# 1986 PBA season

The 1986 PBA season was the 12th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Board of governors
### Executive committee

* Mariano A. Yenko, Jr. (Commissioner)
* Rodriguo Salud (Deputy Commissioner)
* Carlos Palanca III (Chairman, representing Ginebra San Miguel)
* Reynaldo Marquez (Vice Chairman, representing Pilipinas Shell Oilers)
* Andrew H. Jao (Treasurer, representing Manila Beer Brewmasters)

### Teams

| Team | Company | Governor |
| Alaska Milkmen | General Milling Corporation | Wilfred Steven Uytengsu |
| Ginebra San Miguel | La Tondeña Incorporada | Carlos Palanca III |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | Consolidated Foods Corporation | James Go |
| Manila Beer Brewmasters | Shareholdings, Inc. | Andrew H. Jao |
| San Miguel Beermen | San Miguel Corporation | Leonides Valencia |
| Pilipinas Shell Oilers | Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation | Reynaldo Marquez |
| Tanduay Rhum Makers | Elizalde & Company Tanduay Distillers, Inc. | Jose Luis Ledesma |

## Season highlights

* Due to the aftermath of the 1986 People Power Revolution, the uncertainty of opening a new PBA season became imminent after two teams that have connections with the Marcoses (Tanduay and Manila Beer) were unsure if they will still continue in taking part of the league. Likewise, it was then not known who will be in charge of the PBA's main venue, the ULTRA and Vintage Sports TV network partner Maharlika Broadcasting System. The league eventually opened its season at The ULTRA on April 6 and was aired on MBS. MBS will be later renamed as the People's Television Network the same year.
* PBA legal counsel Atty. Rudy Salud was appointed as deputy commissioner after Tommy Manotoc resigned.
* The Alaska Milkmen became the newest team that joined the league while the Magnolia ballclub, one of the founding members of the PBA, took a temporary leave of absence. Magnolia makes its comeback in the Third Conference with a new lineup composed of 10 rookies, eight of which were former national players from the disbanded Northern Consolidated (NCC) team.
* The board of governors approved an amendment to the PBA constitution that replaces the position of the PBA President into the Chairman of the Board of Governors.
* Teams paraded two reinforcements each in the import-laden conferences, which led to a record-breaking success by the league on the last term of PBA chairman Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca.
* The birth of the most bitter PBA rivalry since the Toyota-Crispa days - that between the Tanduay Rhum Makers and crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel - with both teams winning their first championship during the season.

## Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
| Team | Muse |
| Alaska Milkmen | Joey Albert |
| Ginebra San Miguel | Gretchen Barretto |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | |
| Manila Beer Brewmasters | Peachy Sacisas |
| Shell Oilers | Sabrina Artadi |
| Tanduay Rhum Makers | |

## Champions

* Reinforced Conference: Tanduay Rhum Makers
* All-Filipino Conference: Tanduay Rhum Makers
* Open Conference: Ginebra San Miguel
* Team with best win–loss percentage: Ginebra San Miguel (42-23, .647)
* Best Team of the Year: Tanduay Rhum Makers (1st & Final)

## Reinforced Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 8 | 2 | .800 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | Alaska Milkmen | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Pilipinas Shell Oilers | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 3 | Ginebra San Miguel | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 4 | Alaska Milkmen | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3 | Proceed to third-place playoff |
| 5 | Pilipinas Shell Oilers | 4 | 14 | .222 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Great Taste 2–2 Tanduay, Great Taste +3

### 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 | 4–2 | (4) Alaska Milkmen | 138–135 | 147–134 | 127–130 | 121–124 | 148–123 | 139–137 (OT) | — |

### 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 | 2–4 | (2) Tanduay Rhum Makers | 114–117 | 126–121 (OT) | 110–117 | 111–112 | 111–106 | 109–132 | — |
* Best Import of the Conference: Rob Williams (Tanduay)

## All-Filipino Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 5 | 1 | .833 | — | Advance to semifinal round |
| 2 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 5 | 1 | .833 | — | Advance to semifinal round |
| 3 | Shell Helix Oilers | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 4 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 5 | Ginebra San Miguel | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 6 | Alaska Milkmen | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 7 | Philippine national team (G) | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Quarterfinal round berth playoff: Alaska 100–96 Philippine national team

### Quarterfinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 3 | Ginebra San Miguel | 5 | 4 | .556 | — | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Shell Helix Oilers | 5 | 4 | .556 | — | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Alaska Milkmen | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2 | |
| 6 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 4 | 2 | .667 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Ginebra San Miguel | 4 | 2 | .667 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 3 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1 | Proceed to third place playoff |
| 4 | Pilipinas Shell Oilers | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3 | Proceed to third place playoff |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Tanduay 2–1 Ginebra

### Third place playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| (3) Great Taste Coffee Makers | 1–3 | (4) Pilipinas Shell Oilers | 125–128 (OT) | 110–101 | 105–110 | 90–96 | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| (1) Tanduay Rhum Makers | 3–1 | (2) Ginebra San Miguel | 86–90 | 118–115 (OT) | 79–74 | 93–92 | — |

## Open Conference
### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 3 | .750 | — | Advance to semifinal round |
| 2 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 9 | 3 | .750 | — | Advance to semifinal round |
| 3 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 4 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 5 | Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 6 | Alaska Milkmen | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5 | Proceed to quarterfinal round |
| 7 | Magnolia Cheese Makers | 2 | 10 | .167 | 7 | |

### Quarterfinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 3 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 8 | 7 | .533 | — | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 8 | 7 | .533 | — | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 7 | 8 | .467 | 1 | |
| 6 | Alaska Milkmen | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3 | |

### Semifinal round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Ginebra San Miguel | 4 | 1 | .800 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 4 | 1 | .800 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 3 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3 | Proceed to third place playoff |
| 4 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3 | Proceed to third place playoff |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Ginebra 3–0 Manila Beer
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Tanduay 3–1 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) Tanduay Rhum Makers | 0–4 | (4) Great Taste Coffee Makers | 130–146 | 128–141 | 128–138 | 143–170 | — | — | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| (1) Ginebra San Miguel | 1–4 | (2) Manila Beer Brewmasters | 135–133 | 111–121 | 139–130 | 145–135 (2OT) | 130–120 | — | — |
* Best Import of the Conference: Michael Young (Manila Beer)

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Ramon Fernandez (Tanduay)
* Rookie of the Year: Dondon Ampalayo (Ginebra)
* Most Improved Player: Ricky Relosa (Alaska)
* Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Rob Williams (Tanduay)
* Best Import-Open Conference: Michael Young (Manila Beer)
* Mythical Five:
** Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
** Robert Jaworski (Ginebra)
** Ramon Fernandez (Tanduay)
** Manny Victorino (Great Taste)
** Freddie Hubalde (Tanduay)
* Mythical Second Team:
** Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)
** Padim Israel (Tanduay)
** Terry Saldaña (Ginebra)
** JB Yango (Tanduay)
** Dondon Ampalayo (Ginebra)
* All-Defensive Team:
** Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)
** Philip Cezar (Shell)
** Elpidio Villamin (Manila Beer)
** Ricky Relosa (Alaska)
** Padim Israel (Tanduay)

## Cumulative standings

| Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
| Ginebra San Miguel | 65 | 42 | 23 | .647 |
| Tanduay Rhum Makers | 64 | 37 | 27 | .578 |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | 64 | 36 | 28 | .562 |
| Manila Beer Brewmasters | 41 | 19 | 22 | .463 |
| Alaska Milkmen | 49 | 20 | 29 | .408 |
| Shell Oilers/Shell Helix Oilers/Formula Shell Spark Aiders | 52 | 20 | 32 | .384 |
| Magnolia Cheese Makers | 12 | 2 | 10 | .166 |
| RP-Magnolia Quench Plus | 7 | 1 | 6 | .142 |