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1991 Alaska Milkmen season

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1991 Alaska Milkmen season
Head coachTim Cone
General ManagerJoaqui Trillo
Owner(s)Fred Uytengsu
First Conference results
Record4–7
(36.4%)
Place8th
Playoff finishEliminated
All-Filipino Conference results
Record12–10
(54.5%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Third Conference results
Record15–8
(65.2%)
Place1st
Playoff finishFinals
Alaska Milkmen seasons
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1992  →

The 1991 Alaska Milkmen season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

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Round Pick Player Details
1 1 Alejandro Araneta Signed
1 3 Eugene Quilban Signed
2 Rosedendo Gomez Signed

Notable dates

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March 26: Alaska narrowly escape with a 100-99 squeaker over San Miguel Beermen for their second straight win and only their third victory in nine games as the Milkmen are in a must-win situation to stay in contention for a semifinals berth. [1]

June 18: The Milkmen nip Diet Sarsi, 97-96, on Frankie Lim's triple in the last three seconds for their third straight win in the All-Filipino Conference.

June 25: Trailing by 13 points going into the fourth period, the Milkmen bounced back to deal the Tivoli Milkmasters their third straight setback, 99-94, as Alaska remains unbeaten with their fourth win in a row.

October 17: Alaska nip Swift, 108-106, for their seventh win in nine games as they dealt the Mighty Meaties their third straight setback. [2]

First title

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Sean Chambers was back anew for the Third Conference and "Mr.Excitement" Paul Alvarez was ready to play and rejoined his new teammates. The Milkmen were on top in Group B after the elimination round with seven wins and four losses. Alaska split their first four games in the semifinals and looks headed for another disappointing finish in search for their first championship as they were lagging behind Ginebra and Pepsi Hotshots in the standings, but just as quickly, the Milkmen bounced back with victories over Tivoli Milk and Ginebra San Miguel.

On November 21, Alaska Milk sealed a championship showdown with Ginebra by defeating San Miguel Beermen, 94-80, in the last scheduled date of the semifinal round for their 12th win in 19 games. Alaska won their first-ever PBA title with a 3-1 series victory over Ginebra San Miguel in the best-of-five series.

Awards

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  • Eugene Quilban was named the season's Rookie of the year.
  • Import Sean Chambers became the second recipient of the Mr.100% award.

Roster

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1991 Alaska Milkmen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
C 4 Philippines Aguilar, Peter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) TUA
G/F 6 Philippines Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu
G 7 Philippines Gomez, Roehl 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu
F 8 Philippines Garcia, Nandy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson
G/F 9 Philippines Lastimosa, Jojo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) USJ–R
C 10 Philippines Polistico, Adriano 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Letran
G 11 Philippines Quilban, Eugene 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) San Sebastian
F 12 Philippines Navarro, Eton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian
C 14 Philippines Araneta, Alex 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Ateneo
C 16 Philippines Torres, Macario 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Far Eastern
F 20 United States Chambers, Sean (I) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cal Poly
G 22 Philippines Lim, Frankie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda
F 23 Philippines Alvarez, Paul 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian
F 55 Philippines Hatton, Nap 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • Injured Injured

Transactions

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Trades

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Off-season To Purefoods
Boy Cabahug
To Alaska Milkmen
Jojo Lastimosa
Off-season To Diet Sarsi
Ric-Ric Marata
To Alaska Milkmen
Napoleon Hatton

Additions

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Player Signed Former team
Fernando Garcia Off-season Sarsi
Peter Aguilar Off-season Añejo Rum 65
Francisco Navarro rookie June 1991 N/A

Subtractions

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Player Signed New team
Harmon Codiñera March 1991 Purefoods

References

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  1. ^ "Presto, Alaska hang tough". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "Alaska pulls away". Manila Standard.