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1985 PBA Reinforced Conference finals
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Philippine basketball tournament
1985
Reinforced Conference
Northern (NCC)
Ron Jacobs
4
Manila Beer Brewmasters
Edgardo Ocampo
0
November 21–28, 1985
Vintage Sports (MBS)
DZRP/DZFM
1986
The 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Northern Cement basketball team and Manila Beer Brewmasters played for the 32nd championship contested by the league.
Northern (NCC) scored the first ever 4–0 sweep in a best-of-seven championship series against Manila Beer and became the second guest squad to win a PBA title.https://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2012/11/games-of-week-85-pba-reinforced.html A sweep by NCC
Qualification
Manila BeerNorthernFinished 9–3 (.750), 1st Eliminations Finished 7–5 (.583), tied for 2nd Bye Tiebreaker Lost to Ginebra, 96–99Quarterfinals Finished 9–6 (.600), 1stFinished 4–2 (.667), 1st SemifinalsFinished 3–3 (.500), tied for 2nd Bye Tiebreaker Defeated Great Taste, 123–107
Series scoring summary
TeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4WinsNorthern 139 133 130 138 4Manila Beer 102 117 113 106 0VenueULTRAULTRAULTRAULTRA
Games summary
Game 1
#eee November 21 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Northern (NCC) |score1=139 Manila Beer Brewmasters 102 27–21 32–30 38–20 42–31 Jeff Moore 53 Francois Wise 28
NCC blew the game wide open in the third period on Jeff Moore's perimeter shooting, hitting from all angles as he mocked every defense thrown at him by the Brewmasters. Northern took a commanding 26-point lead going into the final quarter as Moore continued his shooting spree in the fourth period where NCC got their biggest lead of 40 points at 121–81.
Game 2
#eee November 24 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Northern (NCC) |score1=133 Manila Beer Brewmasters 117 27–30 29–26 35–31 42–30 Jeff Moore 28 Hector Calma 26 Francois Wise 37 Gary Vargas 28
From a 56-all deadlock at halftime, the Brewmasters opened the third period with a 13–0 run to take a 69–56 lead. The Nationals bounced back and even grabbed the upper hand at the end of the third quarter at 91–87. In the final period, NCC pulled away and got their biggest lead at 120–97. Four NCC players scored more than 20 points in the game.
Game 3
#eee November 26 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Northern (NCC) |score1=130 Manila Beer Brewmasters 113 23–25 28–20 28–24 51–44 Dennis Still 31 Allan Caidic 25 Francois Wise 43 Atoy Co 26
NCC led by 10 points after three quarters, 79–69. The Nationals began piling up points in the fourth period and pulled away, 106–86, with four minutes to go.
Game 4
#eee November 28 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Northern (NCC) |score1=138 Manila Beer Brewmasters 106 34–25 26–26 39–20 39–35 Jeff Moore 41 Francois Wise 40 Ed Cordero 29 Northern wins series, 4–0
Similar to the series opener, Northern put on a show in a big third quarter explosion with Jeff Moore, Samboy Lim, Hector Calma and Dennis Still all scoring at will and the team shooting at a high field goal. NCC was up by 28 points, 99–71, entering the final quarter. The Brewmasters were totally outclass as coach Ron Jacobs pulled out his starters with about six minutes remaining and the second stringers, particularly Alfie Almario, was still nailing three-pointers to stretch their lead to 38 points at 125–87.
1985 PBA Reinforced Conference Champions Northern Consolidated (NCC) First title
Rosters
n Northern Cement #B50000 #FFFFFF black #ffffff
4 Alfie Almario F 6 3 De La Salle PHI
5 Franz Pumaren G 5 9 De La Salle PHI
7 Elmer Reyes basketball F 6 1 San Beda PHI
8 Allan Caidic F 6 2 UE PHI
9 Samboy Lim F 6 0 Letran PHI
11 Tonichi Yturri C 6 5 De La Salle PHI
12 Yves Dignadice F 6 4 STI WNU PHI
13 Dennis Still C 6 8 Loyola Marymount USA
14 Hector Calma G 5 8 Adamson PHI
15 Jeffrey Moore basketball F 6 3 Loyola (MD) USA
16 Pido Jarencio G 5 10 UST PHI
18 Jerry Codinera C 6 5 UE PHI
20 Benjie Gutierrez F 6 1 UST PHI
USA Ron Jacobs PHI Cris Calilan
PHI Pilo Pumaren
n Manila Beer #7B1113 #fdd501 #fdd501 #7B1113
3 Edgardo Cordero GF 6 3 UST PHI
5 Francois Wise FC 6 5 Long Beach State USA I
6 Fortunato Co, Jr G 6 0 Mapua PHI
9 Rodolfo Lalota F 6 3 Mapua PHI
11 Gary Vargas GF 6 2 PSBA PHI
13 Elpidio Villamin F 6 2 FEU PHI
14 Leopoldo Herrera F 6 3 Wesleyan University Philippines PHI
16 Angelito Esguerra F 6 2 Letran PHI
17 Eduardo Mendoza basketball G 6 0 Visayas PHI
22 Matthew Gaston G 6 1 Ateneo PHI
24 Ramon Cruz G 5 11 UE PHI
32 Timoteo Coloso GF 6 2 Letran PHI
55 Abet Guidaben C 6 5 USJ-R PHI
PHI Edgardo Ocampo PHI Loreto Carbonell (I) Import
Broadcast notes
Game Play-by-play AnalystGame 1 Pinggoy Pengson Norman BlackGame 2 Pinggoy Pengson Steve KattanGame 3 Joe Cantada Joaquin HensonGame 4 Joe Cantada Norman Black
References
Category:Manila Beer Brewmasters games
Category:Philippines men's national basketball team games
1985
Category:1985 PBA season
PBA Reinforced Conference Finals