1987 PBA Reinforced Conference

1987 PBA Reinforced Conference
1987 PBA Reinforced Conference
Duration	October 4 – December 13, 1987
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
Awards
Best Import	Bobby Parks; (San Miguel Beermen)
PBA Reinforced Conference chronology
	< 1986 1988 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 1987 PBA/IBA 1988 Open >

The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference was the third and last conference of the 1987 PBA season. It started on October 4 and ended on December 13, 1987. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'4" height limit.^[1]

Format

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

Double-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.^[2]
Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated.
Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the five remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over.
The top two teams in the semifinals advance to the best of seven finals. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-seven playoff.^[3]

Elimination round

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

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	13	5	.722	—	Advance to the Finals^[a]
2	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	10	8	.556^[b]	3	Guaranteed Finals berth playoff
3	Ginebra San Miguel	10	8	.556^[b]	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.
^ ^a ^b Second seed playoff: Hills Bros. 89–87 Ginebra

Semifinal round standings:

Pos	Team	W	L	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	7	1
2	Ginebra San Miguel	5	3	Qualify to Finals berth playoff^[a]
3	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	4	4
4	Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters	2	6
5	Great Taste Instant Milk	2	6