1987 Great Taste Coffee Makers season

1987 Great Taste Coffee Makers Great Taste Coffee Makers Baby Dalupan Open Conference 15 8 2nd Finals (lost to Tanduay) All-Filipino Conference 14 5 1st Champions (Def. Hills Bros, 3-0) Reinforced Conference 6 12 5th Semifinals CFC Corporation Ignacio Gotao 1986 1988 The 1987 Great Taste Coffee Makers season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). They were known as Great Taste Instant Milk in the Reinforced Conference. Transactions Players addedSignedFormer teamAllan Caidic RookieOff-seasonN/AFortunato Co, JrManila Beer (disbanded)Ranulfo RoblesNoli BanateAlaska MilkReynaldo RamosArnie TuadlesAldo PerezFormula Shell Trades Off-seasonTo Shell Manny Victorino, Jaime ManansalaTo Great Taste Philip Cezar, Bernie Fabiosa Awards Allan Caidic was named the season's Rookie of the Year. Forward Abe King was voted SCOOP Most Outstanding player of the All-Filipino finals series. Rookie of the Year winner Allan Caidic, along with teammate Philip Cezar, made it to the Mythical first team selection. Championship The Great Taste Coffee Makers regain the All-Filipino Conference crown, scoring a 3-0 sweep over Hills Bros. Coffee Kings for their fifth PBA title as coach Baby Dalupan won his 14th overall championship. 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals PBA-IBA series On September 20, the PBA stage a special tournament in partnership with a new league in the United States called International Basketball Association (IBA) for players 6'4" and below. The top three teams in the All-Filipino Conference participated in a four-team field, along with the IBA Selection. PBA teams fielded two imports, and Great Taste paraded Dexter Shouse, on loan to Shell, and Dwight Moody. Great Taste unveiled its new product and renamed its team Great Taste Instant Milk starting with this one-week sideshow. The Milk Masters landed in a one-game championship and lost to the IBA All Stars. 1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup Notable dates April 2: Great Taste humiliated Ginebra San Miguel, 145-121, for their third straight win after an opening day loss and forged a three-way tie for leadership with Tanduay and Magnolia with similar 3-1 win-loss slates. Import Michael Young led the Coffee Makers with 46 points and got ample support from rookie Allan Caidic's 28 points.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v2wVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6328%2C4028502 GTC ravages Ginebra Manila Standard April 7: Great Taste overwhelmed Magnolia Ice Cream, 119-106, leading by as many as 23 points in the final quarter. Michael Young and Allan Caidic's three-point bombs ripped the game apart from a 69-all deadlock in the third period.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xGwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4872%2C4429306 GTC slams Magnolia Manila Standard April 30: Great Taste pulled off a 152-140 overtime win over Ginebra San Miguel to move into a share of the lead with Tanduay at seven wins and two losses in the Open Conference. Rookie Allan Caidic scored 16 of the Coffee Makers' amazing 26 points in the extension period and finished with 32 points. Michael Young and Ricardo Brown, whose combined last 8 points in regulation forced an overtime, scored 59 and 33 points respectively.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sqEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6395%2C35715 Great Taste nips Gins Manila Standard July 21: Great Taste seized solo leadership and remained unbeaten in three starts in the All-Filipino Conference, topping Hills Bros. Coffee Kings, 102-90.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LWcVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5240%2C1612715 Great Taste tops Hills Bros Manila Standard July 30: Allan Caidic scored 27 points and hit a clutch triple as Great Taste held off Tanduay, 116-113, for their fifth win in six games and pushed the Rhum Makers to the brink of elimination in the All-Filipino Conference with their fifth loss with only one win.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NGcVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3582%2C2448202 GTC pushes Tanduay to the brink Manila Standard October 15: Drawing inspiration from the return of Ricardo Brown, the Great Taste Milk Masters turned back Tanduay Rhum Makers, 143-124, for their first win in the Reinforced Conference after losing their first three games. The Milk Masters withstood the torrid shooting of Tanduay import Freeman Williams in the third quarter, which gave him a total of 72 points. October 25: Darryl Kennedy scored 43 points to lead Great Taste to a 114-105 win over San Miguel Beer for only their second victory in seven games. Kennedy replaced Jeff Taylor after the Milk Masters posted a 1-4 win-loss card in the first round of eliminations. Win-loss records vs opponents Team Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (All-Filipino) 3rd (Reinforced) Ginebra 7 4 3-1 2-1 2-2 Hills Bros 6 7 2-0 4-3 0-4 Magnolia / San Miguel 8 4 4-0 3-1 1-3 Shell 6 3 2-0 3-0 1-3 Tanduay 6 7 2-7 2-0 2-0 RP Team 2 0 2-0 N/A N/ATotal 35 25 15-8 14-5 6-12 Roster n Great Taste Coffee #C55311 #ffffff #C55311 #ffffff 5 Aaron Torres basketball G 5 10 UE PHI 6 Abe King F 6 3 San Beda PHI 8 Allan Caidic GF 6 2 UE PHI 11 Arnie Tuadles GF 6 2 Visayas PHI 13 Rey Ramos F 6 2 TUA PHI 14 Noli Banate C 6 5 Mindanao PHI 15 Bernie Fabiosa G 5 9 UE PHI 16 Ranulfo Robles G 6 0 Letran PHI 18 Philip Cezar F 6 2 JRU PHI 23 Ricardo Brown basketball G 5 11 Pepperdine USA 24 Aldo Perez F 6 3 De La Salle PHI 29 Bernardo Carpio basketball F 6 3 Ateneo PHI 60 Fortunato Co, Jr G 6 0 Mapua PHI PHI Baby Dalupan PHI Bong Go PHI Ignacio Gotao Imports NameConferenceNo.Pos.Ht.College Michael Young Open Conference 42 Forward 6"5' University of Houston Dexter Shouse Borrowed from Shell 1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup 10 Guard-forward 6"3' South Alabama Dwight Moody 21 Guard 6"4' LSU Jeff Taylor played five gamesReinforced Conference 44 Guard-forward 6"3' Texas Tech Darryl Kennedy replaced Taylor 30 Guard-forward 6"3' University of Oklahoma References Category:Great Taste Coffee Makers seasons Great