1990 PBA Third Conference Finals
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| Dates | December 11 – 20, 1990 | |||||||||
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| Television | Vintage Sports (PTV) | |||||||||
| Radio network | DZSR | |||||||||
The 1990 PBA Third Conference Finals was the best-of-5 championship series of the 1990 PBA Third Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Purefoods Hotdogs and Alaska Milkmen played for the 47th championship contested by the league and are both gunning for their first PBA crown.
Purefoods Hotdogs finally wins their first PBA title in three years of participation, overcame a 0-2 series deficit against Alaska Milkmen to win the final three games, duplicating the feat achieved by the famed Crispa Redmanizers in 1976, as coach Baby Dalupan won his 15th championship.
Paul Alvarez' heroics on a driving layup with two seconds left gave Alaska a two-point victory, the Hotdogs slowly work their way from a 94-100 deficit, Al Solis' triple cut the lead to one and Daren Queenan's two free throws tied the count at 103-all with less than 15 seconds remaining. The Milkmen's chances dimmed early as ace guard Frankie Lim twisted his left ankle barely 11 seconds into the series opener.
Purefoods led by seven points, 89-82, going into the final quarter. When the score was at 106-99 in Hotdogs' favor, Elmer Cabahug nailed a three-pointer that started a 9-0 run for Alaska to grab the upperhand at 108-106. The Hotdogs on a verge of another last minute collapse and were down by three, 109-112, when import Robert Rose drive hard to the basket and scored plus a foul, he fell on his back and crash to the floor. Rose completed a three-point play to tie the count at 112-all, after Sean Chambers put Alaska on top, 114-112, Paul Alvarez again played the hero's role when he intercept a Purefoods inbound pass with only 17 seconds remaining in the game, the Hotdogs had two chances to send the game into overtime with Alaska leading, 115–112, but missed on two hurriedly three-point attempts with a second left, a frustrated Daren Queenan was given a technical foul and was thrown out of the game.
Alaska led 17-8 early and 28-22 at the end of the first quarter. Purefoods turned it around in the second period; a buzzer-beating dunk by Nelson Asaytono off a steal on the inbound play gave the Hotdogs a 56-47 advantage at halftime. Purefoods padded the lead to 15 points in the third quarter. The Milkmen lost Paul Alvarez with a torn Achilles tendon and will be out of the series.
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