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{{Short description|26th PBA season}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox PBA season league
| title            = 2000 PBA season
| year             = 2000
| logo             = Pba2000.jpg
| duration         = February 20 – December 20, 2000
| no_of_teams      = 10
| attendance       = 
| TV               = [[PBA on Viva TV|Viva TV]] ([[Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation|IBC]])
| draft            = 2000 PBA Draft
| top_pick         = [[Paolo Mendoza]]
| picked_by        = [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]]
| MVP              = [[Danny Ildefonso]]<br /> {{small|([[San Miguel Beermen]])}}
| top_scorer       = 
| top_scorer_link  = 
| conf1            = All-Filipino Cup
| conf1_link       = 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup
| conf1_champ      = [[Alaska Milkmen]]
| conf1_runner-up  = [[Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs]]
| conf2            = Commissioner's Cup
| conf2_link       = 2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup
| conf2_champ      = [[San Miguel Beermen]]
| conf2_runner-up  = [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]]
| conf3            = Governors Cup
| conf3_link       = 2000 PBA Governors Cup
| conf3_champ      = [[San Miguel Beermen]]
| conf3_runner-up  = [[Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs]]
| prevseason_link  =1999 PBA season
| prevseason_year  =1999
| nextseason_link  =2001 PBA season
| nextseason_year  =2001
}}
The '''2000 PBA season''' was the 26th season of the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA).

==Board of governors==

===Executive committee===
* [[Jun Bernardino|Emilio Bernardino, Jr.]] (Commissioner) 
* [[Wilfred Steven Uytengsu]] (Chairman, representing Alaska Milkmen)
* Ignatius Yenko (Vice-Chairman, representing Mobiline Phone Pals)
* Alberto Villa-Abrille, Jr. (Treasurer, representing San Miguel Beermen)

===Teams===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%; width:70%"
|-
!Team !! Company !! Governor !! Alternate Governor
|-
| [[Alaska Aces (PBA)|Alaska Milkmen]] || [[Alaska Milk Corporation]] || [[Wilfred Steven Uytengsu]] || [[Joaquin Trillo]] 
|-
| [[Barangay Ginebra Kings]] || [[Ginebra San Miguel|La Tondeña Distillers, Inc.]] || Casiano Cabalan Jr. || Ira Daniel Maniquis
|-
| [[Batang Red Bull Energizers]] || Photokina Marketing Corporation || George Chua || George Balagtas
|-
| [[Mobiline Phone Pals]] || [[Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company]] || Ignatius Yenko || Deborah Anne Tan
|-
| [[Pop Cola 800s]] || [[RFM Corporation|Republic Flour Mills Corporation]] || [[Elmer Yanga]]|| Philip Prieto
|-
| [[Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs]] || [[San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc.|Purefoods Corporation]] || Francisco Alejo III || 
|-
| [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]] || [[Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation]]|| Manuel Encarnado || 
|-
| [[San Miguel Beermen]] || [[San Miguel Brewery|San Miguel Brewery, Inc.]] || Alberto Villa-Abrille, Jr. || 
|-
| [[Shell Turbo Chargers]] || Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation || Reynaldo Gamboa || 
|-
| [[Tanduay Rhum Masters]] || Basic Holdings Corporation || [[Lucio Tan Jr.]] || David De Joya
|}

==Notable occurrences==
*PBA's TV partner, [[Vintage Television]] was absorbed by [[Viva Entertainment]].
*[[Barako Bull Energy Boosters|Batang Red Bull Energizers]] entered the league as an expansion team.
*Songwriter and composer [[Jim Paredes]] was commissioned by the league to compose the league's theme song, in celebration of its 25th anniversary. The song, entitled "Todo Bigay" was first performed by [[Regine Velasquez]] during the league's opening ceremonies.
*The league celebrated their silver anniversary on April 9, 2000, with the awarding of the [[PBA's 25th Anniversary All-Time Team|PBA's 25 greatest players]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RVM1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2054%2C4501085|title=PBA Celebrates 25th year|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>
*The league forfeited [[Barako Bull Energy Boosters|Batang Red Bull]]'s wins when 18-year-old [[Kerby Raymundo]] was found to have deficient academic credentials. He would later return to the team in 2001.
*It was the year when a crackdown of alleged fake [[Fil-foreign]] cagers led to deportations of [[Asi Taulava]] and [[Sonny Alvarado]]. [[Eric Menk]], [[Danny Seigle]] and Chris Jackson were among those suspended by the PBA.
*The Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) revoked the Filipino citizenship of [[Tanduay Rhum Masters|Tanduay]]'s [[Sonny Alvarado]] as it uncovered that the player used fraudulent papers; consequently, the BID ordered Alvarado's deportation.
*Alvarado's deportation affected the season's [[2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup|All-Filipino Cup]] semifinal round after PBA commissioner [[Jun Bernardino]] forfeited two of Tanduay's semifinal wins (Games 2 and 3) against [[Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs|Purefoods]], since Alvarado played in those games (he didn't play in the first game). With the forfeitures, the series would have resumed on Game 4 with Purefoods leading the series 2–1; however, Tanduay secured a [[temporary restraining order]] (TRO) that prevented the league from staging Game 4 of their series. This has been the first time a PBA game has been suspended via a court order.

==Opening ceremonies==
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable sortable"
! style= width="45%"| Team
! style= width="55%"| Muse
|-
| [[Alaska Milkmen]]
| Children of Alaska players
|- 
| [[Batang Red Bull Energizers]]
| Lindsay Custodio and [[Assunta De Rossi]]
|-
| [[Barangay Ginebra Kings]]
| [[Ana Roces]]
|-
| [[Pop Cola 800s]]
| [[Cris Villonco]]
|-
| [[Mobiline Phone Pals]]
| Mary Jean Maycon
|-
| [[Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs]]
| [[Antoinette Taus]]
|-
| [[San Miguel Beermen]]
| Bianca Zobel
|-
| [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Shell Velocity]]
| [[Miriam Quiambao]]
|-
| [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]]
| [[Binibining Pilipinas]] [[Binibining Pilipinas 2000|2000]] candidates
|-
| [[Tanduay Rhum Masters]]
| Bernadette Allyson
|}

==2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup==
{{main|2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup}}

===Elimination round===
{{2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup standings}}

===Playoffs===
{{:2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup|transcludesection=Bracket}}

==== Quarterfinals ====
{{TwoLegStart|agg-score=[[Playoff format#Twice-to-beat advantage|Series]]|game=y}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(1) [[Tanduay Rhum Masters]]'''*||1–0|(8) [[Barangay Ginebra Kings]]||101–78|—}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(2) [[San Miguel Beermen]]'''*||1–0|(7) [[Mobiline Phone Pals]]||82–61|—}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(3) [[Alaska Milkmen]]'''*||1–0|(6) [[Pop Cola 800s]]||81–67|—}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(4) [[Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]]'''*||1–1|(5) [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]]||68–93|89–79}}
|}*Team has [[twice-to-beat advantage]]. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.

==== Semifinals ====
{{ThreeLegStart|legs=5}}
{{ThreeLegResult|(1) [[Tanduay Rhum Masters]]||1–3|'''(4) [[Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]]'''||91–79|<s>85–75</s>{{efn|Tanduay originally won Games 2 and 3, and the series 3–0, but the results of these games were reversed after Tanduay player Sonny Alvarado played on these games and was later ruled to be ineligible. The series resumed with Purefoods leading the series 2–1.|name=tan-bgk|group=semis}}|<s>93–70</s>{{efn|name=tan-bgk|group=semis}}|{{no wrap|71–72 {{(OT)}}}}|—}}
{{ThreeLegResult|(2) [[San Miguel Beermen]]||1–3|'''(3) [[Alaska Milkmen]]'''||70–77|77–75|78–83|83–120|—}}
|}{{notelist|group=semis}}

===== Third place playoff =====
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|'''(1) [[Tanduay Rhum Masters]]'''||103–92|(2) [[San Miguel Beermen]]||}}
{{End}}

==== Finals ====
{{main|2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals}}
{{ThreeLegStart|legs=7}}
{{ThreeLegResult|'''(3) [[Alaska Aces (PBA)|Alaska Aces]]'''||4–1|(4) [[Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]]||59–73|93–76|79–71|88–75|85–84|—|—}}
|}

==2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup==
{{main|2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup}}

===Elimination round===
{{2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup standings}}

===Playoffs===
{{:2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup|transcludesection=Bracket}}

==== Quarterfinals ====
{{TwoLegStart|agg-score=[[Playoff format#Twice-to-beat advantage|Series]]|game=y}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(1) [[San Miguel Beermen]]'''*||1–0|(8) [[Barangay Ginebra Kings]]||90–89|—}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(2) [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]]'''*||1–0|(7) [[Sunkist Orange Juicers]]||72–69|—}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(3) [[Tanduay Rhum Masters]]'''*||1–0|(6) [[Mobiline Phone Pals]]||77–66|—}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(4) [[Alaska Milkmen]]'''*||1–0|(5) [[Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]]||85–82|—}}
|}*Team has [[twice-to-beat advantage]]. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.

==== Semifinals ====
{{ThreeLegStart|legs=5}}
{{ThreeLegResult|'''(1) [[San Miguel Beermen]]'''||3–0|(4) [[Alaska Milkmen]]||106–91|94–93|88–76|—|—}}
{{ThreeLegResult|'''(2) [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]]'''||3–1|(3) [[Tanduay Rhum Masters]]||79–65|93–85|73–95|80–71|—}}
|}

==== Third place playoff ====
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|(3) [[Tanduay Rhum Masters]]||71–119|'''(4) [[Alaska Milkmen]]'''||}}
{{End}}

==== Finals ====
{{main|2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals}}
{{ThreeLegStart|legs=7}}
{{ThreeLegResult|'''(1) [[San Miguel Beermen]]'''||4–1|(2) [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]]||106–78|72–67|89–85|66–78|79–77|—|—}}
|}

==2000 PBA Governors' Cup==
{{main|2000 PBA Governors' Cup}}

===Elimination round===
{{2000 PBA Governors' Cup standings}}

===Playoffs===
{{2000 PBA Governors Cup Playoffs bracket}}

==== Quarterfinals ====
{{TwoLegStart|agg-score=[[Playoff format#Twice-to-beat advantage|Series]]|game=y}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(1) [[Mobiline Phone Pals]]'''*||1–1|(8) [[Barangay Ginebra Kings]]||81–84|100–86}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(2) [[Batang Red Bull Thunder]]'''*||1–0|(7) [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]]||91–87|—}}
{{TwoLegResult|(3) [[Tanduay Rhum Masters]]*||0–2|'''(6) [[San Miguel Beermen]]'''||89–100|83–90}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''(4) [[Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]]'''*||1–1|(5) [[Alaska Aces (PBA)|Alaska Aces]]||80–91|88–69}}
|}*Team has [[twice-to-beat advantage]]. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.

==== Semifinals ====
{{ThreeLegStart|legs=5}}
{{ThreeLegResult|(1) [[Mobiline Phone Pals]]||1–3|'''(4) [[Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]]'''||69–93|102–92|97–110|90–100|—}}
{{ThreeLegResult|(2) [[Batang Red Bull Thunder]]||1–3|'''(3) [[San Miguel Beermen]]'''||97–100|68–82|98–84|87–93|—}}
|}

==== Third place playoff ====
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|(1) [[Mobiline Phone Pals]]||89–98|'''(2) [[Batang Red Bull Thunder]]'''||}}
{{End}}

=== Finals ===
{{main|2000 PBA Governors' Cup finals}}
{{ThreeLegStart|legs=7}}
{{ThreeLegResult|(4) [[Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]]||1–4|'''(6) [[San Miguel Beermen]]'''||79–85|76–79|{{nowrap|101–105 {{(OT)|num=2}}}}|107–95|88–96|—|—}}
|}

==ABC-PBA All-Star Game==
As celebration to the league's twenty-fifth anniversary, the league and the Asian Basketball Confederation (now [[FIBA Asia]]) held the ABC-PBA All-Star Game.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XlM1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2528%2C16498685|title=PBA's finest battle Asia's best|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref> Controversy ensued when ABC team member [[Rommel Adducul]] (who was also playing for the [[Manila Metrostars]] of the [[Metropolitan Basketball Association]]) had to be late due to his commitments with the Metrostars. Adducul earlier played against the Pasig-Rizal Pirates, a few kilometers away from the ABC-PBA All-Star venue.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X1M1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=519%2C17131180|title=PBA stars rip ABC 5|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee|team1='''PBA All-Stars|score1=101'''|team2=ABC All-Stars|score2=81|place=[[PhilSports Arena]], [[Pasig]]|date=August 6}}

==Awards==
* '''[[Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award|Most Valuable Player]]''': [[Danny Ildefonso]] (San Miguel)
* '''[[Philippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award|Rookie of the Year]]''':  Davonn Harp (Red Bull)
* '''Sportsmanship Award''': Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
* '''Most Improved Player''': Mark Telan (Shell)
* '''Defensive Player of the Year''': Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
* '''Mythical Five'''
** [[Danny Ildefonso]] (San Miguel)
** [[Danny Seigle]] (San Miguel)
** [[Olsen Racela]] (San Miguel)
** [[Alvin Patrimonio]] (Purefoods)
** [[Kenneth Duremdes]] (Alaska)
* '''Mythical Second Team'''
** Dindo Pumaren (Purefoods)
** Jeffrey Cariaso (Tanduay)
** Bong Hawkins (Alaska)
** Rudy Hatfield (Tanduay)
** Marlou Aquino (Sta. Lucia)
* '''All Defensive Team'''
** Chris Jackson (Shell)
** Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
** Rey Evangelista (Purefoods)
** Jeffrey Cariaso (Tanduay)
** Dindo Pumaren (Purefoods)

===Awards given by the PBA Press Corps===
* '''Coach of the Year''': Jong Uichico (San Miguel)
* '''Mr. Quality Minutes''': Boybits Victoria (San Miguel)
* '''Executive of the Year''': Buddy Encarnado (Sta. Lucia)
* '''Comeback Player of the Year''': Ato Agustin (Red Bull)
* '''Referee of the Year''': Ernie de Leon

==Cumulative standings==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main |style=WL |ranking_style=percentage |show_GB=no |hide_played=no |GB_team=1 |for_against_style=none |update= complete |source=

|team1=SMB
|team2=ALA
|team3=TAN
|team4=PF
|team5=SLR
|team6=MOB
|team7=RB
|team8=BGK
|team9=POP
|team10=SHL

|win_ALA= 31 |loss_ALA= 18
|win_BGK= 15 |loss_BGK= 22
|win_RB= 16 |loss_RB= 22
|win_MOB= 18 |loss_MOB= 23
|win_POP= 12 |loss_POP= 22
|win_PF= 27 |loss_PF= 28
|win_SMB= 40 |loss_SMB= 18
|win_SHL= 9 |loss_SHL= 24 
|win_SLR= 22 |loss_SLR= 23
|win_TAN= 28 |loss_TAN= 18

|name_ALA=[[2000 Alaska Milkmen season|Alaska Milkmen/Aces]]
|name_BGK=[[2000 Barangay Ginebra Kings season|Barangay Ginebra Kings]]
|name_RB=[[2000 Batang Red Bull Energizers season|Batang Red Bull Energizers/Thunder]]
|name_MOB=[[2000 Mobiline Phone Pals season|Mobiline Phone Pals]]
|name_POP=[[2000 Pop Cola 800s season|Pop Cola 800s/Sunkist Orange Juicers/Pop Cola Panthers]]
|name_PF=[[2000 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season|Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]]
|name_SMB=[[2000 San Miguel Beermen season|San Miguel Beermen]]
|name_SHL=[[2000 Shell Velocity season|Shell Velocity/Turbo Chargers]]
|name_SLR=[[2000 Sta. Lucia Realtors season|Sta. Lucia Realtors]]
|name_TAN=[[2000 Tanduay Rhum Masters season|Tanduay Rhum Masters]]

|result1=C |result2=C |result3=3rd |result4=F |result5=F |result6=SF |result7=3rd |result8=QF |result9=QF |result10=X
|res_col_header=Best finish
|status_pos=after
|col_C=gold |text_C=Champions
|col_F=silver |text_F=Finalist
|col_3rd=#CD7F32 |text_3rd=Third place
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinalist
|col_QF=yellow1 |text_QF=Quarterfinalist
|col_X=red1 |text_X=Elimination round
}}

===Elimination round===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main |style=WL |ranking_style=percentage |show_GB=no |hide_played=no |GB_team=1 |for_against_style=none |update= complete |source=

|team1=TAN
|team2=SMB
|team3=ALA
|team4=PF
|team5=SLR
|team6=MOB
|team7=RB
|team8=BGK
|team9=POP
|team10=SHL

|win_ALA= 20 |loss_ALA= 12
|win_BGK= 13 |loss_BGK= 19
|win_RB= 13 |loss_RB= 19
|win_MOB= 16 |loss_MOB= 16
|win_POP= 12 |loss_POP= 20
|win_PF= 17 |loss_PF= 15
|win_SMB= 21 |loss_SMB= 11
|win_SHL= 9 |loss_SHL= 23 
|win_SLR= 16 |loss_SLR= 16
|win_TAN= 23 |loss_TAN= 9

|name_ALA=[[2000 Alaska Milkmen season|Alaska Milkmen/Aces]]
|name_BGK=[[2000 Barangay Ginebra Kings season|Barangay Ginebra Kings]]
|name_RB=[[2000 Batang Red Bull Energizers season|Batang Red Bull Energizers/Thunder]]
|name_PF=[[2000 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season|Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]]
|name_POP=[[2000 Pop Cola 800s season|Pop Cola 800s/Sunkist Orange Juicers/Pop Cola Panthers]]
|name_SMB=[[2000 San Miguel Beermen season|San Miguel Beermen]]
|name_SHL=[[2000 Shell Velocity season|Shell Velocity/Turbo Chargers]]
|name_SLR=[[2000 Sta. Lucia Realtors season|Sta. Lucia Realtors]]
|name_TAN=[[2000 Tanduay Rhum Masters season|Tanduay Rhum Masters]]
|name_MOB=[[2000 Mobiline Phone Pals season|Mobiline Phone Pals]]
}}

===Playoffs===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main |style=WL |ranking_style=wins |show_GB=no |hide_played=no |GB_team=1 |for_against_style=none |update= complete |source=

|team1=SMB
|team2=ALA
|team3=PF
|team4=SLR
|team5=TAN
|team6=RB
|team7=BGK
|team8=MOB
|team9=POP
|team10=SHL

|win_ALA= 11 |loss_ALA= 6
|win_BGK= 2 |loss_BGK= 3
|win_RB= 3 |loss_RB= 3
|win_MOB= 2 |loss_MOB= 7
|win_POP= 0 |loss_POP= 2
|win_PF= 10 |loss_PF= 13
|win_SMB= 19 |loss_SMB= 7
|win_SHL= 0 |loss_SHL= 1
|win_SLR= 6 |loss_SLR= 7
|win_TAN= 5 |loss_TAN= 9

|name_ALA=[[2000 Alaska Milkmen season|Alaska Milkmen/Aces]]
|name_BGK=[[2000 Barangay Ginebra Kings season|Barangay Ginebra Kings]]
|name_RB=[[2000 Batang Red Bull Energizers season|Batang Red Bull Energizers/Thunder]]
|name_PF=[[2000 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season|Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]]
|name_POP=[[2000 Pop Cola 800s season|Pop Cola 800s/Sunkist Orange Juicers/Pop Cola Panthers]]
|name_SMB=[[2000 San Miguel Beermen season|San Miguel Beermen]]
|name_SHL=[[2000 Shell Velocity season|Shell Velocity/Turbo Chargers]]
|name_SLR=[[2000 Sta. Lucia Realtors season|Sta. Lucia Realtors]]
|name_TAN=[[2000 Tanduay Rhum Masters season|Tanduay Rhum Masters]]
|name_MOB=[[2000 Mobiline Phone Pals season|Mobiline Phone Pals]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://pba.inquirer.net/ pba.inquirer.net]

{{2000 PBA season by team}}
{{PBA seasons}}

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