1998 PBA season

The 1998 PBA season was the 24th season of the Philippine Basketball Association.

Board of governors

The PBA is in their toughest challenge with the formation of a new league called Metropolitan Basketball Association, backed by the giant network ABS-CBN, and is perceived to be a threat to the 24-year existence of the PBA.
The Alaska Milkmen won two titles during the year while Formula Shell ended a six-year title-drought by winning the final conference of the season.
For the third time in every four years, an All-pro squad to be known as Philippine Centennial Team will be given a task to win the basketball gold in the Asian Games, slated in December in Bangkok, Thailand. Alaska coach Tim Cone was chosen to handle to national team and pick the pro cagers to comprise the 12-man lineup. The Centennial team participated in the Jones Cup basketball tournament in Taipei and won their third championship.
This is the only season that features four conferences with the addition of the Centennial Cup in celebration of the centennial anniversary of Philippine independence. The Philippine Centennial Team played as guest team in preparation for the 1998 Asian Games. The tournament was won by the Mobiline Phone Pals.
The two-import format was revived during the Centennial Cup and the Governor's Cup.

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
Alaska Milkmen	Antoiniette Enciso and Maricris Fernandez
Formula Shell Zoom Masters	Janine Hermann
Gordon's Gin Boars	Michelle Aldana
Mobiline Phone Pals	Sunshine Cruz
Pop Cola 800s	Bea and Valentin of Eat Bulaga fame
Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies	Cris Villonco
San Miguel Beermen	G Toengi
Sta. Lucia Realtors	Sheryl Brahman

Most Valuable Player: Kenneth Duremdes Rookie of the Year: Danny Ildefonso Sportsmanship Award: Freddie Abuda Most Improved Player: Patrick Fran Defensive Player of the Year: Chris Jackson Mythical Five

Coach of the Year: Perry Ronquillo Mr. Quality Minutes: Rodney Santos Executive of the Year: Wilfred Uytengsu Comeback Player of the Year: Glenn Capacio Referee of the Year: Franco Ilagan