# 1987 PBA season

The 1987 PBA season was the 13th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Board of governors
### Executive committee

* Mariano A. Yenko, Jr. (Commissioner)
* Rodriguo Salud (Deputy Commissioner)
* Reynaldo Marquez (Chairman, representing Formula Shell)
* Jose Ibazeta (Vice Chairman, representing Magnolia Ice Cream)
* Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Treasurer, representing Hills Bros. Coffee Kings)

### Teams

| Team | Company | Governor |
| Forumula Shell | Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation | Reynaldo Marquez |
| Ginebra San Miguel | La Tondeña Incorporada | Carlos Palanca III |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | Consolidated Foods Corporation | James Go |
| Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | G.F. Equity Inc. | Wilfred Steven Uytengsu |
| Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | San Miguel Corporation | Jose C. Ibazeta |
| Tanduay Rhum Makers | Elizalde & Company Tanduay Distillers, Inc. | Renato Reyes |

## Season highlights

* Manila Beer disbanded its franchise at the start of the season, reducing the league's membership to only 6 teams, their players were absorbed by the rest of the PBA ballclubs.
* The PBA, in partnership with a newly formed league called International Basketball Association (IBA) of the United States for players 6–4 and below, staged a successful mini-tournament for one week, featuring the top PBA All-Filipino teams and the US (IBA) Selection.
* Tanduay Rhum Makers, which won the Open Conference crown, were eliminated and finish last in the succeeding two conferences, announces that the team is headed for disbandment the following year, leaving only two founding members of the PBA (San Miguel and Great Taste).
* The San Miguel Beermen, behind best import Bobby Parks, won the Reinforced Conference crown and their third PBA title since returning in the third conference of last year. SMB coach Norman Black won his first championship as a mentor and he became the third American to steer his team to a PBA title after Jerry Webber and Ron Jacobs.

## Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
| Team | Muse |
| Formula Shell | Pinky Amador |
| Ginebra San Miguel | Bing Loyzaga |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | Tina Abad |
| Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | Joey Albert |
| Magnolia Ice Cream | Rachel Ann Wolfe |
| Philippine Team | Marichit Vergara |
| Tanduay Rhum Makers | Cassandra Romero |

## Champions

* Open Conference: Tanduay Rhum Makers
* All-Filipino Conference: Great Taste Coffee Makers
* Reinforced Conference: San Miguel Beermen
* Team with best win–loss percentage: Magnolia/San Miguel Beermen (43–23, .652)
* Best Team of the Year: Great Taste Coffee Makers (3rd & Final)

## Open Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 10 | 2 | .833 | — | Advance to semifinal round |
| 2 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1 | Advance to semifinal round |
| 3 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 4 | Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 5 | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 6 | Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 2 | 10 | .167 | 8 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 7 | Philippine national team (G) | 2 | 10 | .167 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Semifinal berth playoff: Magnolia 108–98 Tanduay
* 1 2 Quarterfinal berth playoff: Shell 120–111 Philippine team

### Quarterfinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 3 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 10 | 5 | .667 | — | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 6 | .600 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5 | |
| 6 | Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 3 | 12 | .200 | 7 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 4 | 2 | .667 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 4 | 2 | .667 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 3 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2 | Proceed to third place playoff |
| 4 | Ginebra San Miguel | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2 | Proceed to third place playoff |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Great Taste 1–1 Tanduay, Great Taste +2
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Magnolia 2–0 Ginebra

### Third-place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (3) Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 4–1 | (4) Ginebra San Miguel | 103–96 | 91–97 | 105–76 | 98–91 | 106–101 | — | — |

### Finals results

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (1) Great Taste Coffee Makers | 1–4 | (2) Tanduay Rhum Makers | 114–118 | 134–135 (OT) | 120–114 | 112–113 | 120–134 | — | — |
* Best Import of the Conference: David Thirdkill (Tanduay)

## All-Filipino Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 5 | 3 | .625 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 5 | 3 | .625 | — | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Ginebra San Miguel | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 7 | 1 | .875 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1 | Advance to the Finals |
| 3 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 4 | Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 5 | Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6 | |

### Third-place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| (3) Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 3–0 | (4) Ginebra San Miguel | 102–98 (OT) | 101–98 (OT) | 106–105 | — | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| (1) Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 0–3 | (2) Great Taste Coffee Makers | 94–124 | 110–114 | 108–109 | — | — |

## Reinforced Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 7 | 3 | .700 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Great Taste Instant Milk | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Guaranteed Finals berth playoff |
| 3 | Ginebra San Miguel | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Qualify to Finals berth playoff |
| 4 | Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 5 | Great Taste Instant Milk | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 1 | |
| 2 | Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 3 | Qualify to Finals berth playoff |
| 3 | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Great Taste Instant Milk | 2 | 6 | |

### Third-place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (3) Ginebra San Miguel | 4–0 | (4) Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 134–127 | 127–123 | 166–132 | 153–109 | — | — | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (1) San Miguel Beermen | 4–1 | (2) Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 97–110 | 123–100 | 114–92 | 113–105 | 96–86 | — | — |
* Best Import of the Conference: Bobby Parks (San Miguel)

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Abet Guidaben (San Miguel)
* Rookie of the Year: Allan Caidic (Great Taste)
* Most Improved Player: Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
* Best Import-Open Conference: David Thirdkill (Tanduay)
* Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Bobby Parks (San Miguel)
* Mythical Five:
** Philip Cezar (Great Taste)
** Hector Calma (San Miguel)
** Abet Guidaben (San Miguel)
** Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
** Allan Caidic (Great Taste)
* Mythical Second Team:
** Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
** Arnie Tuadles (Great Taste)
** Ramon Fernandez (Tanduay)
** Bernardo Carpio (Great Taste)
** Ricky Relosa (Hills Bros.)
* All-Defensive Team:
** Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)
** Philip Cezar (Great Taste)
** Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
** Ricky Relosa (Hills Bros.)
** Biboy Ravanes (Shell)

## Cumulative standings

| Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
| Magnolia Ice Cream Makers / San Miguel Beermen | 66 | 43 | 23 | .652 |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | 60 | 35 | 25 | .583 |
| Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | 58 | 29 | 29 | .500 |
| Tanduay Rhum Makers | 45 | 22 | 23 | .488 |
| Ginebra San Miguel | 68 | 33 | 35 | .486 |
| Formula Shell Spark Aiders / Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters | 54 | 18 | 36 | .333 |
| Philippine Team | 13 | 2 | 11 | .181 |