# 1987 PBA Open Conference

The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the first conference of the 1987 PBA season. It started on March 22 and ended on June 23, 1987. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

## Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
* Double-round robin eliminations; 12 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
* #1 and #2 teams automatically advance to the semifinals.
* Teams seeded #3, #4, #5 and #6 will dispute in the last two semifinals berth in a one round-robin quarterfinals (results from the eliminations will be carried over).
* Semifinals will be two round robin affairs
* 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.

## Elimination round

| Pos | Team | 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 | Team | 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 | Team | 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

### Results

| Teams | GIN | GTC | MAG | TAN |
| Ginebra San Miguel | — | 119–118 | 105–112 | 110–102 |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | 154–127 | — | 112–106 | 124–136 |
| Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 134–130** | 107–114 | — | 91–101 |
| Tanduay Rhum Makers | 122–104 | 119–131 | 106–100 | — |

## Third place playoffs

* Vintage
* June 14
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 103, Ginebra San Miguel 96 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26-21, 23–25, 30-24, 24–26 |||
| Pts: Norman Black 46 | Pts: Michael Hackett 38 |
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 16
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 91, Ginebra San Miguel 97 :
| Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 20-14, 34-22, 16–36 |||
| Pts: Norman Black 33 | Pts: Michael Hackett 43 |
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 18
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 105, Ginebra San Miguel 76 :
| Scoring by quarter: 28-16, 23-19, 22-22, 32-19 |||
| Pts: Norman Black 46 | Pts: Michael Hackett 23 |
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 21
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 98, Ginebra San Miguel 91 :
| Scoring by quarter: 31-25, 23–24, 19-18, 25-24 |||
| Pts: Norman Black 33 | Pts: Michael Hackett 48 |
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 23
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 106, Ginebra San Miguel 101 :
| Scoring by quarter: 27-16, 19–24, 33-26, 27–35 |||
| Pts: Norman Black 39 | Pts: Joey Loyzaga 24 |
| Magnolia wins series, 4–1 |||
* The ULTRA, Pasig

## Finals

* Vintage
* June 14
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 16
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 18
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 21
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* June 23
Great Taste Coffee Makers 120, Tanduay Rhum Makers 134 :
* Tanduay wins series, 4–1 ||
* The ULTRA, Pasig