1993 PBA Governors Cup Finals
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| Dates | December 5–14, 1993 | |||||||||
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| Television | Vintage Sports (PTV) | |||||||||
| Radio network | DZAM | |||||||||
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The 1993 PBA Governors' Cup Finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1993 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Swift Mighty Meaties played for the 56th championship contested by the league.
The San Miguel Beermen wins their 10th PBA title with a 4-1 series victory over Swift Mighty Meaties.
Kenny Travis deflected a pass by Tony Harris in Swift's final offensive with the Beermen up, 139-138, in the second overtime. Travis split his free throw then pressed hard on Harris, who lost the ball to Alvin Teng, allowing San Miguel to escaped with a win. The Meaties were down by 15 points early in the fourth period but they battled back and forces overtime at 116-116 on Tony Harris' buzzer-beating basket. The Beermen trailed 117-122 in the extension period when Kenny Travis hit back-to-back triples to give the lead back to San Miguel, 123-122, the Beermen had the game all but wrapped up at 127-124 when Vergel Meneses hit a triple at the buzzer forcing second overtime at 127-all.
In an ugly clash of hotheads, Swift finally got back at San Miguel to level their series, Al Solis fired three triples while Nelson Asaytono pulled off a three-point play at the height of the Beermen's rally in the final stretch to seal the Meaties' first victory over San Miguel in this conference. The third quarter was marred by a free-for-all with Swift pulled ahead with its biggest lead, 89-71, both teams imports; Tony Harris and Kenny Travis, squared off on the Beermen's side of the court and play was stopped for nearly 15 minutes as players and officials spilled into the court and irate fans threw coins and other debris. Tony Harris, Kenny Travis, Art Dela Cruz and Rudy Distrito were thrown out of the game after being assessed fighting fouls and play resumed with the Meaties refusing to give in to the Beermen's relentless bid for a comeback. San Miguel came closest at 93-101 with still 7:47 left.
San Miguel rallied from a deficit of 12 points, 71-83, to come within 84-85 with only few seconds remaining in the third quarter. Kenny Travis' slam on a fastbreak gave the Beermen the lead, 97-96, the wild crowd broke into uproar as Al Solis hit two triples, answering Allan Caidic's own trey for a 102-100 Swift edge. The Meaties went up by six, 108-102, but the Beermen countered with six straight points, forcing overtime. Kenny Travis stole the ball from Tony Harris with less than 20 seconds left to give the Beermen ball possession and protect the 108-all count at regulation.
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