Finals
Alaska Milkmen 59, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 73 |
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Alaska Milkmen 93, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 76 |
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Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
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Alaska Milkmen 79, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 71 |
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Alaska Milkmen 88, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 75 |
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Philsports Arena, Pasig City
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Alaska Milkmen 85, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 84 |
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Alaska wins series, 4–1 |
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Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
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Alaska won the title on Game 5 despite trailing by six points late in the fourth quarter; Rodney Santos and Poch Juinio carried the scoring slack when Bong Hawkins and Johnny Abarrientos had bad starts. Abarrientos was able to make it up by hitting a jump-shot to give the Milkmen the lead 85–82. Noy Castillo converted both free-throws to cut the lead to one. Alaska missed four free-throws, including two intentional misses by James Wallkvist with 0.5 of a secord remaining to clinch their first All-Filipino championship since 1998. Alvin Patrimonio had a series-best 22 points but went scoreless at the final quarter that helped Alaska to catch up.