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

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

Board of governors

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Executive committee

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  • 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

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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

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  • 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

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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

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Open Conference

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Elimination round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Great Taste Coffee Makers 10 2 .833 Advance to semifinal round
2 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 9 3 .750[a] 1
3 Tanduay Rhum Makers 9 3 .750[a] 1 Proceed to quarterfinal round
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[b] 8
7 Philippine national team (G) 2 10 .167[b] 8
Source: [citation needed]
(G) Guests
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Semifinal berth playoff: Magnolia 108–98 Tanduay
  2. ^ a b Quarterfinal berth playoff: Shell 120–111 Philippine team

Quarterfinal round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
3 Tanduay Rhum Makers 10 5 .667 Semifinal round
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: [citation needed]

Semifinal round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Great Taste Coffee Makers 4 2 .667[a] Advance to the Finals
2 Tanduay Rhum Makers 4 2 .667[a]
3 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 2 4 .333[b] 2 Proceed to third place playoff
4 Ginebra San Miguel 2 4 .333[b] 2
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Great Taste 1–1 Tanduay, Great Taste +2
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Magnolia 2–0 Ginebra

Third-place playoffs

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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

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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

All-Filipino Conference

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Elimination round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 5 3 .625 Semifinal round
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

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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: [citation needed]

Third-place playoffs

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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

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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

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Elimination round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 7 3 .700 Semifinal round
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

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Third-place playoffs

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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

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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

Awards

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Cumulative standings

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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

References

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  1. ^ "PBA Special: 1987 PBA Season Preview". Manila Standard.