1995 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season

1995 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs season
Head coach Chot Reyes
All Filipino Cup results
Record 1011
(.476)
Place 4th
Playoff finish Semifinals
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 1111
(.500)
Place 4th
Playoff finish Semifinals
Governors Cup results
Record 99
(.500)
Place 5th
Playoff finish Semifinals
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs seasons
1994 1996

The 1995 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

PBA Draft
Chris Jackson (1st round) 4th overall pick; acquired from Pepsi in a trade last season involving Dindo Pumaren
Edmund Reyes (1st round)
Brian Michael Orquillas (2nd round)
Alejandro Lim (2nd round)

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Edmund Reyes Drafted Rookie
Alejandro Lim Drafted Rookie
Emilio Chuatico Acquired from Ginebra when they traded Vince Hizon
Edgar Tanuan Acquired from Sta.Lucia in exchange for their first round pick Chris Jackson
Joselito Martin Signed via free agency, released by Shell

Summary

All-Filipino Cup: The Tender Juicy Hotdogs finished the eliminations with an even 5-5 won-loss card. On March 14, the Hotdogs' defense held Pepsi Mega to a lowest output in a 73-58 win, [1] two weeks after on March 28, the Hotdogs limited San Miguel Beer this time to only 67 points in an 80-67 victory. [2] Purefoods clinch a playoff for the second finals berth on April 30, ousting Sta.Lucia Realtors, 92-90, for their 10th win in 17 games. The Hotdogs were forced into a sudden-death playoff by Alaska Milkmen and were booted out in the All-Filipino Cup finals for the first time since joining the league in 1988, losing to the Milkmen, 89-115, in a knockout game on May 5. The Hotdogs were swept in two games by Sta.Lucia Realtors in their best-of-three series for third place.

Commissioner's Cup: Last year's best import awardee Kenny Redfield, who led the Hotdogs to a championship, was not available on time and Purefoods had to settle for Adrian Branch as their import in their first two games. Branch debut with 40 points in the Hotdogs' 98-104 loss to Sunkist on June 11. After three games and still winless at 0-3, Kenny Redfield returns and replaces Branch. Redfield led the Hotdogs to their first win against Pepsi Mega, 92-84 in Cabanatuan City on June 24. [3] Purefoods won five of their next six games in the elimination round and handed the Sunkist Orange Juicers their first loss after nine straight wins in a 91-81 victory on the final day of the elimination round on July 18. In the six-team carry-over quarterfinals, Purefoods started out with two straight wins, first with Sta.Lucia, 83-81 on July 25, [4] and repeated over Sunkist, 85-80 on July 28, [5] the Hotdogs lost their next two outings before making it to the final four, eliminating the San Miguel Beermen, 104-103 in overtime on August 6, as Alvin Patrimonio tallied 36 points. In the best-of-five semifinal series against Sunkist Orange Juicers, the Hotdogs forces a deciding fifth game, coming back from 15 points down early in the second quarter of Game four to win by a big margin in the final period. In Game five, Purefoods trailed by 16 points with less than six minutes left in the fourth quarter but battled back to close the gap within three points before eventually losing, 99-105 to Sunkist. The Hotdogs missed out a finals stint for the second straight conference in the season, the first time in franchise history.

Governors Cup: Former San Miguel import Jay Taylor, who last played in 1992, was Purefoods' reinforcement. The Hotdogs placed second in the eliminations, tied with Alaska Milkmen with 7 wins and 3 losses and a game behind leader Sunkist Orange Juicers. Taylor played in their first four games in the semifinals in which they lost three of their matches that hurt their chances, Taylor was replaced by Gerrod Abram, who could only lead the team to one win in four games he played as Purefoods bowed out in fifth place, missing all three championships contested in the year.

Roster

Pos. No. Player School
F 1 Philippines Bong Ravena UE
F 5 Philippines Edmund Reyes UST
F 7 Philippines Rey Evangelista UST
G 8 Philippines Emilio Chuatico Ateneo de Manila
F 9 Philippines Peter Naron University of Visayas
F 10 Philippines Joselito Martin NCBA
G 11 Philippines Richie Ticzon Ateneo de Manila
G 12 Philippines Glenn Capacio FEU
F 16 Philippines Alvin Patrimonio Mapua Tech
G 17 Philippines Olsen Racela Ateneo de Manila
F 19 Philippines Alejandro Lim University of Visayas
C 41 Philippines Edgar Tanuan FEU
C 44 Philippines Jerry Codinera UE
F 24 United States Adrian Branch (C) University of Maryland
F 3 United States Kenny Redfield (C) Michigan State University
G 24 United States Jay Taylor (G) Eastern Illinois University
G United States Gerrod Abram (G) Boston University
Position Name/s
Head coach:Philippines Chot Reyes
Assistants:Eric Altamirano
(C) - Commissioner's Cup import, (G) - Governor's Cup import '

Team Manager: Teddy Dimayuga

References

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