1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season explained

Pbayear:1986
Team:Manila Beer Brewmasters
Team2:Manila Beer Brewmasters
Coach:Joe Lipa
Tito Eduque
1C-Name:Reinforced Conference
1C-Wins:2
1C-Losses:8
1C-Place:6th
1C-Playoffs:Eliminated
2C-Name:All Filipino Conference
2C-Wins:3
2C-Losses:6
2C-Place:6th
2C-Playoffs:Quarterfinals
No-3C:1
3C-Name:Open Conference
3C-Wins:14
3C-Losses:8
3C-Place:2nd
3C-Playoffs:Finals (lost to Ginebra)
Owners:Asia Brewery
Prevseason:1985

The 1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season was the 3rd and final season of the Asia Brewery franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

Players AddedSignedFormer team
Ricardo Cui RookieOff-seasonN/A
Adonis Tierra Rookie
Ranulfo Robles Rookie free agent
Tito VarelaTanduay Rhum Makers
Lim Eng BengJuly 1986Crispa (1984)
Jesus MigalbinMagnolia

Occurrences

The Brewmasters were handled by multi-titled amateur coach Joe Lipa at the start of the season, taking over from Olympian Edgardo Ocampo. After failing to lead Manila Beer past eliminations in the first conference, Lipa was replaced by another former Olympian Tito Eduque as Manila Beer head coach beginning the All-Filipino Conference. Coach Eduque bring along former PBA coaches Jun Celis and Nemie Villegas as his assistants.

Finals stint

After a disappointing finishes in the first two conferences of the season, Manila Beer came back strong in the Third Conference, just like in the previous year. The Brewmasters were on their third finals appearance in franchise history, behind imports Michael Young, a first round pick of the Boston Celtics in the 1984 NBA draft, and Santa Clara star Harold Keeling.

Manila Beer lost to crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel in five games in the best-of-seven title series. [1]

See main article: 1986 PBA Open Conference finals.

Award

Michael Young won the PBA Best Import honors in the 1986 Open Conference, besting two-time best import awardee Billy Ray Bates of Ginebra.

Won-loss records vs Opponents

Team Win Loss 1st (Reinforced) 2nd (All-Filipino) 3rd (Open)
Alaska 4 2 1-1 1-1 2-0
Ginebra 1 11 0-2 0-2 1-7
Great Taste 5 2 1-1 0-1 4-0
Magnolia 2 0 N/A N/A 2-0
Shell 1 5 0-2 0-2 1-1
Tanduay 5 2 0-2 1-0 4-0
RP-Magnolia 1 0 N/A 1-0 N/A
Total 19 22 2-8 3-6 14-8

Roster

Imports

Tournament Name Height From
8
22
10
1
42

Notes and References

  1. News: WATNow Series: Remember Harold Keeling?. Manila Bulletin Sports.