1987 San Miguel Beermen season

Basketball team season

1987 San Miguel Beermen season

Head coach| Norman Black
Owner(s)| San Miguel Corporation
Open Conference results
Record| 16–8
(66.7%)
Place| 3rd
Playoff finish| Semifinals
All-Filipino Conference results
Record| 10–9
(52.6%)
Place| 3rd
Playoff finish| Semifinals
Reinforced Conference results
Record| 17–6
(73.9%)
Place| 1st
Playoff finish| Champions (Def.Hills Bros, 4-1)
San Miguel Beermen seasons

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1988  →

The 1987 San Miguel Beermen season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Magnolia Ice Cream Makers in the first two conferences.

## Transactions

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Players Added | Signed | Former team

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Ricardo Cui  | Off-season  | Manila Beer (disbanded)
Abet Guidaben

## Awards

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* Alberto Guidaben won his second Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.
* Bobby Parks was named Best Import of the Reinforced Conference.
* Hector Calma was voted SCOOP Most Outstanding player of the Reinforced Conference finals series.

## Notable dates

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March 22: In the first game of the season, the Magnolia Ice Cream Makers welcomes the return of Norman Black as their coach and import by routing Hills Bros. (formerly Alaska), 124-88. The Coffee Kings were limited to just nine points in the second quarter and Magnolia had their biggest lead of 40 points in the last minute of the game.[1]

March 29: Magnolia rolled to its third straight win and solo leadership in the Open Conference with a 108-91 romp over Ginebra San Miguel, which absorbed its first loss in two outings.[2]

April 28: Magnolia weathered a desperate Tanduay rally to win, 109-101, and halted the Rhum Makers' six-game winning streak and stay in strong contention for an outright semifinals slot.[3]

June 2: The Ice Cream Makers beat Ginebra San Miguel, 112-105, for their first win in three games in the semifinal round as they snapped the Ginebras' eight-game winning run.

June 7: Franz Pumaren drilled in two pressure charity shots with no time left to forge a second extension as Magnolia escaped with a 134-130 double-overtime win over Ginebra San Miguel and tied the Gins with two wins and three losses with one scheduled playing date left in the semifinal round of the Open Conference.[4]

July 30: Abet Guidaben's last second follow up off a miss by Yves Dignadice saved Magnolia from a brink of elimination in the All-Filipino Conference as the Ice Cream Makers turn back Ginebra San Miguel, 94-93, and tied them in the standings with two wins and four losses.

October 4: Behind Bobby Parks and Samboy Lim, who is returning from an ankle injury, the San Miguel Beermen posted a 123-113 win over sister team Ginebra San Miguel in the second game at the start of the Reinforced Conference. Parks topscored for the Beermen with 39 points while Samboy Lim added 25 markers. The Ginebras were led by Billy Ray Bates with 44 points, followed by Chito Loyzaga with 25 points.[5]

November 10: The Beermen kept its poise in the face of Ginebra's third quarter rally to win pulling away, 129-113. Bobby Parks banged in 63 points and outscored his counterpart Billy Ray Bates with 54 points. San Miguel won their first game in the semifinals and their 17th victory in 19 meetings with Ginebra in the season.[6]

## Championship

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The San Miguel Beermen went home with the Reinforced Conference title behind best import Bobby Parks, they defeated Hills Bros. Coffee Kings, four games to one. The Beermen won their third PBA crown and their first since 1982.

Main article: 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference finals

## Won–loss records vs opponents

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Team | Win | Loss | 1st (Open) | 2nd (All-Filipino) | 3rd (Reinforced)

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Ginebra | 17 | 3 | 8-1 | 6-1 | 3-1
Great Taste | 4 | 8 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 3-1
Hills Bros | 10 | 4 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 7-2
Shell | 6 | 4 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-2
Tanduay | 4 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-0
RP Team | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | N/A | N/A
Total | 43 | 23 | 16-8 | 10-9 | 17-6

## Roster

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1987 San Miguel Beermen roster Players  | Coaches

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F | 4 |  | Elmer Reyes | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)  |  |  | San Beda
G | 5 |  | Franz Pumaren | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)  |  |  | De La Salle
G | 6 |  | Pido Jarencio | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)  |  |  | UST
G | 7 |  | Alfie Almario | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)  |  |  | De La Salle
F | 9 |  | Samboy Lim | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)  |  |  | Letran
F | 10 |  | Alvin Teng | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)  |  |  | Arellano
C | 11 |  | Tonichi Yturri | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)  |  |  | De La Salle
F | 12 |  | Yves Dignadice | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)  |  |  | STI WNU
G | 14 |  | Hector Calma | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)  |  |  | Adamson
F | 15 |  | Ricardo Cui | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)  |  |  | Lyceum
F | 17 |  | Jeffrey Graves | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)  |  |  | Angeles
C | 32 |  | Abet Guidaben | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)  |  |  | USJ–R

Head coach

*   * Norman Black

Assistant coach(es)

*   * Derrick Pumaren
*   * Pilo Pumaren

Team manager

*   * Sonny Valencia

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

### Imports

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Name  | Conference  | No.  | Pos.  | Ht.  | College

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Norman Black | Open Conference | 24  | Forward  | 6"5'  | SJU
Dwayne Polee | 1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup | 21  | Forward  | 6"4'  | Pepperdine
Bobby Parks | 1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup
Reinforced Conference | 22  | Guard-Forward  | 6"3'  | MSU

## References

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1. ^ "Deadly Magnolia routs Hills Bros". Manila Standard.
2. ^ "Magnolia blasts Ginebra". Manila Standard.
3. ^ "Magnolia drubs Tanduay". Manila Standard.
4. ^ "GTC derails Tanduay bid". Manila Standard.
5. ^ "Riproaring starts by San Miguel, Shell". Manila Standard.
6. ^ "Great Taste rips Shell". Manila Standard.

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San Miguel Beermen 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Champions

* 4 Elmer Reyes
* 5 Franz Pumaren
* 6 Pido Jarencio
* 7 Alfie Almario
* 9 Samboy Lim
* 10 Alvin Teng
* 11 Tonichi Yturri
* 12 Yves Dignadice
* 14 Hector Calma
* 15 Ricky Cui
* 17 Jeffrey Graves
* 22 Bobby Parks (Import)
* 32 Abet Guidaben
* Coach Norman Black
* Assistant(s) Derrick Pumaren

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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

* 1986
* Open Conference
* 1988

1986

* All-Filipino Conference
* 1988

1986

* Reinforced Conference
* 1988

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