# 1985 PBA season

The 1985 PBA season was the 11th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Board of governors
### Executive committee

* Mariano A. Yenko, Jr. (Commissioner)
* Tomas L. Manotoc (Deputy Commissioner)
* Carlos Palanca III (President, representing Ginebra San Miguel)
* Qurino Marquinez (Vice-President, representing Great Taste Coffee Makers)
* Andrew H. Jao (Treasurer, representing Manila Beer Brewmasters)

### Teams

| Team | Company | Governor |
| Ginebra San Miguel | La Tondeña Incorporada | Carlos Palanca III |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | Consolidated Foods Corporation | Quirino Marquinez |
| Manila Beer Brewmasters | Shareholdings, Inc. | Andrew H. Jao |
| San Miguel Beermen | San Miguel Corporation | Leonides Valencia |
| Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | Shell Chemicals Philippines | Rafael Hernaez |
| Tanduay Rhum Makers | Elizalde & Company Tanduay Distillers, Inc. | Johnny Jose |

## Season highlights

* The season marked the first time without the famed Crispa Redmanizers participating in the league. New team Shell Azodrin Bugbusters takes over the franchise of the defunct winningest ballclub.
* The PBA found a new home in the University of Life Theater and Recreational Arena (ULTRA) in Pasig after 10 years of playing at the Araneta Coliseum.
* The Great Taste Coffee Makers continued its dynasty as they won their fourth straight title during the season and almost a Grandslam of sorts.
* A blockbuster trade took place between two-time MVP Ramon Fernandez of Manila Beer switching places with one-time MVP Abet Guidaben of Tanduay. Fernandez played his first game with the Rhum Makers starting in October.
* The year saw the birth of a never-say-die squad known as Ginebra San Miguel with the 'Big J' Sonny Jaworski becoming the player-coach of the team starting the season. The Magnolia ballclub also offered the role of playing-coach to their returning import Norman Black at the start of the year.
* Guest amateur team Northern Consolidated (NCC) won the PBA Third Conference crown over the Manila Beer Brewmasters and recorded the first-ever 4–0 finals sweep in league history.

## Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
| Team | Muse |
| Ginebra San Miguel | Katherine Sta.Maria |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | Lisa Stanley |
| Magnolia Ice Cream | Desiree Verdadero |
| Manila Beer Brewmasters | Lani Mercado |
| Northern Consolidated (NCC) | Marivic Roldan |
| Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | Lyka Ugarte |
| Tanduay Rhum Makers | |

## Champions

* Open Conference: Great Taste Coffee Makers
* All-Filipino Conference: Great Taste Coffee Makers
* Reinforced Conference: Northern Consolidated (NCC)
* Team with best win–loss percentage: Great Taste Coffee Makers (44–27, .620)
* Best Team of the Year: Great Taste Coffee Makers (2nd)

## Open Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 8 | 4 | .667 | — | Advance to semifinal round |
| 2 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 8 | 4 | .667 | — | Advance to semifinal round |
| 3 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 4 | Northern Cement (G) | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 5 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 6 | Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 7 | Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5 | |

### Quarterfinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 3 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 9 | 6 | .600 | — | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Northern Cement (G) | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1 | |
| 6 | Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Semifinal berth playoff: Northern Cement 98–75 Manila Beer

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 5 | 1 | .833 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1 | Advance to the Finals |
| 3 | Northern Cement (G) | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 | Proceed to third place playoff |
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5 | Proceed to third place playoff |

### Third-place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (3) Northern Cement | 4–2 | (4) Tanduay Rhum Makers | 107–112 | 110–98 | 100–93 | 104–110 | 113–82 | 121–110 | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (1) Great Taste Coffee Makers | 4–2 | (2) Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 108–99 | 105–111 | 103–97 | 93–95 | 121–95 | 122–104 | — |
* Best Import of the Conference: Norman Black (Magnolia)

## All-Filipino Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 8 | 2 | .800 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4 | |
| 6 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 12 | 4 | .750 | — | Advance to the finals |
| 2 | Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4 | Advance to the finals |
| 3 | Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
* 1 2 Second-seed playoff: Shell 89–76 Ginebra

### Third-place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| (3) Ginebra San Miguel | 2–2 | (4) Tanduay Rhum Makers | 115–122 (OT) | 110–108 | 106–97 | 102–104 | — |
* ↑ The PBA finals ended earlier than the third-place playoffs. Rather than continue the series, the team that won more games in the series was named third place. As both teams won an identical number of games (2), the team that scored the most points in the series up to that point (Ginebra 431–433 Tanduay) was named third place.

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| (1) Great Taste Coffee Makers | 3–1 | (2) Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | 103–98 | 113–106 | 102–103 | 110–91 | — |

## Reinforced Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 9 | 3 | .750 | — | Advance to semifinal round |
| 2 | Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Advance to semifinal round |
| 3 | Magnolia Quench Plus | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 4 | Northern Cement (G) | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 5 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 6 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 7 | Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | 2 | 10 | .167 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.033, Ginebra 1.000, Northern 0.967; semifinal berth playoffs: Ginebra 99–96 Northern, Ginebra 106–98 Magnolia

### Quarterfinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 3 | Northern Cement (G) | 9 | 6 | .600 | — | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Magnolia Quench Plus | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1 | |
| 6 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Semifinal berth playoff: Great Taste 99–95 Magnolia

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 4 | 2 | .667 | — | Advance to the finals |
| 2 | Northern Cement (G) | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1 | Advance to the finals |
| 3 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 4 | Ginebra San Miguel | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
* 1 2 Second-seed playoff, Northern 123–107 Great Taste

### Third-place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (3) Great Taste Coffee Makers | 0–4 | (4) Ginebra San Miguel | 168–197 | 133–139 | 126–155 | 124–145 | — | — | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (1) Manila Beer Brewmasters | 0–4 | (2) Northern Cement | 102–139 | 117–133 | 113–130 | 106–138 | — | — | — |
* Best Import of the Conference: Michael Hackett (Ginebra)

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
* Rookie of the Year: Leo Austria (Shell)
* Most Improved Player: Padim Israel (Tanduay)
* Best Import (Open): Norman Black (Magnolia)
* Best Import (Reinforced): Michael Hackett (Ginebra)
* Mythical Five:
** Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
** Willie Pearson (Great Taste)
** Abet Guidaben (Tanduay/Manila Beer)
** Manny Victorino (Great Taste)
** Bogs Adornado (Shell)
* Mythical Second Team:
** Robert Jaworski (Ginebra)
** Willie Generalao (Tanduay)
** Ramon Fernandez (Manila Beer/Tanduay)
** Philip Cezar (Shell)
** Abe King (Great Taste)
* All-Defensive Team:
** Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)
** Philip Cezar (Shell)
** Elpidio Villamin (Manila Beer)
** Robert Jaworski (Ginebra)
** Abe King (Great Taste)

## Cumulative standings

| Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | 71 | 44 | 27 | .620 |
| Northern Consolidated (NCC) | 55 | 33 | 22 | .600 |
| Manila Beer Brewmasters | 48 | 25 | 23 | .520 |
| Ginebra San Miguel | 57 | 28 | 29 | .492 |
| Magnolia Ice Cream/Quench Plus | 54 | 26 | 28 | .481 |
| Tanduay Rhum Makers | 59 | 24 | 35 | .406 |
| Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | 48 | 16 | 32 | .333 |