1987 PBA Open Conference finals

1987 Open Conference Tanduay Rhum Makers Arturo Valenzona 4 Great Taste Coffee Makers Baby Dalupan 1 June 14–23, 1987 Vintage Sports (PTV) DZSR G. Ledesma, E. Cruz, M. Felipe G. Ledesma, E. Cruz, R. Besabe G. Ledesma, D. Bayais, R. Besabe 1986 1988 The 1987 PBA Open Conference finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1987 PBA Open Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Tanduay Rhum Makers and Great Taste Coffee Makers played for the 36th championship contested by the league.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3aEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6185%2C3195854 Tanduay's testy Game 1 tonight Manila Standard Tanduay Rhum Makers captured their third PBA title with a 4–1 series victory over Great Taste Coffee Makers. Qualification Great TasteTanduayFinished 10–2 (.833), 1st Eliminations Finished 9–3 (.750), tied for 2nd Bye Tiebreaker Lost to Magnolia, 98–108Quarterfinals Finished 10–5 (.667), 1stFinished 4–2 (.667), tied for 1st SemifinalsFinished 4–2 (.667), tied for 1st Series scoring summary TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5WinsTanduay 118 135 114 113 134 4Great Taste 114 134 120 112 120 1VenueULTRAULTRAULTRAULTRAULTRA Games summary Game 1 #eee June 14 6:35 pm The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Vintage Tanduay Rhum Makers |score1=118 Great Taste Coffee Makers 114 21–28 24–29 38–32 35–25 David Thirdkill 61 Michael Young 40 Ricardo Brown 30 Tanduay leads series, 1–0 The Rhum Makers trailed by 16 points, 37–53, late in the second quarter, but were able to work their way back into the game as David Thirdkill exploded with 61 points, 37 of them in the final half as he outperformed his counterpart Michael Young, who was limited to only 8 points in the fourth quarter. The Coffee Makers had a chance to tie the count with the score at 116–114 in favor of Tanduay. Thirdkill's two free throws off a foul by Philip Cezar with five seconds left sealed the ballgame.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3qEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6529%2C3256216 Tanduay thumps Great Taste Manila Standard Game 2 #eee June 16 6:35 pm The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila OT Vintage G. Ledesma, E. Cruz, M. Felipe Tanduay Rhum Makers |score1=135 Great Taste Coffee Makers 134 23–35 32–30 33–30 35–28 12–11 David Thirdkill 42 Freddie Hubalde 33 Allan Caidic 48 Michael Young 42 Tanduay leads series, 2–0 The Rhum Makers battled back from several 16-point deficits, rookie Allan Caidic's hot hands, finishing with a conference-best 48 points, and an overtime period to break Great Taste's record of not being defeated twice in a row this season. Thirdkill had the chance of wrapping the game up for Tanduay in regulation but he missed the second of two free throw shots off Michael Young's fifth foul with eight seconds left, enabling Allan Caidic to force the game into overtime at 123-all with a fastbreak lay-up as the buzzer sounded. The Coffee Makers led, 132–129, with two minutes left in the extension period when Thirdkill scored four straight points as the Rhum Makers regain the upper hand. Freddie Hubalde, who scored 33 points, sink a jumper to give Tanduay a 135–132 edge with 29 seconds left. After a Great Taste timeout, a quick two points by Michael Young cut the deficit to just one, 134–135, but the Coffee Makers wasted so much time not fouling to stop the clock. With seven second left and Great Taste not yet in penalty situation, the Rhum Makers just dribbled the remaining seconds away.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4KEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6370%2C3378067 New Tanduay escape Manila Standard Game 3 #eee June 18 6:35 pm The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Vintage Tanduay Rhum Makers 114 Great Taste Coffee Makers |score2=120 18–36 39–17 29–30 28–37 David Thirdkill 52 Michael Young 50 Tanduay leads series, 2–1 Great Taste took an early 33–11 lead behind the perimeter shooting of Allan Caidic, Ricardo Brown and Michael Young. The Rhum Makers battled back and even led at halftime, 57–53. In the fourth period, the Coffee Makers went up, 115–108, with 2:10 remaining but David Thirdkill's pair of dunks closed the gap at 114–117. Ricardo Brown's three free throws, first from a technical foul on Thirdkill, and the last two on a chopping foul by Onchie Dela Cruz, sealed the win for Great Taste.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4qEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6380%2C3498901 Great Taste derails Tanduay march Manila Standard Game 4 #eee June 21 6:35 pm The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Vintage G. Ledesma, E. Cruz, R. Besabe Tanduay Rhum Makers |score1=113 Great Taste Coffee Makers 112 29–29 32–33 35–27 17–23 David Thirdkill 48 Michael Young 32 Tanduay leads series, 3–1 The Rhum Makers trailed, 100–106, with barely six minutes remaining when David Thirdkill took charge, firing half of his team's next 12 points and Great Taste was limited to a solitary point as Tanduay surge ahead, 112–107. Allan Caidic buried the last of his four triples to trimmed down Tanduay's deficit to two, 110–112. Thirdkill split his free throws off Michael Young's fifth foul to place the Rhum Makers ahead by three, 113–110, with nine seconds remaining. Michael Young came through with his own two free throws off a foul from Thirdkill with five seconds left, after converting his first bonus shot, Young intentionally miss his second free throw but the ball bounced high up and went in. Tanduay calls a timeout and from the inbound play, the Rhum Makers dribbled out the remaining seconds.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5aEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6126%2C3678991 Tanduay storms out front, 3 to 1 Manila Standard Game 5 #eee June 23 6:35 pm The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Vintage G. Ledesma, D. Bayais, R. Besabe Tanduay Rhum Makers |score1=134 Great Taste Coffee Makers 120 31–30 29–35 40–27 34–28 David Thirdkill 59 Michael Young 42 Ricardo Brown 36 Tanduay wins series, 4–1 Tanduay took a 27–17 lead in the first quarter but the Coffee Makers came to within a point, 30–31, at the end of first 12 minutes of play. Great Taste were up, 65–60 at halftime. In the third quarter, a big 18–2 run by the Rhum Makers to start the period gave them a 78–67 lead. The Rhum Makers answered every last-ditch effort by the Coffee Makers in the final quarter as Tanduay fans began celebrating with still two minutes left in the game on a well-preserved 14-point edge. The predominantly Tanduay crowd were singing the song "We Will Rock You" blasting through the loud speaker. The last five points of the Rhum Makers were highlighted by a triple from Ramon Fernandez and a dunk from David Thirdkill, there was still one second left when Great Taste players left the court as confetti rained the hardcourt celebrating the Elizalde ballclub's third championship in the last four conferences.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=56EVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6351%2C3816858 Titular runaway by Tanduay Manila Standard 1987 PBA Open Conference Champions Tanduay Rhum Makers Third title Rosters n Tanduay Rhum Makers #B50000 white #B50000 white 3 Edgardo Cordero F 6 3 UST PHI 5 Steve Watson basketball GF 6 2 Ateneo PHI 7 Antonio Torrente G 6 1 PHI 9 Ramon Dela Cruz G 5 11 Philippine Christian University PHI 10 Freddie Hubalde GF 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 2 Ateneo PHI 19 Ramon Fernandez C 6 4 San Carlos PHI 22 David Thirdkill C 6 6 Bradley USA I 24 Jose Yango F 6 3 San Beda PHI 33 Romulo Mamaril C 6 6 Mapua PHI 42 Willie Generalao G 5 9 Visayas PHI PHI Arturo Valenzona PHI Ely Capacio (I) Import n Great Taste Coffee #f47b34 #000000 #f47b34 #000000 5 Aaron Torres basketball F 6 2 UE PHI 6 Abe King F 6 3 San Beda PHI yes 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 F 6 3 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 42 Michael Young basketball, born 1961 CF 6 6 Houston USA I 60 Fortunato Co, Jr G 6 0 Mapua PHI PHI Baby Dalupan PHI Bong Go (I) Import Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play AnalystGame 1 Pinggoy Pengson Andy JaoGame 2 Joe Cantada Joaqui TrilloGame 3 Game 4 Game 5 References 1987 Category:1987 PBA season Category:Tanduay Rhum Masters games Category:Great Taste Coffee Makers games PBA Open Conference Finals