1987 PBA season

1987 PBA 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 →

Last updated July 07, 2024

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

Board of governors

Executive committee

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

Team	Company	Governor
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

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

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
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

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

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Great Taste Coffee Makers	10	2	.833	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	9	3	.750^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Advance to semifinals
3	Tanduay Rhum Makers	9	3	.750^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Proceed to quarterfinals
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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	8
7	Philippine national team (G)	2	10	.167^{[lower-alpha 2]}	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(G) Guests
Notes:

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

Quarterfinal round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
3	Tanduay Rhum Makers	10	5	.667	—	Advance to semifinals
4	Ginebra San Miguel	9	6	.600	1	Advance to semifinals
5	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	5	10	.333	5
6	Formula Shell Spark Aiders	3	12	.200	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Semifinal round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Great Taste Coffee Makers	4	2	.667^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Advance to the Finals
2	Tanduay Rhum Makers	4	2	.667^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Advance to the Finals
3	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	2	4	.333^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2	Proceed to third place playoff
4	Ginebra San Miguel	2	4	.333^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2	Proceed to third place playoff

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

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

Third-place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(3) Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	4–1	(4) Ginebra San Miguel	103–96	91–97	105–76	98–91	106–101	—	—

Finals results

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

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	5	3	.625	—	Advance to semifinals
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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	7	1	.875	—	Advance to the Finals
2	Great Taste Coffee Makers	6	2	.750	1	Advance to the Finals
3	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	3	5	.375	4	Proceed to third-place playoff
4	Ginebra San Miguel	3	5	.375	4	Proceed to third-place playoff
5	Formula Shell Spark Aiders	1	7	.125	6

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Third-place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(3) Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	3–0	(4) Ginebra San Miguel	102–98 (OT)	101–98 (OT)	106–105	—	—

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(1) Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	0–3	(2) Great Taste Coffee Makers	94–124	110–114	108–109	—	—

Reinforced Conference

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters	7	3	.700	—	Advance to semifinals
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

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	13	5	.722	—	Advance to the Finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	10	8	.556^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3	Guaranteed Finals berth playoff
3	Ginebra San Miguel	10	8	.556^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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:

↑ 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.
1 2 Second seed playoff: Hills Bros. 89–87 Ginebra

Semifinal round standings:

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	7	1
2	Ginebra San Miguel	5	3	Qualify to Finals berth playoff^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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:

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

Third-place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(3) Ginebra San Miguel	4–0	(4) Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters	134–127	127–123	166–132	153–109	—	—	—

Finals

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

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

Team	GP	W	L	PCT
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers / San Miguel Beermen	66	43	23	.652
Great Taste Coffee Makers	60	35	25	.583
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	58	29	29	.500
Tanduay Rhum Makers	45	22	23	.488
Ginebra San Miguel	68	33	35	.486
Formula Shell Spark Aiders / Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters	54	18	36	.333
Philippine Team	13	2	11	.181

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References

↑ "PBA Special: 1987 PBA Season Preview". Manila Standard.

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[table_hth_SHL0.34929323492073-3] 1 2 Quarterfinal berth playoff: Shell 120–111 Philippine team

[table_hth_GRE0.39505831077465-4] 1 2 Head-to-head record: Great Taste 1–1 Tanduay, Great Taste +2

[table_hth_MAG0.39505831077465-5] 1 2 Head-to-head record: Magnolia 2–0 Ginebra

[table_note_res_F0.80778298797448-6] 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.

[table_hth_GIN0.80778298797448-7] 1 2 Second seed playoff: Hills Bros. 89–87 Ginebra

[table_note_res_PO0.98409005859126-8] San Miguel advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Hills Bros. 89–87 Ginebra

[1] "PBA Special: 1987 PBA Season Preview". Manila Standard.

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1987 PBA season

Contents

Board of governors

Executive committee

Teams

Season highlights

Opening ceremonies

Champions

Open Conference

Elimination round

Quarterfinal round

Semifinal round

Third-place playoffs

Finals results

All-Filipino Conference

Elimination round

Semifinal round

Third-place playoffs

Finals

Reinforced Conference

Elimination round

Semifinal round

Third-place playoffs

Finals

Awards

Cumulative standings

Related Research Articles

References