1990 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals
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| Dates | August 21 - September 4, 1990 | |||||||||
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| Television | Vintage Sports (PTV) | |||||||||
| Radio network | DZSR | |||||||||
The 1990 PBA All Filipino Conference Finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1990 PBA All-Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Presto Tivolis and Purefoods Hotdogs played for the 46th championship contested by the league.
The Presto Tivolis wins their 6th PBA title and its fourth All-Filipino crown with a 4-3 series victory against Purefoods Hotdogs, which failed to win the prestigious All-Filipino plum for the third straight year, their finals series marked only the third time the championship went into a full route of seven games.
Presto Tivolis, getting the big plays from Arnie Tuadles and Zaldy Realubit, frustrated the Hotdogs, who failed to cash in on their winning plays in the dying seconds. Alvin Patrimonio muffed a gift shot, failing to complete a three-point play and preventing the Hotdogs from taking a crucial one-point lead in the final 30 seconds. Arnie Tuadles scored underneath the basket with the foul from Patrimonio, giving the Tivolis a 97-95 lead with 14 seconds left, Tuadles missed his bonus free throw but Zaldy Realubit outwitted Jerry Codinera for the rebound and stretch in for a lay-up and fished a foul from Codinera to seal the game. The Tivolis had their largest lead of 13 points at 62-49 in the third quarter, the Hotdogs erased that deficit with Nelson Asaytono erupting with 17 of his night-high 27 points in the fourth quarter as Purefoods came closer to within a point, 87-88, with 4:38 remaining.
The first two quarters ended in a deadlock at 30-all and 60-all. In the third period, the Hotdogs with Jack Tanuan playing quality minutes, relieving Jerry Codinera, took a commanding 21-point lead several times, the last at 97-76, Gerry Esplana and Allan Caidic rallied the Tivolis back in the game and were only down by 12 going into the fourth quarter. Presto looks set for a come-from-behind win and a 2-0 series advantage after Caidic scored to give the Tivolis a 124-123 lead with less than five seconds remaining, Presto coach Jimmy Mariano committed the biggest blunder of the series, calling a timeout with two seconds left on the Hotdogs' possession, with Purefoods having no more timeouts. On the Hotdogs' inbound play, the ball went high-up and landed on Jerry Codinera's hands who scored on a buzzer-beating lay-up, ruled goal-tending on Zaldy Realubit, to give the Hotdogs the victory.
Purefoods leads by as much as 15 points during the second period. The Tivolis got a big lift for the second time from Arnie Tuadles and Zaldy Realubit, regain the upperhand as the Hotdogs again folded up in the homestretch, Nelson Asaytono lost the ball on a crucial inbound play in the final minutes of the game.
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