March 10: Purefoods carved out a 157–118 win over Ginebra San Miguel in a much-needed victory as the Hotdogs were battling for the last three semifinal berths in the First Conference.
[1] July 2: Alvin Patrimonio took charge in the final period and banged in 14 of his 37 points to spoil a big night of former Hotdog Nelson Asaytono, who had been unstoppable with a career-high 48 points as the Tender Juicy Hotdogs scored a 110–106 triumph over Swift Mighty Meaties in the match-up of corporate rivals that played in the All-Filipino finals last season.
[2] July 21: Working behind inspired games from second stringers Joey Santamaria and Elmer Reyes, the Hotdogs came roaring back from 15 points down and repeated with a 108–104 win over Swift Mighty Meaties at the start of the semifinal round in the All-Filipino Conference.
[5] The Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs got a stroke of luck when the first finalist for the All-Filipino Conference championship, the San Miguel Beermen, choose to beat 7-Up in their last semifinal game when they could afford to lose and ended the Hotdogs' string of All-Filipino finals appearance.
The defending champions Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs were a slight underdogs against the San Miguel Beermen.