1987 PBA season

13th PBA season

Sports season

1987 PBA season

Duration| March 22 – December 13, 1987
Number of teams| 6
TV partner(s)| Vintage Sports (PTV)
1987 PBA Draft
Top draft pick| Allan Caidic
Picked by| Great Taste Coffee Makers
Season MVP| Abet Guidaben
(San Miguel Beermen)
Open Conference champions| Tanduay Rhum Makers
Open Conference runners-up| Great Taste Coffee Makers
All-Filipino Conference champions| Great Taste Coffee Makers
All-Filipino Conference runners-up| Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
Reinforced Conference champions| San Miguel Beermen
Reinforced Conference runners-up| Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
Seasons

← 1986

1988 →

The 1987 PBA season was the 13th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Board of governors

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### Executive committee

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* Mariano A. Yenko, Jr. (Commissioner)
* Rodriguo Salud (Deputy Commissioner)
* Reynaldo Marquez (Chairman, representing Formula Shell)
* Jose Ibazeta (Vice Chairman, representing Magnolia Ice Cream)
* Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Treasurer, representing Hills Bros. Coffee Kings)

### Teams

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Team | Company | Governor

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Forumula Shell | Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation | Reynaldo Marquez
Ginebra San Miguel | La Tondeña Incorporada | Carlos Palanca III
Great Taste Coffee Makers | Consolidated Foods Corporation | James Go
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | G.F. Equity Inc. | Wilfred Steven Uytengsu
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | San Miguel Corporation | Jose C. Ibazeta
Tanduay Rhum Makers | Elizalde & Company
Tanduay Distillers, Inc. | Renato Reyes

## Season highlights

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* Manila Beer disbanded its franchise at the start of the season, reducing the league's membership to only 6 teams, their players were absorbed by the rest of the PBA ballclubs. [1]
* The PBA, in partnership with a newly formed league called International Basketball Association (IBA) of the United States for players 6–4 and below, staged a successful mini-tournament for one week, featuring the top PBA All-Filipino teams and the US (IBA) Selection.
* Tanduay Rhum Makers, which won the Open Conference crown, were eliminated and finish last in the succeeding two conferences, announces that the team is headed for disbandment the following year, leaving only two founding members of the PBA (San Miguel and Great Taste).
* The San Miguel Beermen, behind best import Bobby Parks, won the Reinforced Conference crown and their third PBA title since returning in the third conference of last year. SMB coach Norman Black won his first championship as a mentor and he became the third American to steer his team to a PBA title after Jerry Webber and Ron Jacobs.

## Opening ceremonies

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The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

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Formula Shell | Pinky Amador
Ginebra San Miguel | Bing Loyzaga
Great Taste Coffee Makers | Tina Abad
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | Joey Albert
Magnolia Ice Cream | Rachel Ann Wolfe
Philippine Team | Marichit Vergara
Tanduay Rhum Makers | Cassandra Romero

## Champions

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* Open Conference: Tanduay Rhum Makers
* All-Filipino Conference: Great Taste Coffee Makers
* Reinforced Conference: San Miguel Beermen
* Team with best win–loss percentage: Magnolia/San Miguel Beermen (43–23, .652)
* Best Team of the Year: Great Taste Coffee Makers (3rd & Final)

## Open Conference

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Main article: 1987 PBA Open Conference

### Elimination round

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Pos | Team

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1  | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 10  | 2  | .833  | —  | Advance to semifinal round
2  | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 9  | 3  | .750[a] | 1
3  | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 9  | 3  | .750[a] | 1  | Proceed to quarterfinal round
4  | Ginebra San Miguel | 6  | 6  | .500  | 4
5  | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 4  | 8  | .333  | 6
6  | Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 2  | 10  | .167[b] | 8
7  | Philippine national team (G) | 2  | 10  | .167[b] | 8  |

Source: [citation needed]
(G) Guests
Notes:

1. ^ a b Semifinal berth playoff: Magnolia 108–98 Tanduay
2. ^ a b Quarterfinal berth playoff: Shell 120–111 Philippine team

### Quarterfinal round

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3  | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 10  | 5  | .667  | —  | Semifinal round
4  | Ginebra San Miguel | 9  | 6  | .600  | 1
5  | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 5  | 10  | .333  | 5  |
6  | Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 3  | 12  | .200  | 7

Source: [citation needed]

### Semifinal round

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1  | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 4  | 2  | .667[a] | —  | Advance to the Finals
2  | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 4  | 2  | .667[a] | —
3  | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 2  | 4  | .333[b] | 2  | Proceed to third place playoff
4  | Ginebra San Miguel | 2  | 4  | .333[b] | 2

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Great Taste 1–1 Tanduay, Great Taste +2
2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Magnolia 2–0 Ginebra

### Third place playoffs

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Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7

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(3) Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 4–1  | (4) Ginebra San Miguel | 103–96  | 91–97  | 105–76 | 98–91 | 106–101 | — | —

### Finals

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Main article: 1987 PBA Open Conference finals

Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7

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(1) Great Taste Coffee Makers | 1–4  | (2) Tanduay Rhum Makers | 114–118  | 134–135 (OT) | 120–114 | 112–113 | 120–134 | — | —

* Best Import of the Conference: David Thirdkill (Tanduay)

## All-Filipino Conference

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Main article: 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference

### Elimination round

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Pos | Team

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1  | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 5  | 3  | .625  | —  | Semifinal round
2  | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 5  | 3  | .625  | —
3  | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 4  | 4  | .500  | 1
4  | Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 4  | 4  | .500  | 1
5  | Ginebra San Miguel | 4  | 4  | .500  | 1
6  | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 2  | 6  | .250  | 3  |

Source: [citation needed]

### Semifinal round

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Pos | Team

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1  | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 7  | 1  | .875  | —  | Advance to the Finals
2  | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 6  | 2  | .750  | 1
3  | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 3  | 5  | .375  | 4  | Proceed to third-place playoff
4  | Ginebra San Miguel | 3  | 5  | .375  | 4
5  | Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 1  | 7  | .125  | 6  |

Source: [citation needed]

### Third place playoffs

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Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5

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(3) Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 3–0  | (4) Ginebra San Miguel | 102–98 (OT) | 101–98 (OT) | 106–105 | — | —

### Finals

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Main article: 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals

Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5

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(1) Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 0–3  | (2) Great Taste Coffee Makers | 94–124  | 110–114  | 108–109 | — | —

## Reinforced Conference

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Main article: 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference

### Elimination round

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Pos | Team

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1  | Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 7  | 3  | .700  | —  | Semifinal round
2  | San Miguel Beermen | 6  | 4  | .600  | 1
3  | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 6  | 4  | .600  | 1
4  | Ginebra San Miguel | 5  | 5  | .500  | 2
5  | Great Taste Instant Milk | 4  | 6  | .400  | 3
6  | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 2  | 8  | .200  | 5  |

Source: [citation needed]

### Semifinal round

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Overall record  | Pos | Team

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1  | San Miguel Beermen | 13  | 5  | .722  | —  | Advance to the Finals[a]
2  | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 10  | 8  | .556[b] | 3  | Guaranteed Finals berth playoff
3  | Ginebra San Miguel | 10  | 8  | .556[b] | 3  | Qualify to Finals berth playoff
4  | Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 9  | 9  | .500  | 4  | Proceed to third-place playoff
5  | Great Taste Instant Milk | 6  | 12  | .333  | 7  |

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last Finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright.
2. ^ a b Second seed playoff: Hills Bros. 89–87 Ginebra

Semifinal round record  | Pos | Team

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1  | San Miguel Beermen | 7  | 1  |
2  | Ginebra San Miguel | 5  | 3  | Qualify to Finals berth playoff[a]
3  | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 4  | 4  |
4  | Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 2  | 6
5  | Great Taste Instant Milk | 2  | 6

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ San Miguel advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Hills Bros. 89–87 Ginebra

### Third place playoffs

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Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7

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(3) Ginebra San Miguel | 4–0  | (4) Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 134–127  | 127–123  | 166–132 | 153–109 | — | — | —

### Finals

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Main article: 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference finals

Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7

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(1) San Miguel Beermen | 4–1  | (2) Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 97–110  | 123–100  | 114–92 | 113–105 | 96–86 | — | —

* Best Import of the Conference: Bobby Parks (San Miguel)

## Awards

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* Most Valuable Player: Abet Guidaben (San Miguel)
* Rookie of the Year: Allan Caidic (Great Taste)
* Most Improved Player: Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
* Best Import-Open Conference: David Thirdkill (Tanduay)
* Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Bobby Parks (San Miguel)
* Mythical Five:
* Philip Cezar (Great Taste)
* Hector Calma (San Miguel)
* Abet Guidaben (San Miguel)
* Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
* Allan Caidic (Great Taste)
* Mythical Second Team:
* Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
* Arnie Tuadles (Great Taste)
* Ramon Fernandez (Tanduay)
* Bernardo Carpio (Great Taste)
* Ricky Relosa (Hills Bros.)
* All-Defensive Team:
* Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)
* Philip Cezar (Great Taste)
* Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
* Ricky Relosa (Hills Bros.)
* Biboy Ravanes (Shell)

## Cumulative standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Best finish

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1  | Magnplia Ice Cream Makers/San Miguel Beermen | 66  | 43  | 23  | .652  | Champions
2  | Great Taste Coffee Makers/Instant Milk | 60  | 35  | 25  | .583
3  | Ginebra San Miguel | 68  | 33  | 35  | .485  | Third place
4  | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 45  | 22  | 23  | .489  | Champions
5  | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 58  | 29  | 29  | .500  | Finalist
6  | Formula Shell Spark Aiders/Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 54  | 18  | 36  | .333  | Semifinalist
7  | Philippine national team (G) | 13  | 2  | 11  | .154  | Elimination round

Source: [citation needed]
(G) Guests

### Elimination round

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT

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1  | Great Taste Coffee Makers/Instant Milk | 30  | 19  | 11  | .633
2  | Magnplia Ice Cream Makers/San Miguel Beermen | 30  | 19  | 11  | .633
3  | Ginebra San Miguel | 30  | 15  | 15  | .500
4  | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 30  | 15  | 15  | .500
5  | Formula Shell Spark Aiders/Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 30  | 13  | 17  | .433
6  | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 30  | 13  | 17  | .433
7  | Philippine national team (G) | 12  | 2  | 10  | .167

Source: [citation needed]
(G) Guests

### Playoffs

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L

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1  | Magnplia Ice Cream Makers/San Miguel Beermen | 36  | 24  | 12
2  | Ginebra San Miguel | 38  | 18  | 20
3  | Great Taste Coffee Makers/Instant Milk | 30  | 16  | 14
4  | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 28  | 14  | 14
5  | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 15  | 9  | 6
6  | Formula Shell Spark Aiders/Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 24  | 5  | 19
7  | Philippine national team (G) | 1  | 0  | 1

Source: [citation needed]
(G) Guests

## References

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1. ^ "PBA Special: 1987 PBA Season Preview". Manila Standard.

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1987 PBA season

*   * 1987 draft
* 1987 Open Conference (finals)
* 1987 All-Filipino Conference (finals)
* 1987 Reinforced Conference (finals)

Team seasons|

* Ginebra San Miguel
* Great Taste Coffee Makers
* Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
* San Miguel Beermen
* Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters
* Tanduay Rhum Makers

Guest team/s|

* Philippines men's national basketball team (Open Conference)

Succession|

* 1986
* Seasons
* 1988

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* Open Conference
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* All-Filipino Conference
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* Reinforced Conference
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