1985 Great Taste Coffee Makers season

1985 Great Taste Coffee Makers Baby Dalupan Open Conference 17 7 1st Champion All Filipino Conference 15 5 1st Champion Reinforced Conference 12 15 4th Semifinals CFC Corporation 1984 1986 The 1985 Great Taste Coffee Makers season was the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Transactions Players AddedSignedFormer teamAbe KingOff-seasonGold EagleWillie PearsonCrispa (disbanded)Teddy Alfarero Rookie, originally drafted by Gold EagleN/ALawrence Merced RookieOliver DalmanJune 1985Country Fair Hotdogs Championships The Great Taste Coffee Makers have emerged as the new dynasty in winning their third straight PBA crown with a 4-2 series win over Magnolia Ice Cream. The title playoffs where Great Taste were prohibitive picks to win easily have turned out to be the toughest. The series are tied at two games apiece before Great Taste scored runaway victories in Games five and six. 1985 PBA Open Conference finals The defending All-Filipino champions went on to play surprise finalist and first-year ballclub Shell Azodrin in the All-Filipino finals. The Coffee Makers easily won the first two games but the Bugbusters extended the series by winning the third game by one point. Great Taste won their fourth straight title on August 20, routing Shell Azodrin, 110-91, in Game four for a 3-1 series victory. 1985 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals Occurrences On March 19, Great Taste point guard Ricardo Brown played in his first game in the 1985 season upon returning from an extended furlough in the US. The Coffee Makers will also have a new import Joe Binion (3rd round pick by San Antonio Spurs in the 1984 NBA draft), who will make his debut against Magnolia when Great Taste management decided to send home Napoleon Johnson after four games. In the Third Conference, Great Taste played their last two games in the first round of eliminations without an import when their original choice Wally Rank refused to play after four appearances unless he was paid in advance. Rank was replaced by Michael Britt, who also saw action for four games before Great Taste had to settled for a former Seattle Supersonic Cory Blackwell.https://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2019/11/1985-ginebra-great-taste-shell-team.html Was Cory right choice for Great Taste? Notable dates March 3: With 15,000 fans who filled the new venue ULTRA to the rafters on opening day twinbill, Great Taste hammered out a 102-99 victory over Ginebra San Miguel in the nightcap. Import Napoleon Johnson scored 39 points while transferees Abe King and Willie Pearson proved their worth with 17 and 16 points respectively. The Coffee Makers played without Ricardo Brown, Frankie Lim and Jaime Manansala. November 3: Great Taste keeps its grandslam hopes alive with a 99-95 win over Magnolia in the sudden-death playoff for the last berth in the semifinal round, despite being handicapped with import Cory Blackwell still not in tip-top condition and only saw action briefly in the first half. Abe King topscored for Great Taste with 28 points. November 17: In the last game of the semifinal playdate, both Great Taste and Ginebra toted a 2-3 won-loss card and needed a win to stay on track for a finals berth. Great Taste prevailed over Ginebra in the knockout match, 138-130. Ricardo Brown knocked in 39 points, Cory Blackwell had 33 points and Jaime Manansala added 29 markers.https://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2012/11/games-of-week-85-pba-reinforced.html End of the line for Ginebra; On with the show for Manila Beer Awards In his third year in the league, Ricardo Brown won the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. Center Manny Victorino and forward Willie Pearson along with MVP winner Ricardo Brown made it to the Mythical Five selection. Won-loss records vs Opponents Team Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (All-Filipino) 3rd (Reinforced) Ginebra 8 6 2-0 3-1 3-5 Magnolia 13 3 7-3 2-0 4-0 Manila Beer 4 4 2-0 2-0 0-4 Northern (NCC) 3 7 2-2 N/A 1-5 Shell 8 4 1-1 5-3 2-0 Tanduay 8 3 3-1 3-1 2-1Total 44 27 17-7 15-5 12-15 Roster n Great Taste Coffee black #f47b34 black #f47b34 1 Manny Victorino C 6 5 JRU PHI 2 Alejo Alolor GF 6 1 Visayas PHI 3 Oliveros Dalman GF 6 2 Visayas PHI 4 Frankie Lim G 5 11 San Beda PHI yes 6 Abe King F 6 3 San Beda PHI 7 Joel Banal C 6 5 Mapua PHI 11 Jaime Manansala G 5 11 UE PHI 14 Chito Loyzaga F 6 3 San Beda PHI 18 Lawrence Merced G 6 0 Adamson PHI 20 Teodicio Alfarero Teddy Alfarero C 6 4 De La Salle PHI 23 Ricardo Brown basketball G 5 11 Pepperdine USA 29 Bernardo Carpio basketball F 6 3 Ateneo PHI 33 William Pearson basketball F 6 1 Chaminade USA PHI Baby Dalupan PHI Jimmy Mariano PHI Ignacio Gotao Imports NameConferenceNo.Pos.Ht.College Napoleon Johnson Open Conference 00 Center 6"9' GSU Joe Binion 30 Center-Forward 6"8' North Carolina A&TWally RankReinforced Conference 21 Forward 6"5' SJSUMichael Britt 21 Forward 6"5' UDCCory Blackwell 30 Forward 6"5' UW-Madison References External links http://www.spin.ph/sports/basketball/news/the-quick-brown-fox-remembers-the-good-ol-days Quick Brown fox recalls good old days Category:Great Taste Coffee Makers seasons Great