1987 PBA Reinforced Conference

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1987 PBA Reinforced Conference
Duration October 4 - December 13, 1987
TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
Awards
Best Import Bobby Parks (San Miguel)
PBA Reinforced Conference chronology
PBA conference chronology

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. [1]

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. [2]
  • 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. [3]

Elimination round

Qualified for semifinals
# Team Standings W L PCT GB
1 Shell Azocord 7 3 .700 –-
2 San Miguel Beermen 6 4 .600 1
3 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 6 4 .600 1
4 Ginebra San Miguel 5 5 .500 2
5 Great Taste Instant Milk 4 6 .400 3
6 Tanduay Rhum Makers 2 8 .200 5

Semifinal round

Qualified for finals
Qualified for battle-for-third
# Team Standings Cumulative SF Playoff
W L PCT GB W L
1 San Miguel Beermen 13 5 .722 –- 7 1
2 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 10 8 .556 3 4 4 Symbol confirmed.svg
3 Ginebra San Miguel 10 8 .556 3 5 3 Symbol unrelated.svg
4 Shell Azocord 9 9 .500 4 2 6
5 Great Taste Instant Milk 6 12 .333 7 2 6

Finals berth playoff

December 1
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 89, Ginebra San Miguel 87

Battle for third

December 3
Ginebra San Miguel 134, Shell Azocord 127
December 6
Ginebra San Miguel 127, Shell Azocord 123
December 8
Ginebra San Miguel 166, Shell Azocord 132
December 10
Ginebra San Miguel 153, Shell Azocord 109
Ginebra wins series, 4-0

Finals

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December 3
San Miguel Beermen 97, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 110
December 6
San Miguel Beermen 123, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 100
December 8
San Miguel Beermen 114, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 92
December 10
San Miguel Beermen 113, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 105
December 13
San Miguel Beermen 96, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 86
San Miguel wins series, 4-1

References