1987 Tanduay Rhum Makers season

1987 Tanduay Rhum Makers Arturo Valenzona Eliezer Capacio Open Conference 18 9 1st Champions All-Filipino Conference 2 6 6th N/A Reinforced Conference 2 8 6th N/A Elizalde & Co. 1986 The 1987 Tanduay Rhum Makers season was the 13th and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Transactions Players AddedSignedFormer teamEdgardo CorderoOff-seasonManila Beer (disbanded)Angelito EsguerraRomulo MamarilGinebraCayetano Salazar Rookie N/ASteve WatsonGreat Taste Notable dates March 22: Tanduay overturned Great Taste on import David Thirdkill's shot with a foul from Michael Young in the last three seconds to escape with a 105-104 protested win in the second game of the season opener. The Rhum Makers rallied from 16 points down in the final quarter and Thirdkill intentionally missed his free throw and the ball didn't hit the rim, the referees failed to see the violation resulting to Great Taste's Ricardo Brown missing a hurried three-point attempt at the buzzer. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tGwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5648%2C3145294 Tanduay shades Great Taste Manila Standard April 12: David Thirdkill scored 61 points as Tanduay pulled off a 129-124 double overtime triumph over arch rival Ginebra San Miguel in their first meeting of the season. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yWwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5447%2C4833095 Tanduay escapes in double OT Manila Standard April 21: Willie Generalao struck with an off-balance desperation shot in the final second as Tanduay repeated over Great Taste, 121-120, and moved out front with six wins and one defeat at the start of the second round of eliminations of the Open Conference. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0mwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6235%2C5435255 Tanduay subdues Great Taste Manila Standard June 2: David Thirdkill scored his personal-best and conference-high 72 points to power the Rhum Makers past Great Taste, 136-124, for their second win in three games in the semifinals of the Open Conference. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0qEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5773%2C2448832 Rhum Makers prevail as Ginebra falls Manila Standard June 9: Tanduay Rhum Makers overwhelmed Ginebra San Miguel, 122-104, to arrange a second finals meeting with Great Taste Coffee Makers for the Open Conference crown. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2aEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6314%2C2936355 Tanduay, GTC in PBA finals Manila Standard July 23: Ramon Fernandez scored 40 points as Tanduay ends their three-game slump in the All-Filipino Conference with their first victory, a 118-115 win over Magnolia. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LmcVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5400%2C1774372 Tanduay ends losing streak Manila Standard October 6: After scoring only 11 points in his debut, Import Freeman Williams hit 10 three-point shots and finish with a season-high 82 points to lift Tanduay to a 129-122 victory over Hills Bros, now mentored by their former coach Arturo Valenzona. Williams' 82 point output was the league's all-time fourth-best at that time, behind Michael Hackett's 103 in 1985, Larry McNeill's 88 in 1983 and Lew Massey's 85 in 1982. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=258VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5404%2C2679654 Tanduay, Gins bounce back Manila Standard Championship The Tanduay Rhum Makers won its third PBA title in the last four conferences by winning the Open Conference crown over Great Taste Coffee, four games to one. 1987 PBA Open Conference Finals Occurrences Coach Arturo Valenzona was sacked and replaced by assistant coach Ely Capacio after Tanduay performed poorly in the All-Filipino Conference, winning only twice in eight games and were eliminated from the semifinal round. The Rhum Makers ended up last place again in the Reinforced Conference and bowed out with a humiliating 127-145 loss to Ginebra San Miguel on November 3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h2cVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=agsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6647%2C248620 Beaten GTC in as Tanduay bows out Manila Standard The following year on January 16, 1988, the Elizalde-owned ballclub announced that they are taking a leave of absence from the PBA. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h5AtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3980%2C1128017 Tanduay takes PBA leave Manila Standard Won-loss records vs Opponents Team Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (All-Filipino) 3rd (Reinforced) Ginebra 2 7 2-3 0-2 0-2 Great Taste 7 6 7-2 0-2 0-2 Hills Bros 4 2 3-0 0-1 1-1 Magnolia / San Miguel 4 4 3-2 1-0 0-2 Shell 4 3 2-1 1-1 1-1 RP Team 1 1 1-1 N/A N/ATotal 22 23 18-9 2-6 2-8 Roster n Tanduay Rhum Makers #B50000 white #B50000 white 3 Edgardo Cordero F 6 4 UST PHI 5 Steve Watson basketball F 6 2 Ateneo PHI 7 Antonio Torrente G 6 1 PHI 9 Onchie Dela Cruz G 5 11 Philippine Christian University PHI 10 Freddie Hubalde F 6 1 Mapua PHI 11 Cayetano Salazar C 6 5 Letran PHI 12 Victor Sanchez basketball F 6 3 Mapua PHI 16 Angelito Esguerra F 6 3 Letran PHI 17 Padim Israel F 6 3 Ateneo PHI 19 Ramon Fernandez C 6 4 San Carlos PHI 24 Jose Yango F 6 3 San Beda PHI 33 Romulo Mamaril C 6 6 Mapua PHI 42 Willie Generalao G 5 8 Visayas PHI PHI Arturo Valenzona PHI Ely Capacio (3rd Conference) PHI Ely Capacio PHI Egay Gomez (3rd Conference) PHI Eddie Rivera Imports NameConferenceNo.Pos.Ht.College David Thirdkill Open Conference 22 Center-Forward 6"6' BradleyFreeman WilliamsReinforced Conference 20 Forward 6"3' PSU References Category:Tanduay Rhum Masters seasons Tanduay