1995 PBA season
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The 1995 PBA season was the 21st season of the Philippine Basketball Association
(PBA).
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
(PBA).
Season Highlights
- The PBA returned to the Araneta Coliseum, after a decade of absence, with the scheduled games on Friday being held at the Big Dome.
- A mid-90s rivalry was born, between the Sunkist Orange Juicers and the Alaska Milk, the two teams battle in two memorable finals for the season. The Orange Juicers, who had won the first two conferences, failed in its bid to win the Grandslam, with Alaska Milk taking home the Third Conference trophy.
- Vergel Meneses of Sunkist was the season's best, winning the prestigious MVP Award as well as the All-Star MVP and Best Player of the Conference in the Juicers' two championships.
Champions
- All-Filipino Cup: Sunkist Orange JuicersPop Cola PanthersThe Pop Cola Panthers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team from 1990-2001 under the ownership of Cosmos Bottling Corporation, a subsidiary of RFM Corporation. Cosmos was sold to Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., then-owned by San Miguel Corporation in 2001 which also includes the...
- Commissioner's Cup: Sunkist Orange JuicersPop Cola PanthersThe Pop Cola Panthers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team from 1990-2001 under the ownership of Cosmos Bottling Corporation, a subsidiary of RFM Corporation. Cosmos was sold to Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., then-owned by San Miguel Corporation in 2001 which also includes the...
- Governor's Cup: Alaska MilkmenAlaska Aces (PBA)The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest...
- Team with best win-loss percentage: Sunkist Orange Juicers (49-23, .681)
Individual awards
- Most Valuable PlayerPhilippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player awardThe Philippine Basketball Association awards the Most Valuable Player award at the end of the season. The winner is selected via votes from the press, players, coaches and top PBA officials....
: Vergel MenesesVergel MenesesVergel Meneses - nicknamed "The Aerial Voyager" - is a retired Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a former PBA Most Valuable Player and a many-time member of the Philippine National team...
(Sunkist) - Rookie of the YearPhilippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award-List of awardees:...
: Jeffrey CariasoJeffrey CariasoJeffrey J. Cariaso is a retired Filipino professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the former starting off-guard for the Alaska Aces.-Alaska:...
(Alaska) - Sportsmanship Award: Rey Evangelista (Purefoods)
- Most Improved Player: Bonel Balingit (Sunkist)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Art dela Cruz (San Miguel)
- Mythical Five:
- Johnny AbarrientosJohnny AbarrientosJohnny Abarrientos is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a many-time member of the Philippine National team, and was the 1996 PBA MVP, becoming the shortest player to win the league's highest individual award.He is known by many...
(Alaska) - Rene Hawkins (Alaska)
- Allan CaidicAllan CaidicAlan Vito Flores Caidic is a retired professional basketball player from the Philippines and is currently an assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the PBA...
(San Miguel) - Benjie ParasBenjie ParasVenancio Johnson Paras, Jr. , better known as Benjie Paras, is a Filipino professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association turned actor. He is the only PBA player to win both Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player honors, in a single season...
(Shell) - Vergel MenesesVergel MenesesVergel Meneses - nicknamed "The Aerial Voyager" - is a retired Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a former PBA Most Valuable Player and a many-time member of the Philippine National team...
(Sunkist)
- Johnny Abarrientos
- Mythical Second Team:
- Boybits Victoria (Sunkist)
- Jojo LastimosaJojo LastimosaIsabelo Lastimosa, Jr. , better known as Jojo Lastimosa and by his nickname "Jolas", is a former Filipino professional basketball player from Cagayan de Oro City who played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs, the Alaska Aces and the Pop Cola Panthers from 1988-2003...
(Alaska) - Bonel Balingit (Sunkist)
- Alvin PatrimonioAlvin PatrimonioAlvin Vergara Patrimonio , nicknamed "The Captain" and "Captain Lionheart" is a retired Filipino professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager of his former team, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.Patrimonio holds several PBA records...
(Purefoods) - Nelson AsaytonoNelson AsaytonoNelson Asaytono is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association, also known as "The Bull" for his monster dunks...
(Sunkist)
- All Defensive Team:
- Jerry CodiñeraJerry CodiñeraJerry Codiñera is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994...
(Purefoods) - Glenn Capacio (Purefoods)
- Chris Jackson (Sta. Lucia)
- Elpidio Villamin (Sunkist)
- Art dela Cruz (San Miguel)
- Jerry Codiñera
Awards given by the PBA Press Corps
- Coach of the Year: Derrick PumarenDerrick PumarenFrederick S. Pumaren, better known as Derrick Pumaren, is a Filipino basketball coach.-Career:Derrick Pumaren was a member of the UE Red Warrior 1978 and 1979 Championship Teams, PBA Consultant, and a National Team Coach...
(Sunkist) - Mr. Quality Minutes: Porfirio "Jun" Marzan (Shell)
- Executive of the Year: Elmer Yanga (Swift)
- Comeback Player of the Year: Elipidio Villamin (Sunkist)
- Referee of the Year: Ernesto de Leon