1987 PBA Reinforced Conference

Basketball in Philippines 1987 Reinforced Conference October 4 – December 13, 1987 Vintage Sports (PTV) Bobby Parks (San Miguel Beermen) San Miguel Beermen Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 1986 PBA Reinforced Conference 1986 1988 PBA Reinforced Conference 1988 1987 PBA/IBA 1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup 1988 Open 1988 PBA Open Conference The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference was the third and last conference of the 1987 PBA season. It started on October 4 and ended on December 13, 1987. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'4" height limit.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2W9hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4242%2C2500421 PBA Reinforced series on today Manila Standard Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: Double-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iWcVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=agsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6553%2C374554 Jazz-up Shell halts SMB Manila Standard Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated. Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the five remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over. The top two teams in the semifinals advance to the best of seven finals. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-seven playoff.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mmcVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=agsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6684%2C1895163 Ginebra throttles Hills Bros Manila Standard Elimination round main WL percentage yes yes none complete GIN 5 5 Ginebra San Miguel GRE 4 6 Great Taste Instant Milk HBC 6 4 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings SMB 6 4 San Miguel Beermen SHL 7 3 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters TAN 2 8 Tanduay Rhum Makers SF SF SF SF SF Q after green1 Semifinal round Semifinal round main WL Overall record percentage yes yes none complete GIN 10 8 Ginebra San Miguel Second seed playoff: Hills Bros. 89–87 Ginebra GRE 6 12 Great Taste Instant Milk HBC 10 8 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings GIN SMB 13 5 San Miguel Beermen SHL 9 9 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters F PO2 PO 3rd Q before green1 Advance to the Finals If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last Finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright. yellow1 Proceed to third place playoffs blue1 Guaranteed Finals berth playoff blue2 Qualify to Finals berth playoff main WL Semifinal round record wins no yes none complete GIN 5 3 Ginebra San Miguel GRE 2 6 Great Taste Instant Milk HBC 4 4 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings SMB 7 1 San Miguel Beermen SHL 2 6 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters PO Q before blue2 Qualify to Finals berth playoff San Miguel advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team; Ginebra, aside from winning earning the semifinal bonus, also ended up tied for #2. Second seed playoff #eee December 1 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 89 Ginebra San Miguel 87 Third place playoffs #eee December 3 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 134 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 127 December 6 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 127 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 123 #eee December 8 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 166 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 132 December 10 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage Ginebra San Miguel 153 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 109 Ginebra wins series, 4–0 Finals 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference finals #eee December 3 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage San Miguel Beermen 97 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 110 December 6 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage San Miguel Beermen 123 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 100 #eee December 8 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage San Miguel Beermen 114 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 92 December 10 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage San Miguel Beermen 113 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 105 #eee December 13 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage San Miguel Beermen 96 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 86 San Miguel wins series, 4–1 References Category:PBA Reinforced Conference Reinforced Conference