# 1984 PBA Invitational championship

The 1984 PBA Invitational championship was the third conference of the 1984 PBA season. It started on November 18 and ended on December 18, 1984. Imports return to action after two All-Filipino conferences.

## Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament:
* Five teams qualified in the Invitational championship. Gold Eagle Beer gained the 5th entry over Tanduay Rhum Makers based on their won-loss records in the elimination round of the first two conferences. The Beermen had nine wins and 16 losses compared to Tanduay's seven wins and 18 losses combined slates despite the Rhum Makers making it to the semifinals of the second All-Filipino Conference.
* The top two teams at the end of the double-round eliminations advance to the best-of-five finals. The third and fourth-place finishers play in the best-of-five series for third place.

## Qualification

These are win–loss records from the two All-Filipino conferences' elimination rounds this season:
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 19 | 6 | .760 | Qualified to tournament |
| 2 | Crispa Redmanizers | 17 | 8 | .680 | Qualified to tournament |
| 3 | Gilbey's Gin Tonics | 14 | 11 | .560 | Qualified to tournament |
| 4 | Beer Hausen Brewmasters | 13 | 12 | .520 | Qualified to tournament |
| 5 | Gold Eagle Beermen | 9 | 16 | .360 | Qualified to tournament |
| 6 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 7 | 18 | .280 | |
| 7 | Country Fair Hotdogs | 2 | 23 | .080 | |

## Elimination round

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 7 | 1 | .875 | — | Advance to the finals |
| 2 | Crispa Redmanizers | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1 | Advance to the finals |
| 3 | Beer Hausen Brewmasters | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3 | Proceed to third place playoff |
| 4 | Gilbey's Gin Tonics | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5 | Proceed to third place playoff |
| 5 | Gold Eagle Beermen | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6 | |

## Third place playoffs

* Vintage
* December 9
Beer Hausen Brewmasters 133, Gilbey's Gin Tonics 125 :
| Pts: Butch Hays 40 | Pts: Washam 52 Watson 35 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* December 11
Beer Hausen Brewmasters 100, Gilbey's Gin Tonics 106 :
| Pts: Butch Hays 38 | Pts: Tony Washam 49 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* December 13
Beer Hausen Brewmasters 110, Gilbey's Gin Tonics 105 :
| Pts: Butch Hays 37 | Pts: Tony Washam 40 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Vintage
* December 16
Beer Hausen Brewmasters 124, Gilbey's Gin Tonics 110 :
| Pts: Butch Hays 41 | Pts: Tony Washam 40 |
| Beer Hausen wins series, 3–1 |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Finals

The 1984 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Invitational championship finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1984 PBA Invitational. Great Taste Coffee Makers and Crispa Redmanizers played for the 28th championship contested by the league.
Great Taste Coffee Makers won their finals series against Crispa via 3–2 series.

### Series scoring summary

The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.
| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Wins |
| Great Taste | 138 | 117 | 103 | 117 | 127 | 3 |
| Crispa | 115 | 118 | 116 | 105 | 106 | 2 |
† denotes the number of overtimes

### Scores

* Vintage
* December 9
* recap
Great Taste Coffee Makers 138, Crispa Redmanizers 115 :
| Scoring by quarter: 34-22, 27-34, 28-26, 49-33 |||
| Pts: Collins 40 Brown 36 | Pts: Willis 31 Guidaben 29 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: R. Bartolome, R. Victorino, W. Mateo
The Coffee Makers were ahead by only seven, 89-82, going into the final period, Ricardo Brown hit nine points in an 11-2 blast as their lead ballooned to 14 points, 100-86. Import Jeff Collins took over the scoring chores and came up with an eight-point run for Great Taste to decide the issue, 114-92.
* Vintage
* December 11
* recap
Great Taste Coffee Makers 117, Crispa Redmanizers 118 :
| Scoring by quarter: 35-30, 25-25, 30-32, 27-31 |||
| Pts: Ricardo Brown 39 | Pts: Carlton Willis 33 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
The Redmanizers took a 75-71 lead in the third quarter, after trailing the Coffee Makers throughout the game. In the fourth period, after a three-point play by Freddie Hubalde to tie the count at 90-all, a 9-2 run by Great Taste, resulted to a seven-point spread with nine minutes left in the ballgame. Going into the last two minutes of play, Jeff Collins' reverse dunk gave the Coffee Makers a five-point lead but Freddie Hubalde's two unanswered baskets bring the Great Taste' lead to only one with 1:05 to go. Ricardo Brown scored two-for-two from the stripe after being hacked by Carlton Willis, 117-114 for Great Taste. Willis then scored on a short drive with 35 seconds left, the Coffee Makers became a little too lax and Ricardo Brown snapped off a jumper that was too strong it bounced off the ring right into the hands of Abet Guidaben, a lead pass to Arturo Cristobal, who spotted Freddie Hubalde waiting in the frontcourt and scored with 4.4 seconds on the clock. Great Taste calls two timeouts and in the inbound play, Jeff Collins broke free and went for a three-pointer that was short, the Redmanizers evened up the series at one game each.
* Vintage
* December 13
* recap
Great Taste Coffee Makers 103, Crispa Redmanizers 116 :
| Scoring by quarter: 21-23, 28-28, 24-31, 30-34 |||
| Pts: Ricardo Brown 29 | Pts: Abet Guidaben 25 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
From a 51-49 halftime edge in favor of Crispa, the Coffee Makers started the third period on an 8-0 run for a 57-51 lead as the Redmanizers were held scoreless in the first 1:36 of the second half. Philip Cezar scored on a lay-up that set off Crispa's own 11-2 blast that pushed them ahead, 62-59. With 1:26 left in the third quarter, Crispa got their first double-digit lead at 79-69. The Redmanizers went up by 14 points in the fourth quarter, 90-76, but Great Taste rallied to within 94-98 with still 5:28 remaining. A three-point play by Abet Guidaben off Alejo Alolor's fourth foul seal the Coffee Makers' fate and Philip Cezar followed that up with a lay-up on a four on one fastbreak, 103-94 for Crispa.
* Vintage
* December 16
Great Taste Coffee Makers 117, Crispa Redmanizers 105 :
| Scoring by quarter: 32-25, 22-32, 32-21, 31-27 |||
| Pts: Collins 39 Brown 33 | Pts: Carlton Willis 32 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
The Coffee Makers took a 47-36 advantage in the second quarter but the Redmanizers came back and even lead at halftime, 57-54. In the fourth quarter from a precarious 103-97 six-point edge for Great Taste, Jeff Collins did the scoring for the Coffee Makers in a three-minute span to settle the issue, 112-99.
* Vintage
* December 18
Great Taste Coffee Makers 127, Crispa Redmanizers 106 :
| Scoring by quarter: 34-24, 29-24, 30-24, 34-34 |||
| Pts: Jeff Collins 33 | Pts: Carlton Willis 20 |
| Great Taste wins series, 3–2 |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Jeff Collins sparked three devastating spurts that opened a commanding 56-40 lead for the Coffee Makers late in the second quarter, a finishing 15-6 third quarter run by Great Taste put the game's outcome beyond doubt. Abet Guidaben of Crispa fouled out with 1:58 left in the third quarter to hasten the Redmanizers' downfall. Great Taste raced to a 28-point margin, 108-80 with 4:54 left in the final period.