1987 PBA season

13th PBA season February 2023 January 2023 1987 PBA season March 22 – December 13, 1987 6 Vintage Sports (PTV) 1987 PBA Draft Allan Caidic Great Taste Coffee Makers Abet Guidaben (San Miguel Beermen) Open Conference 1987 PBA Open Conference Tanduay Rhum Makers Great Taste Coffee Makers All-Filipino Conference 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Great Taste Coffee Makers Hills Bros. Coffee Kings Reinforced Conference 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference San Miguel Beermen Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 1986 PBA season 1986 1988 PBA season 1988 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tGwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3629%2C3037159 PBA Special: 1987 PBA Season Preview Manila Standard 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 1987 PBA Open Conference Elimination round elimsstandings Quarterfinal round qfstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs 7 (3) Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 4–1 (4) Ginebra San Miguel 103–96 91–97 105–76 98–91 106–101 — — |} Finals 1987 PBA Open Conference finals 7 (1) Great Taste Coffee Makers 1–4 (2) Tanduay Rhum Makers 114–118 134–135 120–114 112–113 120–134 — — |} Best Import of the Conference: David Thirdkill (Tanduay) All-Filipino Conference 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs 5 (3) Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 3–0 (4) Ginebra San Miguel 102–98 101–98 106–105 — — |} Finals 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals 5 (1) Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 0–3 (2) Great Taste Coffee Makers 94–124 110–114 108–109 — — |} Reinforced Conference 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs 7 (3) Ginebra San Miguel 4–0 (4) Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 134–127 127–123 166–132 153–109 — — — |} Finals 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference finals 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 main WL percentage no no 1 none complete GIN 33 35 Ginebra San Miguel GTC 35 25 Great Taste Coffee Makers/Instant Milk HB 29 29 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings SMB 43 23 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers/San Miguel Beermen SHL 18 36 Formula Shell Spark Aiders/Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters TAN 22 23 Tanduay Rhum Makers PHI 2 11 Philippine national team G C C 3rd C F SF X Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete GIN 15 15 Ginebra San Miguel GTC 19 11 Great Taste Coffee Makers/Instant Milk HB 15 15 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings SMB 19 11 Magnplia Ice Cream Makers/San Miguel Beermen SHL 13 17 Formula Shell Spark Aiders/Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters TAN 13 17 Tanduay Rhum Makers PHI 2 10 Philippine national team G Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete GIN 18 20 Ginebra San Miguel GTC 16 14 Great Taste Coffee Makers/Instant Milk HB 14 14 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings SMB 24 12 Magnplia Ice Cream Makers/San Miguel Beermen SHL 5 19 Formula Shell Spark Aiders/Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters TAN 9 6 Tanduay Rhum Makers PHI 0 1 Philippine national team G References PBA