1987 Great Taste Coffee Makers season

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1987   Great Taste Coffee Makers season
Head coach Baby Dalupan
Owner(s) CFC Corporation
Open Conference results
Record158
(65.2%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishFinals (lost to Tanduay)
All-Filipino Conference results
Record145
(73.7%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions (Def. Hills Bros, 3-0)
Reinforced Conference results
Record612
(33.3%)
Place5th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Great Taste Coffee Makers seasons
  1986
1988  

The 1987 Great Taste Coffee Makers season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Great Taste Instant Milk in the Reinforced Conference.

Contents

Transactions

Players AddedSignedFormer team
Allan Caidic Rookie Off-seasonN/A
Fortunato Co, Jr Manila Beer (disbanded)
Ranulfo Robles
Noli BanateAlaska Milk
Reynaldo Ramos
Arnie Tuadles
Aldo PerezFormula Shell

Trades

Off-seasonTo Shell
Manny Victorino, Jaime Manansala
To Great Taste
Philip Cezar, Bernie Fabiosa

Awards

Championship

The Great Taste Coffee Makers regain the All-Filipino Conference crown, scoring a 3-0 sweep over Hills Bros. Coffee Kings for their fifth PBA title as coach Baby Dalupan won his 14th overall championship.

PBA-IBA series

On September 20, the PBA stage a special tournament in partnership with a new league in the United States called International Basketball Association (IBA) for players 6"4 and below, the top three teams in the All-Filipino Conference participated in a four-team field, along with the IBA Selection. PBA teams fielded two imports and Great Taste paraded Dexter Shouse, on loan to Shell, and Dwight Moody. Great Taste unveil its new product and renamed its team Great Taste Instant Milk starting with this one-week sideshow. The Milk Masters landed in a one-game championship and lost to the IBA All Stars.

Notable dates

April 2: Great Taste humiliated Ginebra San Miguel, 145-121, for their third straight win after an opening day loss and forge a three-way tie for leadership with Tanduay and Magnolia with similar 3-1 won-loss slates. Import Michael Young led the Coffee Makers with 46 points and got ample support from rookie Allan Caidic's 28 points. [1]

April 7: Great Taste overwhelmed Magnolia Ice Cream, 119-106, leading by as many as 23 points in the final quarter. Michael Young and Allan Caidic's three-point bombs ripped the game apart from a 69-all deadlock in the third period. [2]

April 30: Great Taste pulled off a 152-140 overtime win over Ginebra San Miguel to move into a share of the lead with Tanduay at seven wins and two losses in the Open Conference. Rookie Allan Caidic scored 16 of the Coffee Makers' amazing 26 points in the extension period and finish with 32 points. Michael Young and Ricardo Brown, whose combined last 8 points in regulation forces an overtime, scored 59 and 33 points respectively. [3]

July 21: Great Taste seized solo leadership and remain unbeaten in three starts in the All-Filipino Conference, topping Hills Bros. Coffee Kings, 102-90. [4]

July 30: Allan Caidic scored 27 points and hit a clutch triple as Great Taste hold off Tanduay, 116-113, for their fifth win in six games and push the Rhum Makers to the brink of elimination in the All-Filipino Conference with their fifth loss with only one win. [5]

October 15: Drawing inspiration from the return of Ricardo Brown, the Great Taste Milk Masters turned back Tanduay Rhum Makers, 143-124, for their first win in the Reinforced Conference after losing their first three games. The Milk Masters withstood the torrid shooting of Tanduay import Freeman Williams in the third quarter which gave him a total of 72 points.

October 25: Darryl Kennedy scored 43 points to lead Great Taste to a 114-105 win over San Miguel Beer for only their second victory in seven games. Kennedy replaces Jeff Taylor after the Milk Masters posted a 1-4 won-loss card in the first round of eliminations.

Won-loss records vs Opponents

TeamWinLoss1st (Open)2nd (All-Filipino)3rd (Reinforced)
Ginebra743-12-12-2
Hills Bros672-04-30-4
Magnolia / San Miguel844-03-11-3
Shell632-03-01-3
Tanduay672-72-02-0
RP Team202-0N/AN/A
Total352515-814-56-12

Roster

Great Taste Coffee roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Torres, Aaron 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UE
F 6 Flag of the Philippines.svg King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda
G/F 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Caidic, Allan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
G/F 11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Tuadles, Arnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Visayas
F 13 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ramos, Rey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) TUA
C 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Banate, Noli 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Mindanao
G 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Fabiosa, Bernie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE
G 16 Flag of the Philippines.svg Robles, Ranulfo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran
F 18 Flag of the Philippines.svg Cezar, Philip 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) José Rizal
G 23 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Pepperdine
F 24 Flag of the Philippines.svg Perez, Aldo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle
F 29 Flag of the Philippines.svg Carpio, Bernardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo
G 60 Flag of the Philippines.svg Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapúa
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of the Philippines.svg Bong Go
Team manager
  • Flag of the Philippines.svg Ignacio Gotao

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Imports

NameConferenceNo.Pos.Ht.College
Michael Young Open Conference 42Forward6"5' University of Houston
Dexter Shouse Borrowed from Shell 1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup 10Guard-Forward6"3' South Alabama
Dwight Moody 21Guard6"4' LSU
Jeff Taylor played five games Reinforced Conference 44Guard-Forward6"3' Texas Tech
Darryl Kennedy replaces Taylor30Guard-Forward6"3' University of Oklahoma

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References

  1. "GTC ravages Ginebra". Manila Standard.
  2. "GTC slams Magnolia". Manila Standard.
  3. "Great Taste nips Gins". Manila Standard.
  4. "Great Taste tops Hills Bros". Manila Standard.
  5. "GTC pushes Tanduay to the brink". Manila Standard.