1987 PBA Open Conference

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1987 PBA Open Conference
DurationMarch 22 – June 23, 1987
TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions Tanduay Rhum Makers
Runners-up Great Taste Coffee Makers
Awards
Best Import David Thirdkill
(Tanduay Rhum Makers)
PBA Open Conference chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the first conference of the 1987 PBA season. It started on March 22 and ended on June 23, 1987. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team. [1]

Contents

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

Elimination round

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 Great Taste Coffee Makers 102.833Advance to semifinal round
2 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 93.750 [a] 1
3 Tanduay Rhum Makers 93.750 [a] 1Proceed to quarterfinal round
4 Ginebra San Miguel 66.5004
5 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 48.3336
6 Formula Shell Spark Aiders 210.167 [b] 8
7 Philippine national team (G)210.167 [b] 8
Source: [ citation needed ]
(G) Guests
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Semifinal berth playoff: Magnolia 108–98 Tanduay
  2. 1 2 Quarterfinal berth playoff: Shell 120–111 Philippine team

Quarterfinal round

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
3 Tanduay Rhum Makers 105.667Semifinal round
4 Ginebra San Miguel 96.6001
5 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 510.3335
6 Formula Shell Spark Aiders 312.2007
Source: [ citation needed ]

Semifinal round

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 Great Taste Coffee Makers 42.667 [a] Advance to the Finals
2 Tanduay Rhum Makers 42.667 [a]
3 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 24.333 [b] 2Proceed to third place playoff
4 Ginebra San Miguel 24.333 [b] 2
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Great Taste 1–1 Tanduay, Great Taste +2
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Magnolia 2–0 Ginebra

Results

Teams GIN GTC MAG TAN
Ginebra San Miguel 119–118105–112110–102
Great Taste Coffee Makers 154–127112–106124–136
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 134–130**107–11491–101
Tanduay Rhum Makers 122–104119–131106–100
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Third place playoffs

June 14
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 103, Ginebra San Miguel 96
Scoring by quarter: 26-21, 23–25, 30-24, 24–26
Pts: Norman Black 46Pts: Michael Hackett 38
June 16
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 91, Ginebra San Miguel 97
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 20-14, 34-22, 16–36
Pts: Norman Black 33Pts: Michael Hackett 43
June 18
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 105, Ginebra San Miguel 76
Scoring by quarter: 28-16, 23-19, 22-22, 32-19
Pts: Norman Black 46Pts: Michael Hackett 23
June 21
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 98, Ginebra San Miguel 91
Scoring by quarter: 31-25, 23–24, 19-18, 25-24
Pts: Norman Black 33Pts: Michael Hackett 48
June 23
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 106, Ginebra San Miguel 101
Scoring by quarter: 27-16, 19–24, 33-26, 27–35
Pts: Norman Black 39Pts: Joey Loyzaga 24
Magnolia wins series, 4–1

Finals

References

  1. "The pros takes charge". Manila Standard.
  2. "Magnolia enters semis". Manila Standard.
  3. "The good news and the bad". Manila Standard.
  4. "Tanduay, GTC in PBA finals". Manila Standard.