1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup
# 1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 1995 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 1995 PBA season. It started on June 9 and ended on September 5, 1995. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

## Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

* The teams were divided into 2 groups.
* Teams in a group will play against each other twice and against teams in the other group once; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.
* The top six teams after the eliminations will advance to the quarterfinals.
* Quarterfinals will be a single round robin affairs with the remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over.
* The top four teams will advance to a best-of-five semifinal round.
   * SF1: #1 vs. #4
   * SF2: #2 vs. #3
* Best-of-three third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals
* Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals

## Elimination round

### Team standings

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sunkist Orange Juicers | 9 | 1 | .900 | — | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Alaska Milkmen | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Formula Shell Gas Kings | 2 | 8 | .200 | 7 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Pepsi Mega Bottlers | 1 | 9 | .100 | 8 | |
| 8 | Ginebra San Miguel | 1 | 9 | .100 | 8 | |

## Quarterfinals

### Team standings

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sunkist Orange Juicers | 12 | 3 | .800 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Alaska Milkmen | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3 | Advance to semifinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4 | |
| 6 | Formula Shell Gas Kings | 4 | 11 | .267 | 8 | |

* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Sta. Lucia 3–0 Alaska

## Bracket

| Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sunkist | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Purefoods | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Purefoods | 2 | 1 | Sunkist | 4 |
| | | | 3 | Alaska | 2 |
| 2 | Sta. Lucia | 0 | 3 | Alaska | 2 |
| 3 | Alaska | 3 | Third place playoff | Third place playoff | Third place playoff |
| | | | 4 | Purefoods | 0 |
| | | | 2 | Sta. Lucia | 2 |

## Semifinals

### (1) Sunkist vs. (4) Purefoods

* Vintage
* August 11
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* August 13
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* Vintage
* August 15
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* Vintage
* August 18
* recap
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* August 20
* recap

Sunkist Orange Juicers 105, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 99 :

* Sunkist wins series, 3–2 ||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

### (2) Sta. Lucia vs. (3) Alaska

* Vintage
* August 11
* recap
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* August 13
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* Vintage
* August 15

Alaska Milkmen 94, Sta. Lucia Realtors 99 :

* Alaska wins series, 3–0 ||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

## Third place playoffs

* Vintage
* August 25
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* Vintage
* August 27

Sta. Lucia Realtors 101, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 89 :

* Sta. Lucia wins series, 2–0 ||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

## Finals

* Vintage
* August 25
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* Vintage
* August 27
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* Vintage
* August 29
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* September 1
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* September 3
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* Vintage
* September 5

Sunkist Orange Juicers 106, Alaska Milkmen 87 :

* Sunkist wins series, 4–2 ||
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
