1988 Añejo Rhum 65ers season
| 1988 Añejo Rum 65ers season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Robert Jaworski |
| Owner(s) | La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. |
| Open Conference results | |
| Record | 12–11 (.522) |
| Place | 4th |
| Playoff finish | Semifinals |
| All-Filipino Conference results | |
| Record | 16–9 (.640) |
| Place | 1st |
| Playoff finish | Finals |
| Reinforced Conference results | |
| Record | 12–10 (.545) |
| Place | 3rd |
| Playoff finish | Semifinals |
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Stats @ PBA-Online.net |
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| Añejo Rum 65ers seasons | |
The 1988 Añejo Rum 65ers season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Formerly known as Ginebra San Miguel in the Open Conference.
On September 13, 1988, Game four of the All-Filipino Conference finals between Añejo Rum 65 and Purefoods Hotdogs, with the Rum Masters leading the best-of-five series, two games to one, they came back from 19 points down in the third quarter and forces overtime at 119-all on playing-coach Sonny Jaworski's game-tying basket with two seconds to go in regulation, a 16-5 windup in the extension period gave the Rum Masters their second PBA title and became the fifth team to win the All-Filipino diadem.
Añejo Rum won the one-week PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup, with Bobby Parks, on loan from Shell, as their import. The Rum Masters defeated Alaska Milkmen in the one-game finale, 128-126.
March 24: Ginebra scored their first win of the season, winning over San Miguel Beermen, 118–113, import Jamie Waller tallied 55 points.
April 17: Ginebra repeated over their sister team San Miguel, 115-104, behind a 17–5 blast in the last five minutes of the ballgame in their most impressive win in the conference against the team that beat them in 17 out of 20 meetings last season.
April 24: Jamie Waller scored 57 points as Ginebra got back at their arch-rival Purefoods Hotdogs in the second round of eliminations via 127-122 win, playing-coach Sonny Jaworski was chosen best player of the game. It was the fifth straight victory by Ginebra as they raised their standings to six wins and three losses.
May 12: Ginebra defeated San Miguel Beermen for the fourth time in the conference, 114-108, a 6-0 windup in the final two minutes with Sonny Jaworski stealing the ball from Hector Calma from a San Miguel inbound and converted on a lay-up that broke the 108-all deadlock.
August 2: Dante Gonzalgo scored 34 points to lead Añejo to a 104-97 win over Purefoods and moved closer to the semifinal round in the All-Filipino Conference with their fifth win in 10 games.
August 4: Sonny Jaworski's buzzer-beating follow-up lifted Añejo to a 115-113 win over Great Taste and clinched the fifth and last semifinals berth. The Big J came from nowhere to grab an offensive rebound and a winning basket off Philip Cezar and Abe King after Joey Loyzaga's jumper and Dondon Ampalayo's follow up both rimmed out.
September 4: Trailing by 11 points at the start of the fourth quarter of their playoff game against San Miguel for the right to face Purefoods in the finals, the Rum Masters banked on Romulo Mamaril's buzzer-beating basket off a feed from Joey Loyzaga in the last five seconds (described by the Big J as "God's play") to repulse the Beermen, 102-100, and arrange a dream finals match with the Purefoods Hotdogs.
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