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1999 PBA All Star Weekend

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Date
  
August 8, 1999

Venue
  
Philsports Arena, Pasig City, Metro Manila

MVP
  
Benjie Paras (Formula Shell)

The 1999 PBA All-Star Weekend is the annual all-star weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The events were held from August 6–8, 1999.

Contents

Skills Challenge winners

  • Slam Dunk Competition: Robert Parker of Sta.Lucia
  • Buzzerbeater event co-champions: Bal David of Brgy.Ginebra and Rodney Santos of Alaska
  • Three-Point Shootout: Jasper Ocampo of Pop Cola (def.Roehl Gomez of Alaska, 17-8)
  • Two-Ball Competition: Johnny Abarrientos and Kenneth Duremdes of Alaska won over the San Miguel pair of Dwight Lago and Robert Duat, 38-30

    • Game

    Benjie Paras bag his second All-Star MVP honors, leading the Veterans to a 91-85 victory over the RSJ quintet. The 1999 Edition of the PBA All-Star game is said to be one of the best All-star game ever played, and it became more of a personal battle for the Veterans team of homegrown talents in proving to be better than the Fil-Americans, when the emergence of Fil-Ams dominating the league was a hot topic that year.

    References

    1999 PBA All-Star Weekend Wikipedia
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