2000 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season

2000 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs season
Head coach	Derrick Pumaren
All-Filipino Cup results Record 13–12 (.520) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Commissioner's Cup results Record 4–6 (.400) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Governors Cup results Record 10–10 (.500) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Stats @ PBA-Online.net Purefoods TJ Hotdogs seasons 1999 2001

The 2000 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College
1	3	Dino Aldeguer	Philippines	La Salle
2	12	Joel Co	Philippines
2	15	John Tigley	Canada

Transactions

Players Added Via Free Agency Braulio Lim (From Alaska Aces) Via Trade Noy Castillo (From Shell Velocity in exchange for future first round pick)

Players Lost Via Expansion Draft Edmund Reyes (Taken by Red Bull) Via Free Agency Genesis Sasuman

Finals stint

Purefoods return to the PBA finals after two years of non-title playoff, During the All-Filipino Cup, the Tender Juicy Hotdogs got the benefit of playing in the championship when the league forfeited Tanduay Rhum's two wins over them during the Best-of-five semifinal series where Fil-Sham Sonny Alvarado was fielded in. With the series stands at 2-1 in their favor, Purefoods went on to win Game 4, 72-71 in overtime, on the heroics of guard Boyet Fernandez, to reach the All-Filipino finals against the Alaska Milkmen, after winning Game 1, the Tender Juicy Hotdogs lost the rest of the game in the series for a 1-4 defeat.

Behind best import Derrick Brown, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs were on their second trip to the finals during the Governors Cup, going up against the defending champions San Miguel Beermen, the Hotdogs fell behind 0-3 in the best-of-seven title series and lost anew in five games for another runner-up finish in the season.

Roster

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 2 Yee, Richard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST F 3 Lim, Braulio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) East G 4 Cabanayan, Jessie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) University of Baguio G 6 Fernandez, Boyet 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) San Agustin F 7 Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G 10 Pumaren, Dindo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle C 11 Feihl, Edward Joseph 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson F 16 Patrimonio, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua G 24 Daep, Rommel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian G 40 Castillo, Noy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Citadel College C 52 Seigle, Andy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) New Orleans F 12 Nwosu, Julius (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Liberty University F Stephens, Joe (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Colorado G/F 32 Brown, Derrick (G) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Providence College	Head coach Derrick Pumaren Assistant coach(es) Gee Abanilla Agustin Tiongco Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (C) Commissioner's Cup import (G) Governor's Cup import Injured

Elimination round

Games won

DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE	TOP SCORER	VENUE (Location)
February 25	San Miguel	98-75		Philsports Arena
March 3	Red Bull	76-71 [1]	Rey Evangelista (18)	Philsports Arena
March 11	Brgy.Ginebra	92-80	Alvin Patrimonio (21)	Zamboanga City
March 26	Mobiline	80-75		Araneta Coliseum
April 5	Sta.Lucia	84-65		Philsports Arena
April 16	Shell	76-69		Araneta Coliseum
April 23	Sta.Lucia	68-62 [2]	Noy Castillo (21)	Araneta Coliseum
April 28	Brgy.Ginebra	65-59 [3]	Noy Castillo (15)	Philsports Arena
June 30	Brgy.Ginebra	97-76		Ynares Center
July 9	Sta.Lucia	81-77		Araneta Coliseum
July 29	Alaska	79-62	Julius Nwosu (31)	Ormoc City
August 2	Mobiline	81-78	Julius Nwosu (37)	Philsports Arena
September 30	Alaska	91-88 [4]	Derrick Brown (27)	Araneta Coliseum
October 7	Shell	105-97 [5]	Derrick Brown (30)	San Jose, Antique
October 27	Sta.Lucia	87-82		Araneta Coliseum
November 10	San Miguel	92-86	Derrick Brown (24)	Philsports Arena
November 15	Red Bull	96-94	Derrick Brown (39)	Araneta Coliseum

  All-Filipino Cup
  Commissioner's Cup
  Governor's Cup

References

1. Patrimonio keys Purefoods win
2. Purefoods repulses Sta.Lucia
3. Purefoods whips Ginebra, gains twice-to-beat edge
4. Hotdogs upend Aces
5. Feihl stars in Purefoods win