1997 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies season
| 1997 Purefoods Corned Beef season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Eric Altamirano |
| All-Filipino Cup results | |
| Record | 18–10 (64.3%) |
| Place | 1st |
| Playoff finish | Finals |
| Commissioner's Cup results | |
| Record | 3–7 (30%) |
| Place | 8th |
| Playoff finish | N/A |
| Governors Cup results | |
| Record | 13–12 (52%) |
| Place | 2nd |
| Playoff finish | Finals |
| Purefoods Corned Beef seasons | |
The 1997 Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies in the Governor's Cup.
Off-season transactions
| TRANSACTIONS |
|---|
| Freche Ang Drafted Rookie |
| Cris Bolado Acquired from Alaska when they trade Rodney Santos and Bryant Punsalan |
| Glenn Capacio Traded to Mobiline for Cadel Mosqueda |
| Elmer Lago Acquired from Shell |
| Cadel Mosqueda Acquired from Mobiline |
| Olsen Racela Shipped to San Miguel Beer for a pair of draft picks in 1999 and 2000 [1] |
| Genesis Sasuman Rookie free agent signed |
Acquisition / Trades
11-year veteran Sonny Cabatu was signed to temporarily replaced Reuben De la Rosa's spot in the lineup during the All-Filipino Cup.
On July 21, pre-season acquisition Cris Bolado was traded to Gordon's Gin in exchange for Edward Joseph Feihl, who hold out of his contract with the Boars, Feihl began playing for Purefoods in the Governors Cup. [2]
Championship (finals stint)
The Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys won the All-Filipino Cup title at the expense of Gordon's Gin Boars. Coach Eric Altamirano, who replaces Chot Reyes at the start of the season, became the youngest coach to steer his team to a PBA crown.
In the Governors Cup, Purefoods advances into the championship series for the second time in the season by winning their best-of-five semifinal series against San Miguel Beermen, three games to two. Going up against the defending champion Alaska Milkmen in the finals, the Carne Norte Beefies won Game one but lost the last four games to settled for a runner-up finish in the season-ending conference.
Occurrences
Two imports by the same name of Mike Jones played for Purefoods in the season, the first one was a third round pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1988 NBA draft and who played in the Commissioners Cup, replacing their former import Ronnie Grandison, who return to the team he played with back in 1993 but couldn't lead the Cowboys to victories this time.
The other Mike Jones was from Rutgers University, who played in the Governors Cup finals and he started out with the Beefies in their fourth outing in the Governors Cup after temporary import Eric Brown fill in for Jones in the first three games.
Award
- Alvin Patrimonio won his fourth Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy, tying the record of Ramon Fernandez' four MVPs.
Roster
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