1987 PBA season explained

1987 PBA season
Year:	1987
Duration:	March 22 – December 13, 1987
No Of Teams:	6
Tv:	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Draft:	1987 PBA Draft
Top Pick:	Allan Caidic
Picked By:	Great Taste Coffee Makers
Mvp:	Abet Guidaben
Conf1:	Open Conference
Conf1 Link:	1987 PBA Open Conference
Conf1 Champ:	Tanduay Rhum Makers
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Great Taste Coffee Makers
Conf2:	All-Filipino Conference
Conf2 Link:	1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference
Conf2 Champ:	Great Taste Coffee Makers
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
Conf3:	Reinforced Conference
Conf3 Link:	1987 PBA Reinforced Conference
Conf3 Champ:	San Miguel Beermen
Conf3 Runner-Up:	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
Prevseason Link:	1986 PBA season
Prevseason Year:	1986
Nextseason Link:	1988 PBA season
Nextseason Year:	1988

The 1987 PBA season was the 13th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Board of governors

Executive committee

• Mariano A. Yenko, Jr. (Commissioner)
• Rodriguo Salud (Deputy Commissioner)
• Reynaldo Marquez (Chairman, representing Formula Shell)
• Jose Ibazeta (Vice Chairman, representing Magnolia Ice Cream)
• Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Treasurer, representing Hills Bros. Coffee Kings)

Teams

Team	Company	Governor
	Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation	Reynaldo Marquez
		Carlos Palanca III
		James Go
		Wilfred Steven Uytengsu
		Jose C. Ibazeta
		Renato Reyes

Season highlights

• Manila Beer disbanded its franchise at the start of the season, reducing the league's membership to only 6 teams, their players were absorbed by the rest of the PBA ballclubs. ^[1]
• The PBA, in partnership with a newly formed league called International Basketball Association (IBA) of the United States for players 6–4 and below, staged a successful mini-tournament for one week, featuring the top PBA All-Filipino teams and the US (IBA) Selection.
• Tanduay Rhum Makers, which won the Open Conference crown, were eliminated and finish last in the succeeding two conferences, announces that the team is headed for disbandment the following year, leaving only two founding members of the PBA (San Miguel and Great Taste).
• The San Miguel Beermen, behind best import Bobby Parks, won the Reinforced Conference crown and their third PBA title since returning in the third conference of last year. SMB coach Norman Black won his first championship as a mentor and he became the third American to steer his team to a PBA title after Jerry Webber and Ron Jacobs.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
Formula Shell	Pinky Amador
Ginebra San Miguel	Bing Loyzaga
Great Taste Coffee Makers	Tina Abad
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	Joey Albert
Magnolia Ice Cream	Rachel Ann Wolfe
Philippine Team	Marichit Vergara
Tanduay Rhum Makers	Cassandra Romero

Champions

• Open Conference: Tanduay Rhum Makers
• All-Filipino Conference: Great Taste Coffee Makers
• Reinforced Conference: San Miguel Beermen
• Team with best win–loss percentage: Magnolia/San Miguel Beermen (43–23, .652)
• Best Team of the Year: Great Taste Coffee Makers (3rd & Final)

Open Conference

See main article: 1987 PBA Open Conference.

Third-place playoffs

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Finals results

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• Best Import of the Conference: David Thirdkill (Tanduay)

All-Filipino Conference

See main article: 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference.

Third-place playoffs

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Finals

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Reinforced Conference

See main article: 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference.

Third-place playoffs

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Finals

See main article: 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference finals. |}

• Best Import of the Conference: Bobby Parks (San Miguel)

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Abet Guidaben (San Miguel)
• Rookie of the Year: Allan Caidic (Great Taste)
• Most Improved Player: Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
• Best Import-Open Conference: David Thirdkill (Tanduay)
• Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Bobby Parks (San Miguel)
• Mythical Five:
  • Philip Cezar (Great Taste)
  • Hector Calma (San Miguel)
  • Abet Guidaben (San Miguel)
  • Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
  • Allan Caidic (Great Taste)
• Mythical Second Team:
  • Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
  • Arnie Tuadles (Great Taste)
  • Ramon Fernandez (Tanduay)
  • Bernardo Carpio (Great Taste)
  • Ricky Relosa (Hills Bros.)
• All-Defensive Team:
  • Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)
  • Philip Cezar (Great Taste)
  • Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
  • Ricky Relosa (Hills Bros.)
  • Biboy Ravanes (Shell)

Cumulative standings

Team	GP	W	L	PCT
	66	43	23	.652
	60	35	25	.583
	58	29	29	.500
	45	22	23	.488
	68	33	35	.486
	54	18	36	.333
	13	2	11	.181

Notes and References

1. News: PBA Special: 1987 PBA Season Preview. Manila Standard.