 15Asts Abarrientos 7Gordon s Gin leads series 3 2 Araneta Coliseum Quezon City Game 6 edit VTV September 76 00 pm Gordon s Gin Boars 105 Alaska Milkmen 79 Pts Chris King 24Gordon s Gin wins series 4 2 Cuneta Astrodome Pasay A decisive 33 5 run in the third quarter as the Boars avalanche of points blew the game wide open Gordon s steamrolled to a 30 point lead at 79 49 going into the fourth quarter while limiting Alaska to an all time lowest score of five points in a quarter 2 1997 PBA Commissioner s Cup Champions Gordon s Gin Boars Fourth titleAwards editFinals MVP Marlou Aquino Gordon s Gin Best Player of the Conference Johnny Abarrientos Alaska 3 Rosters editGordon s Gin Boars roster Players Coaches Pos No Nat Name Ht Wt G 1 nbsp David Bal 5 ft 9 in 1 75 m 148 lb 67 kg UST F 6 nbsp Locsin Noli 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 250 lb 113 kg De La Salle G 7 nbsp Jaworski Robert 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m 180 lb 82 kg UE F 9 nbsp De Joya Macky 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 190 lb 86 kg San Beda G F 11 nbsp Gayoso Jayvee 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 190 lb 86 kg Ateneo G 12 nbsp Hizon Vince 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 180 lb 82 kg Ateneo C 13 nbsp Aquino Marlou 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m 215 lb 98 kg Adamson G 15 nbsp Orquillas Michael 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 170 lb 77 kg Cebu F 16 nbsp Cheng Benny 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 200 lb 91 kg Mapua F 17 nbsp Saldana Antero 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 190 lb 86 kg Letran F C 18 nbsp Ong Wilmer 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 245 lb 111 kg USLS C 24 nbsp Bolado Cris 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m National U G 25 nbsp Jarencio Pido 5 ft 10 in 1 78 m 170 lb 77 kg UST F 44 nbsp King Chris I 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 215 lb 98 kg Wake Forest G 52 nbsp Jaworski Jr Robert 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 180 lb 82 kg Ateneo Head coach nbsp Robert Jaworski Assistant coach es nbsp Rino Salazar nbsp Philip Cezar Legend C Team captain I Import nbsp Injured Alaska Milkmen roster Players Coaches Pos No Nat Name Ht Wt F 5 nbsp Holland Kevin I 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 219 lb 99 kg DePaul G F 6 nbsp Lastimosa Jojo 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 180 lb 82 kg USJ R G 7 nbsp Gomez Roehl 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m 180 lb 82 kg Cebu G F 9 nbsp Santos Rodney 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 175 lb 79 kg San Sebastian G 10 nbsp Fernandez Boyet 5 ft 8 in 1 73 m 165 lb 75 kg San Agustin F C 12 nbsp Bachmann Dickie 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 200 lb 91 kg De La Salle G 14 nbsp Abarrientos Johnny 5 ft 8 in 1 73 m 150 lb 68 kg Far Eastern G F 15 nbsp Lago Dwight 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 190 lb 86 kg De La Salle F 16 nbsp Hawkins Bong 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 220 lb 100 kg UPHSD C 17 nbsp Ramas Kevin 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 240 lb 109 kg Mapua C 29 nbsp Otto Michael 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 210 lb 95 kg Far Eastern C 32 nbsp Juinio Poch 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 215 lb 98 kg Philippines G F 44 nbsp Castelo Merwin 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 186 lb 84 kg San Beda C 51 nbsp Punzalan Bryant 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 210 lb 95 kg Far Eastern Head coach nbsp Tim Cone Assistant coach es nbsp Joel Banal Legend C Team captain I Import nbsp InjuredBroadcast notes editGame Play by play Analyst Courtside Reporter Game 1 Noli Eala Andy Jao Game 2 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Anthony Suntay and Butch Maniego Game 3 Chino Trinidad Andy Jao Anthony Suntay and Butch Maniego Game 4 Noli Eala Quinito Henson Anthony Suntay and Butch Maniego Game 5 Chino Trinidad Andy Jao Game 6 Ed Picson Quinito Henson Anthony Suntay Butch Maniego and Randy SacdalanReferences edit Scent of title gets stronger for Gordon s Manila Standard Gordon s Gin ends 6 year drought Manila Standard Abarrientos named best player Manila Standard 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