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1990 Alaska Air Force season

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1990 Alaska Air Force season
Head coachTim Cone
General ManagerJoaqui Trillo
Owner(s)Alaska Milk Corporation
First Conference results
Record9–9
(50%)
Place5th
Playoff finishSemifinals
All-Filipino Conference results
Record6–12
(33.3%)
Place5th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Third Conference results
Record14–9
(60.9%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishRunner Up
Alaska Air Force seasons
← 1989
1991 →

The 1990 Alaska Air Force season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

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Round Pick Player Details
2 12 Macario Torres Signed
3 19 Loreto Manaog Signed
4 25 David Zamar Unsigned, free agent

Scoring record

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April 26: Paul Alvarez scored a record-breaking 71 points in Alaska's 169-138 win over Shell. The 71-point output by Mr.Excitement surpass Allan Caidic's 68 points set in November of last year.[1]

Occurrences

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Assistant coach Chot Reyes took over the coaching duties from coach Tim Cone for a couple of games in the All-Filipino Conference following the Basketball Coaches of the Philippines (BCOP) decision issuing a temporary restraining order preventing coach Tim Cone from handling the team. Reyes led Alaska to its first win in the conference with a 100-99 squeaker over Purefoods on June 17.[2]

Runner-up finish

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Sean Chambers return as their import in the Third Conference and along with Carlos Clark, a member of the 1984 NBA World Champions Boston Celtics. The Airmen were the top team in the elimination round with eight wins and two losses, they scored their 12th victory in 17 games against Shell, 114-94 on November 27.[3] The Airmen got a free ride for the first finals berth when Purefoods lost to Sarsi in their last game in the semifinals on December 2.[4]

Alaska went on to battle the Purefoods Hotdogs for the Third Conference championship and came so close in winning their first PBA title after surging ahead, 2-0 in the best-of-five finals series, only to lose the remaining three games. High-leaping Paul Alvarez, who played the hero's role in their first two victories, was injured in Game three and was out for the rest of the final playoffs.

Roster

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1990 Alaska Air Force roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 3 Philippines Cordero, Edgardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UST
G/F 6 Philippines Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu
G/F 8 Philippines Manaog, Loreto 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
G/F 9 Philippines Cabahug, Boy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Visayas
C 10 Philippines Polistico, Adriano 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Letran
G 11 Philippines Altamirano, Eric 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UP Diliman
F 12 Philippines Lazaro, Rey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern
F/C 13 Philippines Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
C 16 Philippines Torres, Macario 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Far Eastern
F 21 Philippines Alvarez, Paul 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian
G 22 Philippines Lim, Frankie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda
G 23 Philippines Marata, Ric-Ric 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Southwestern-U
F 24 Philippines Codinera, Harmon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Transactions

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Mid-season acquisition

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Player Signed Details
Edgardo Cordero July 1990 Signed up to replace the injured Macario Torres

Trades

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September 1990
To Pepsi
#32 Abet Guidaben
To Alaska
Harmon Codinera

Recruited imports

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Name Conference No. Pos. Ht. College Duration
Anthony Simms First Conference 34 Forward 6"5' Boston University February 20 to April 29
Sean Chambers Third Conference 20 Forward 6"1' Cal Poly San Luis Obispo September 30 to December 20
Carlos Clark 4 Forward 6"4' University of Mississippi October 7 to December 20

References

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  1. ^ "Bong Alvarez marks 30th-year anniversary of 71-point scoring milestone". Spin.ph.
  2. ^ "Tight win by Alaska". Manila Standard.
  3. ^ "Alaska cuts down Shell". Manila Standard.
  4. ^ "Alaska gets title crack". Manila Standard.