1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup
The 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup or known as the 1999 McDonald's-PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the First Conference of the 1999 PBA season. It started on February 7 and ended on June 6, 1999. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.
| 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup | |
|---|---|
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| Duration | February 7 - June 6, 1999 |
| TV partner(s) | VTV (IBC) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Formula Shell Zoom Masters |
| Runners-up | Tanduay Rhum Masters |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Eric Menk (Tanduay) |
| Finals MVP | Gerald Esplana (Shell) |
| PBA All-Filipino Cup chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
- Two-round eliminations; 16 games per team. 8 teams will advance to the Quarterfinals.
- Quarterfinals: top 4 seeded teams will have twice-to-beat advantage
- QF1: 1st seed vs. 8th seed
- QF2: 2nd seed vs. 7th seed
- QF3: 3rd seed vs. 6th seed
- QF4: 4th seed vs. 5th seed
- Best-of-five Semifinals: winners of each pairings
- SF1: QF1 vs. QF4
- SF2: QF2 vs. QF3
- Third-place match: One-game playoff
- LSF1 vs. LSF2
- Finals: Best-of-7 championship series
- F1: WSF1 vs. WSF2
Elimination round
Team standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobiline Phone Pals | 11 | 5 | .688 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Alaska Milkmen | 9 | 7 | .563[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
| 3 | Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters | 9 | 7 | .563[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
| 4 | Shell Turbo Chargers | 9 | 7 | .563[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Pop Cola 800s | 7 | 9 | .438[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | |
| 7 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | 7 | 9 | .438[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 6 | 10 | .375[lower-alpha 3] | 5 | |
| 9 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 6 | 10 | .375[lower-alpha 3] | 5 |
Notes:
- Head-to-head differential: Alaska +11, Tanduay +8, Shell −19
- Head-to-head record: Pop Cola 2–0 Purefoods
- Eighth-seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 77–74 Sta. Lucia
Eighth seed playoff
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| #1 twice-to-beat | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mobiline | 67 | 81 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 77 | 82 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 0 | ||||||||||||
| #4 twice-to-beat | 4 | Formula Shell | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Formula Shell | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | San Miguel | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Formula Shell | 4 | ||||||||||||
| #2 twice-to-beat | 3 | Tanduay | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Alaska | 74 | W | |||||||||||
| 7 | Purefoods | 86 | L | |||||||||||
| 2 | Alaska | 1 | ||||||||||||
| #3 twice-to-beat | 3 | Tanduay | 3 | Third place playoff | ||||||||||
| 3 | Tanduay | 91 | 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 95 | |||||||||
| 6 | Pop Cola | 77 | 2 | Alaska | 73 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
(1) Mobiline vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
With a 7–0 start, Mobiline had a losing run to finish the elimination round. Being the #1 seed, they faced the ragtag Barangay Ginebra Kings with a twice to beat advantage.
The Kings managed to keep in step with the Phone Pals throughout the game; with Mobiline leading by one point in the closing seconds, Bal David converted a jump-shot as time expired that caused jubilation at the mostly pro-Ginebra crowd. Asi Taulava broke down and slumped to the bench right after David's game-clinching jumper and booked a flight to the United States the day after the game.[1]
(2) Alaska vs. (7) Purefoods
(3) Tanduay vs. (6) Pop Cola
(4) Shell vs. (5) San Miguel
Semifinals
(2) Alaska vs. (3) Tanduay
(4) Shell vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra
May 19 |
| Formula Shell 98, Barangay Ginebra Kings 85 | ||
| Formula Shell wins series, 3–0 |
Bago Cultural Center, Bago, Negros Occidental |
Barangay Ginebra would come up short in their playoffs run as the Zoom Masters swept them in their semifinals series, 3–0. Game 2 had a free-for all bench-clearing brawl that saw punches being thrown; Shell player Jay Mendoza instigated the fight when he elbowed Ginebra's Wilmer Ong. A total of ₱235,000 worth of fines were issued by PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino, the second-greatest amount since the 1990 Finals played ironically, by Shell and Ginebra where Ginebra walked out to hand Shell the championship trophy.[2]
Third-place playoff
Finals
References
- Reyes, Marc Anthony (1999-05-14). "Semis begin today; dejected Asi to US". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 26, 2000. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- Reyes, Marc Anthony (1999-05-18). "Shell cager slapped record P40,000 fine". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 21, 2000. Retrieved 2009-02-28.