# 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference finals

The 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Northern Cement basketball team and Manila Beer Brewmasters played for the 32nd championship contested by the league.
Northern (NCC) scored the first ever 4–0 sweep in a best-of-seven championship series against Manila Beer and became the second guest squad to win a PBA title.

## Qualification

| Manila Beer | Manila Beer | Northern | Northern |
| Finished 9–3 (.750), 1st | Eliminations | Eliminations | Finished 7–5 (.583), tied for 2nd |
| Bye | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker | Lost to Ginebra, 96–99 |
| Bye | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Finished 9–6 (.600), 1st |
| Finished 4–2 (.667), 1st | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finished 3–3 (.500), tied for 2nd |
| Bye | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker | Defeated Great Taste, 123–107 |

## Series scoring summary

| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Wins |
| Northern | 139 | 133 | 130 | 138 | 4 |
| Manila Beer | 102 | 117 | 113 | 106 | 0 |
| Venue | ULTRA | ULTRA | ULTRA | ULTRA | |

## Games summary
### Game 1

* Vintage
* November 21
Northern (NCC) 139, Manila Beer Brewmasters 102 :
| Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 32–30, 38–20, 42–31 |||
| Pts: Jeff Moore 53 | Pts: Francois Wise 28 |
* The ULTRA, Pasig
NCC blew the game wide open in the third period on Jeff Moore's perimeter shooting, hitting from all angles as he mocked every defense thrown at him by the Brewmasters. Northern took a commanding 26-point lead going into the final quarter as Moore continued his shooting spree in the fourth period where NCC got their biggest lead of 40 points at 121–81.

### Game 2

* Vintage
* November 24
Northern (NCC) 133, Manila Beer Brewmasters 117 :
| Scoring by quarter: 27–30, 29–26, 35–31, 42–30 |||
| Pts: Jeff Moore 28 Hector Calma 26 | Pts: Francois Wise 37 Gary Vargas 28 |
* The ULTRA, Pasig
From a 56-all deadlock at halftime, the Brewmasters opened the third period with a 13–0 run to take a 69–56 lead. The Nationals bounced back and even grabbed the upper hand at the end of the third quarter at 91–87. In the final period, NCC pulled away and got their biggest lead at 120–97. Four NCC players scored more than 20 points in the game.

### Game 3

* Vintage
* November 26
Northern (NCC) 130, Manila Beer Brewmasters 113 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 28–20, 28–24, 51–44 |||
| Pts: Dennis Still 31 Allan Caidic 25 | Pts: Francois Wise 43 Atoy Co 26 |
* The ULTRA, Pasig
NCC led by 10 points after three quarters, 79–69. The Nationals began piling up points in the fourth period and pulled away, 106–86, with four minutes to go.

### Game 4

* Vintage
* November 28
Northern (NCC) 138, Manila Beer Brewmasters 106 :
| Scoring by quarter: 34–25, 26–26, 39–20, 39–35 |||
| Pts: Jeff Moore 41 | Pts: Francois Wise 40 Ed Cordero 29 |
| Northern wins series, 4–0 |||
* The ULTRA, Pasig
Similar to the series opener, Northern put on a show in a big third quarter explosion with Jeff Moore, Samboy Lim, Hector Calma and Dennis Still all scoring at will and the team shooting at a high field goal. NCC was up by 28 points, 99–71, entering the final quarter. The Brewmasters were totally outclass as coach Ron Jacobs pulled out his starters with about six minutes remaining and the second stringers, particularly Alfie Almario, was still nailing three-pointers to stretch their lead to 38 points at 125–87.
* 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference Champions
* Northern Consolidated (NCC) First title

## Broadcast notes

| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst |
| Game 1 | Pinggoy Pengson | Norman Black |
| Game 2 | Pinggoy Pengson | Steve Kattan |
| Game 3 | Joe Cantada | Joaquin Henson |
| Game 4 | Joe Cantada | Norman Black |