1986 Ginebra San Miguel season

1986 Ginebra San Miguel (PBA) Ginebra San Miguel Robert Jaworski Reinforced Conference 15 9 3rd Semifinals All Filipino Conference 10 9 2nd Runner-up Open Conference 17 5 1st Champions La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. 1985 1987 The 1986 Ginebra San Miguel season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Transactions Players addedSignedFormer teamJoey LoyzagaOff-seasonMagnoliaDante GonzalgoDondon Ampalayo RookieN/ALeo Isaac Rookie free agentJuly 1986N/AMukesh Advani Rookie free agent Trade Off-seasonTo Great Taste Steve WatsonTo Ginebra Chito Loyzaga 1st finals stint under Big J (rivalry with Tanduay) On August 21, Ginebra clinched one of the two finals berth in the All-Filipino Conference with a 91-83 win over Shell Helix. This marks the fourth time the La Toñdena ballclub is playing in the championship series and the first since Robert Jaworski became player-coach of the team in 1985. Ginebra San Miguel were going up against Tanduay Rhum Makers in the finals, who were seeking their second straight title. A bitter rivalry since the Crispa-Toyota days was born during the All-Filipino championship. Former Toyota teammates Ramon Fernandez and Robert Jaworski played on opposite sides in the finals for the first time. Adding color to their rivalry was Tanduay coach Arturo Valenzona, who steered Ginebra (then Gilbey's Gin) to three trips in the finals from 1982 to 1984 - the same coach Jaworski replaced on the Ginebra bench. https://tv5.espn.com/basketball/pba/story/_/id/29466489/how-did-jaworski-fernandez-rift-start-el-presidente-speaks Mon Fernandez sheds light on origin of feud with Sonny Jaworski TV5:ESPN.com After taking the series opener of the best-of-five title series, Ginebra lost three straight to the Rhum Makers, which clinch their second championship of the season with a hairline 93-92 win in Game Four. 1986 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals The super import duo For the Open Conference, Ginebra recruited Billy Ray Bates, known as “The Black Superman”, who had played for the Crispa Redmanizers during their 1983 Grand Slam season. He joined returning import Michael Hackett, the previous season’s Best Import.http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/08/23/12/exclusive-pbas-first-100-point-man-recalls-ginebra-glory-days PBA's first 100-point man recalls Ginebra glory days ABS-CBN News In their highly anticipated first game for Ginebra on September 25 as Bates and Hackett went up against Alaska's Norman Black and Donnie Ray Koonce - similarly comebacking imports - Ginebra won, 122-115. Bates scored 46 points while Hackett had 38. Championship After eight years since joining the league in 1979, the La Tondeña ballclub won their first PBA championship by winning the Open Conference crown over Manila Beer, four games to one. On the night of December 11, 1986, Ginebra San Miguel clinched the trophy with a 130-120 victory in Game Five. The Living Legend Robert Jaworski became the first playing coach to steer a team to a PBA title. 1986 PBA Open Conference finals Occurrences League pioneer Francis Arnaiz retired from active playing after seeing action only in the first round of eliminations of the Open Conference. Awards Dondon Ampalayo was named the season's Rookie of the Year. Robert Jaworski made it to the Mythical team's first five selection. Won–loss records vs opponents Team Win Loss 1st (Reinforced) 2nd (All-Filipino) 3rd (Open) Alaska 10 4 6-4 2-0 2-0 Great Taste 5 6 2-2 1-2 2-2 Magnolia 2 0 N/A N/A 2-0 Manila Beer 11 1 2-0 2-0 7-1 Shell 7 3 3-1 3-1 1-1 Tanduay 7 8 2-2 2-5 3-1 RP-Magnolia 0 1 N/A 0-1 N/ATotal 42 23 15-9 10-9 17-5 Roster n Ginebra San Miguel 1986 3 Joey Marquez GF 6 1 AUF PHI 5 Mukesh Advani G 5 11 San Beda PHI 6 Dondon Ampalayo F 6 3 USJ-R PHI 7 Robert Jaworski G 6 1 UE PHI 8 Francis Arnaiz G 5 11 Ateneo PHI 9 Leo Isaac G 6 1 Mapúa PHI 10 Eduardo Ducut C 6 5 Letran PHI 11 Romulo Mamaril C 6 6 Mapúa PHI 12 Dante Gonzalgo GF 6 2 Lyceum PHI 13 Terry Saldaña F 6 3 Letran PHI 14 Joey Loyzaga G 6 0 San Beda PHI 20 Rolando Buhay F 6 3 NCBA PHI 41 Chito Loyzaga F 6 3 San Beda PHI 77 Rey Perez G 6 1 Mapúa PHI PHI Robert Jaworski PHI Rino Salazar PHI Adolf Ferrer Imports Tournament Name # Height From 1986 PBA Reinforced Conference Terry Duerod 1 6 2 University of Detroit Mercy Anthony Hunter 6 2 University of Colorado Clinton Wheeler 0 6 1 William Paterson University Keith Gray 32 6 3 University of Detroit Mercy 1986 PBA Open Conference Michael Hackett 00 6 5 Jacksonville University Billy Ray Bates 2 6 3 Kentucky State University References Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel seasons Ginebra San Miguel