# 1990 PBA season

The 1990 PBA season was the 16th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Board of governors
### Executive committee

* Rudy Salud (Commissioner)
* Rey Marquez (Chairman, representing Formula Shell Zoom Masters)
* Wilfred Steven Uytengsu, representing Alaska Milkmen)
* Lance Gokongwei (Treasurer, representing Presto Tivolis)

### Teams

| Team | Company | Governor |
| Alaska Milkmen | General Milling Corporation | Wilfred Steven Uytengsu |
| Añejo Rum 65ers | La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. | Carlos Palanca III |
| Pepsi Hotshots | Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. | Luis Lorenzo, Sr. |
| Pop Cola Sizzlers | Republic Flour Mills Corporation | Elmer Yanga |
| Presto Tivolis | Consolidated Foods Corporation | Lance Gokongwei |
| Purefoods Hotdogs | Purefoods Corporation | Renato Buhain |
| San Miguel Beermen | San Miguel Corporation | Nazario Avendaño |
| Formula Shell Zoom Masters | Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation | Reynaldo Marquez |

## Season highlights

* The PBA increased its membership from 6 to 8 teams, with the entry of expansion franchises RFM/Cosmos Bottling, Inc. and Pepsi-Cola. The 6 regular PBA ballclubs were allowed to protect 9 players from its rosters, the two new teams will pick those players in the expansion pool.
* Formula Shell won their first PBA title after five years of participation, but the biggest story of the year was the walkout of Añejo Rum 65 in Game 6 of the First Conference finals, the 65ers were heavily fined a total of P550,000.
* Presto Tivolis won the All-Filipino crown at the expense of Purefoods Hotdogs for their first title in three years and sixth overall.
* With the advent of "Open basketball" being approved, professional basketball players are now allowed to play in the international tournaments such as the Olympics and World championships, the PBA send an all-pro team to the Beijing Asian Games in September and chosen to coach the PBA-backed national team is Añejo playing coach Robert Jaworski. Despite only two weeks to prepare and injuries and problems hounding the team even from the time it was formed, the All-Pro nationals won a silver medal finish, behind host China.
* Purefoods Hotdogs came back from a 0-2 overhaul to win the Third Conference title and their first championship with a 3-2 series win over Alaska Milk, becoming only the second team to have won three straight after falling behind two games to none, the Hotdogs duplicated the feat achieved by the Crispa Redmanizers in 1976. Coach Baby Dalupan, the league's winningest coach, won his 15th title.

## Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
| Team | Muse |
| Alaska Milkmen | Lara Melissa de Leon |
| Añejo Rum 65 | Connie Fortaleza |
| Formula Shell | Sarah Jane Paez and Precious Tongko |
| Pepsi Hotshots | Dina Bonnevie |
| Pop Cola | Aiko Melendez |
| Presto Tivolis | Gem Padilla (Bb.Pilipinas-Universe) |
| Purefoods Hotdogs | Sharon Cuneta |
| San Miguel Beermen | Marilen Gonzales and Star Querubin |

## Champions

* First Conference: Formula Shell Zoom Masters
* All-Filipino Conference: Presto Tivolis
* Third Conference: Purefoods Hotdogs
* Team with best win–loss percentage: Formula Shell Zoom Masters (35-21, .625)
* Best Team of the Year: Purefoods Hotdogs (1st)

## First Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Añejo Rum 65ers | 8 | 2 | .800 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 8 | 2 | .800 | — | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Presto Tivolis | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Alaska Air Force | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | Purefoods Hotdogs | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5 | |
| 7 | Pop Cola Sizzlers | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6 | |
| 8 | Pepsi Hotshots | 1 | 9 | .100 | 7 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 14 | 4 | .778 | — | Advance to the finals |
| 2 | Añejo Rum 65ers | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2 | Advance to the finals |
| 3 | Presto Tivolis | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 4 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 5 | Alaska Air Force | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | W | L |
| 1 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | Añejo Rum 65ers | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | San Miguel Beermen | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Presto Tivolis | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Alaska Air Force | 3 | 5 |

### Third-place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| (3) Presto Tivolis | 1–3 | (4) San Miguel Beermen | 101–102 | 114–127 | 106–97 | 105–111 | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (1) Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 4–2 | (2) Añejo Rum 65ers | 134–131 | 127–135 | 156–134 | 138–135 (OT) | 101–130 | 62–47 | — |
* ↑ Añejo Rum walked out of the game with 2:52 left in the second quarter. The league awarded Shell with a Game 6 title-clinching default win.
* Best Import of the Conference: Bobby Parks (Shell)

## All-Filipino Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Presto Tivolis | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | Purefoods Hotdogs | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Añejo Rum 65ers | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Alaska Air Force | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 3 | 7 | .300 | 7 | |
| 7 | Pepsi Hotshots | 1 | 9 | .100 | 9 | |
| 8 | Pop Cola Sizzlers | 1 | 9 | .100 | 9 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Purefoods Hotdogs | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to the finals |
| 2 | Presto Tivolis | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Guaranteed finals berth playoff |
| 3 | Añejo Rum 65ers | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 4 | San Miguel Beermen | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Qualify to finals berth playoff |
| 5 | Alaska Air Force | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | Qualification |
| 1 | Purefoods Hotdogs | 6 | 2 | |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 2 | Qualify to finals berth playoffs |
| 3 | Añejo Rum 65ers | 5 | 3 | Qualify to finals berth playoffs |
| 4 | Presto Tivolis | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | Alaska Air Force | 0 | 8 | |

### Third place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| (3) Añejo Rum 65ers | 3–1 | (4) San Miguel Beermen | 131–125 | 125–146 | 123–114 | 129–123 | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (1) Purefoods Hotdogs | 3–4 | (2) Presto Tivolis | 95–99 | 125–124 | 111–115 | 139–125 | 119–123 | 128–117 | 96–115 |

## Third Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Air Force | 8 | 2 | .800 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Presto Tivolis | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Purefoods Hotdogs | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Sarsi Sizzlers | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4 | |
| 7 | Añejo Rum 65ers | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4 | |
| 8 | Pepsi Hotshots | 0 | 10 | .000 | 8 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Air Force | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Purefoods Hotdogs | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | Advance to the Finals |
| 3 | Shell Rimula X | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 4 | Presto Tivolis | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 5 | Sarsi Sizzlers | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | W | L |
| 1 | Purefoods Hotdogs | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Presto Tivolis | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Shell Rimula X | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Alaska Air Force | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Sarsi Sizzlers | 2 | 6 |

### Third place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| (3) Shell Rimula X | 2–0 | (4) Presto Tivolis | 139–123 | 141–132 | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| (1) Alaska Air Force | 2–3 | (2) Purefoods Hotdogs | 105–103 | 118–112 | 103–117 | 99–104 (OT) | 98–99 |
* Best Import of the Conference: Bobby Parks (Shell)

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Allan Caidic (Presto)
* Rookie of the Year: Gerry Esplana (Presto)
* Most Improved Player: Rey Cuenco (Añejo)
* Mythical Five:
** Ronnie Magsanoc (Shell)
** Paul Alvarez (Alaska)
** Benjie Paras (Shell)
** Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
** Allan Caidic (Presto)
* Mythical Second Team:
** Samboy Lim (San Miguel)
** Rudy Distrito (Añejo)
** Ramon Fernandez (San Miguel)
** Elpidio Villamin (Alaska)
** Rey Cuenco (Añejo)
* All-Defensive Team:
** Abe King (Presto)
** Glenn Capacio (Purefoods)
** Alvin Teng (San Miguel)
** Elpidio Villamin (Alaska)
** Chito Loyzaga (Añejo)

## Cumulative standings

| Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
| Formula Shell Zoom Masters / Shell Rimula X | 56 | 35 | 21 | .625 |
| Presto Tivolis | 69 | 40 | 29 | .579 |
| Añejo Rum 65ers | 57 | 33 | 24 | .578 |
| Purefoods Hotdogs | 59 | 34 | 25 | .577 |
| San Miguel Beermen | 56 | 29 | 27 | .517 |
| Alaska Milkmen | 59 | 29 | 30 | .491 |
| Pop Cola/Sarsi Sizzlers | 38 | 10 | 28 | .358 |
| Pepsi Hotshots | 30 | 2 | 28 | .067 |