1987 PBA season

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

1987 PBA season
DurationMarch 22, 1987 – December 13, 1987
Number of teams6
TV partner(s)Vintage Sports (PTV)
Draft
Top draft pickAllan Caidic
Picked byGreat Taste Coffee Makers
Conferences
Open Conference championsTanduay Rhum Makers
  Runners-upGreat Taste Coffee Makers
All-Filipino Conference championsGreat Taste Coffee Makers
  Runners-upHills Bros. Coffee Kings
Reinforced Conference championsSan Miguel Beermen
  Runners-upHills Bros. Coffee Kings
Awards
Season MVPAbet Guidaben
Seasons

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

Elimination round

Pos Team 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
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:
(G) Guest.
Notes:
  1. Semifinal berth playoff: Magnolia 108–98 Tanduay
  2. Quarterfinal berth playoff: Shell 120–111 Philippine team

Quarterfinal round

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

Semifinal round

Pos Team 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]
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
Source:
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Great Taste 1–1 Tanduay, Great Taste +2
  2. Head-to-head record: Magnolia 2–0 Ginebra

Finals results

All-Filipino Conference

Elimination round

Pos Team 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:

Semifinal round

Pos Team 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
3 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 3 5 .375 4 Proceed to third-place playoff
4 Ginebra San Miguel 3 5 .375 4
5 Formula Shell Spark Aiders 1 7 .125 6
Source:

Finals results

Reinforced Conference

Elimination round

Pos Team 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:

Semifinal round

Finals results

Individual awards

Cumulative standings

TeamGPWLPCT
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers / San Miguel Beermen664323.652
Great Taste Coffee Makers603525.583
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings582929.500
Tanduay Rhum Makers452223.488
Ginebra San Miguel683335.486
Formula Shell Spark Aiders / Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters541836.333
Philippine Team13211.181

References

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