# 1989 PBA Open Conference finals

The 1989 PBA Open Conference finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1989 PBA Open Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Formula Shell Zoom Masters played for the 42nd championship contested by the league. The finals series serves as a rematch between these two teams that battled in the Third Conference finals last season.
The San Miguel Beermen repeated against the Formula Shell Zoom Masters in a similar 4–1 conquest and retains the PBA Open Conference crown.

## Qualification

| San Miguel | San Miguel | Shell | Shell |
| Finished 10–0 (1.000), 1st | Eliminations | Eliminations | Finished 5–5 (.500), tied for 2nd |
| Finished 14–4 (.778), 1st | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finished 10–8 (.556), 2nd |

## Series scoring summary

| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Wins |
| San Miguel | 146 | 114 | 130 | 104 | 123 | 4 |
| Formula Shell | 132 | 107 | 124 | 115 | 105 | 1 |
| Venue | ULTRA | ULTRA | ULTRA | ULTRA | ULTRA | |

## Games summary
### Game 1

* Vintage
* May 11 7:30 pm
* boxscores
San Miguel Beermen 146, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 132 :
| Scoring by quarter: 33–20, 34–30, 50–32, 29–50 |||
| Pts: Ramon Fernandez 36 | Pts: Bobby Parks 39 Benjie Paras 34 |
| San Miguel leads series, 1–0 |||
* The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
Ramon Fernandez played superb, aside from 36 points, dishing out a lot of brilliant assists that sparked the Beermen's breakaway from the very first quarter, the Zoom Masters fell behind by as much as 39 points going into the last quarter.

### Game 2

* Vintage
* May 14 6:30 pm
* boxscores
San Miguel Beermen 114, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 107 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 30–25, 27–32, 32–31 |||
| Pts: Michael Phelps 28 | Pts: Bobby Parks 50 |
| San Miguel leads series, 2–0 |||
* The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
Shell remained in the fight until the last minute, the Zoom Masters cut down every sizable lead of the Beermen, Fernandez lead his team in hanging tough whenever the Zoom Masters threatened with repeated rallies.

### Game 3

* Vintage
* May 16 7:30 pm
San Miguel Beermen 130, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 124 :
| Scoring by quarter: 36–31, 27–30, 39–39, 28–24 |||
| Pts: Michael Phelps 33 | Pts: Bobby Parks 54 |
| San Miguel leads series, 3–0 |||
* The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
The Zoom Masters were up by four, 124–120, with about two minutes left, a spate of errors and bad plays saw them blank the rest of the way in a 10–0 blast by San Miguel in the endgame, Bobby Parks committed a lane violation on the inbound play, with the Beermen on top, 125–124.

### Game 4

* Vintage
* May 18 6:30 pm
San Miguel Beermen 104, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 115 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 24–32, 26–33, 28–21 |||
| Pts: Michael Phelps 46 | Pts: Bobby Parks 46 Benjie Paras 27 |
| San Miguel leads series, 3–1 |||
* The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
Capitalizing on the absence of four-time MVP Ramon Fernandez, who was sideline due to a right, wrist sprain, the Zoom Masters leaned on the heroics of Benjie Paras and Bobby Parks to prevent a series shutout. From a 61–50 halftime lead, the Shell Zoom Masters doubled the margin and got their biggest lead at 80–57 midway in the third period.

### Game 5

* Vintage
* May 21 6:30 pm
San Miguel Beermen 123, Formula Shell Zoom Masters 105 :
| Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 27–22, 32–29, 42–30 |||
| Pts: Michael Phelps 31 | Pts: Bobby Parks 30 |
| San Miguel wins series, 4–1 |||
* The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
After keeping Shell at bay for three quarters, San Miguel broke the game wide open in the final period in a scintillating display of teamwork and hardcourt brilliance. The Zoom Masters made a gallant stand but ran out of gas and could not stop the highly charged Beermen from winning the title.
* 1989 PBA Open Conference Champions
* San Miguel Beermen Sixth title

## Awards

SCOOP Most Outstanding Local player in the finals series: Hector Calma (San Miguel Beer)

## Broadcast notes

| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst | Courtside reporters |
| Game 1 | Joe Cantada | Joaqui Trillo | |
| Game 2 | Sev Sarmenta | Andy Jao | |
| Game 3 | Joe Cantada | Joaqui Trillo | |
| Game 4 | Sev Sarmenta | Andy Jao | |
| Game 5 | Ed Picson | Quinito Henson | Romy Kintanar and Ronnie Nathanielsz |