1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals

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1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals
TeamCoachWins
Great Taste Coffee Makers Baby Dalupan 3
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings Nat Canson 0
DatesSeptember 3–8, 1987
Television Vintage Sports (PTV)
Radio network DZSR
PBA All-Filipino Conference finals chronology
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The 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Great Taste Coffee Makers and Hills Bros. Coffee Kings played for the 37th championship contested by the league. [1]

Contents

Great Taste Coffee Makers won their fifth PBA title and third All-Filipino crown, scoring a 3–0 sweep over Hills Bros. Coffee Kings.

Qualification

Great Taste Hills Bros.
Finished 5–3 (.625), tied for 1stEliminationsFinished 5–3 (.625), tied for 1st
Finished 6–2 (.750), 2ndSemifinalsFinished 7–1 (.875), 1st

Series scoring summary

TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Wins
Great Taste1241141093
Hills Bros.941101080
Venue ULTRA ULTRA ULTRA

Games summary

Game 1

September 3
Great Taste Coffee Makers 124, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 94
Scoring by quarter: 28–25, 26–15, 36–17, 34–37
Pts: Allan Caidic 23Pts: Bogs Adornado 18

Great taste had their largest lead at 109–70, in a surprising lopsided win for the Coffee Makers.

Game 2

September 6
Great Taste Coffee Makers 114, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 110
Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 28–27, 31–31, 23–30
Pts: Ricardo Brown 23Pts: Alejo Alolor 27

Great Taste leads by as much as 16 points in the final quarter but got a scare from a three-point shooting of Naning Valenciano. The Coffee Makers answered every short-lived uprising in the last two minutes with clutch hits by Ricardo Brown and Allan Caidic. [2]

Game 3

September 8
Great Taste Coffee Makers 109, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 108
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 32–19, 26–32, 29–33
Great Taste wins series, 3–0

Going into the last 12 minutes of the game with Great Taste up by five points, 80–75, a 16–4 run by the Coffee Makers open up a 17-point deficit, 96–79, and looks headed for an easy win and a victory celebration until the Coffee Kings, behind the blazing hands of Bogs Adornado and Ludovico "Naning" Valenciano, suddenly trimmed down the lead to a single margin. The score was 107–99 in favor of Great Taste when Naning Valenciano drained in three consecutive triples in a 9–2 burst as the Coffee Kings came within a point, 108–109, the Coffee Makers didn't call a timeout and Abe King was fouled with four seconds remaining, King muffed his two free throws that gave Hills Bros a chance to reverse the outcome of the game, unfortunately, time ran out as Marte Saldaña failed to score as the buzzer sounded.

1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Champions

Great Taste Coffee Makers
Fifth title

Rosters

Great Taste Coffee roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
F 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Torres, Aaron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 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
F 16 Flag of the Philippines.svg Robles, Ranulfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 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

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Hills Bros. Coffee roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
F 2 Flag of the Philippines.svg Alolor, Alejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Visayas
G 4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Lim, Frankie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda
G 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Saldaña, Marte 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern
F 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Valenciano, Naning 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) USLS
C 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Alfarero, Teddy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle
F 13 Flag of the Philippines.svg Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
F 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
F 22 Flag of the Philippines.svg Abbatuan, Dennis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) José Rizal
G 26 Flag of the Philippines.svg Tierra, Adonis 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FEATI
G 32 Flag of the Philippines.svg Coloso, Tim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran
F 33 Flag of the Philippines.svg Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of the Philippines.svg Cholo Martin

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

Broadcast notes

Game Play-by-play Analyst
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Game 3 Joe Cantada Andy Jao

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References

  1. "Coffee Makers' war on tonight". Manila Standard.
  2. "Great Taste clips fighting Hills Bros". Manila Standard.