1994 Philippine Basketball League season
| 1994 PBL season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 13 – December 19, 1994 |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Conferences | |
| International Invitational Cup champions | Casino Rubbing Alcohol |
| Runners-up | Nikon Electric Fan |
| Reinforced Conference champions | Otto Shoes |
| Runners-up | Burger Machine |
| Invitational Cup champions | Instafood |
| Runners-up | Otto Shoes |
| Seasons | |
| Qualified for semifinals |
| Qualified for finals |
| Qualified for semifinals |
The 1994 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL).
Guest teams seeded in the semifinal round were the Fil-Am California-Cebuana Lhuillier and Chinese-Yakult. After the one-round semifinals, Casino Rubbing Alcohol swept all their seven assignments for a perfect 7-0 card, Nikon clinch the second finals berth with a 5-2 won-loss record, three other teams; Otto Shoes, Instafood and Cebuana-Lhuillier were tied at 4-3, Burger Machine at 2-5, Chinese-Yakult and Rica Hotdogs were at the bottom with 1-6.
Casino Rubbing Alcohol won their first championship after eight years of long search for the elusive crown since taking the reins of Cebu-based Mama's Love franchise. Coach Willie Generalao won his first title as a head mentor. The Alcohol Makers unleashed a 9-0 run in the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter of the title-clinching Game Four of the finals series against Nikon Electric Fan. Edward Joseph Feihl scored four straight points and Casino got five more points from Rudolf Belmonte, Gilbert Castillo and Dingdong Pastor to shove ahead, 66-57, with three minutes to go. The conference Most Valuable Player Jeffrey Cariaso paced Nikon with 22 points.
Note: The last playing date of a semifinal double-header on June 22 was no longer played to give the two finalists more time to prepare
The Import-flavored Reinforced Conference opens on April 30. The respective teams imports were Alan Ogg of Carol Ann (formerly Rica Hotdogs), Derek Brower of Chowking, Randy Henry of Red Bull, Mick Kilgore of Burger Machine, Keith Hughes of Instafood, who was replaced by Dietrich Waters, Casino's Hammie Ward, Otto Shoes' Steve Wills and Patrick Eddie of Nikon.
Otto Shoes, which top the eliminations at 12-2 and the semifinals, ended a two-year title-drought with a 3-1 series win over Burger Machine. The Shoe Makers were still known as Sta.Lucia when they last won a championship back in 1992. The conference Most Valuable Player Marlou Aquino, finish with 20 points while Jun Jabar added 15 and import Steve Wills contributed 14 points for Otto. Burger's Mick Kilgore had 35 points, hotshot Kenneth Duremdes and Michael Mustre added 14 points apiece for the Burger Specialists.
During the International Invitational Cup semifinals, two foreign teams; Los Angeles PRO stars and Belgrade Radnicki-CIP were supposed to arrive as guest teams but didn't come. The PBL board was thinking of just naming the tournament "PBL Cup" until a Beijing selection, a national men's club champion to be sponsored by Crispa here, confirm their participation only in the first round of the semifinals, the Crispa-Chinese selection perform poorly in their short stint.
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