1987 PBA Open Conference

The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the first conference of the 1987 PBA season. It started on March 22 and ended on June 23, 1987. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.^[1]

1987 PBA Open Conference
Duration	March 22 – June 23, 1987
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	Tanduay Rhum Makers
Runners-up	Great Taste Coffee Makers
Awards
Best Import	David Thirdkill (Tanduay Rhum Makers)
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Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

• Double-round robin eliminations; 12 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
• #1 and #2 teams automatically advance to the semifinals.^[2]
• Teams seeded #3, #4, #5 and #6 will dispute in the last two semifinals berth in a one round-robin quarterfinals (results from the eliminations will be carried over).^[3]
• Semifinals will be two round robin affairs
• The top two teams in the semifinals advance to the best of seven finals. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best of seven playoff.^[4]

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Great Taste Coffee Makers	10	2	.833	—	Advance to semifinal round
2	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	9	3	.750[a]	1
3	Tanduay Rhum Makers	9	3	.750[a]	1	Proceed to quarterfinal round
4	Ginebra San Miguel	6	6	.500	4
5	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	4	8	.333	6
6	Formula Shell Spark Aiders	2	10	.167[b]	8
7	Philippine national team (G)	2	10	.167[b]	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(G) Guests
Notes:

1. Semifinal berth playoff: Magnolia 108–98 Tanduay
2. Quarterfinal berth playoff: Shell 120–111 Philippine team

Quarterfinal round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
3	Tanduay Rhum Makers	10	5	.667	—	Semifinal round
4	Ginebra San Miguel	9	6	.600	1
5	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	5	10	.333	5
6	Formula Shell Spark Aiders	3	12	.200	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinal round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Great Taste Coffee Makers	4	2	.667[a]	—	Advance to the Finals
2	Tanduay Rhum Makers	4	2	.667[a]	—
3	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	2	4	.333[b]	2	Proceed to third place playoff
4	Ginebra San Miguel	2	4	.333[b]	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Great Taste 1–1 Tanduay, Great Taste +2
2. Head-to-head record: Magnolia 2–0 Ginebra

Results

Teams	GIN	GTC	MAG	TAN
Ginebra San Miguel	—	119–118	105–112	110–102
Great Taste Coffee Makers	154–127	—	112–106	124–136
Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	134–130**	107–114	—	91–101
Tanduay Rhum Makers	122–104	119–131	106–100	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Third place playoffs

Vintage

June 14

Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 103, Ginebra San Miguel 96
Scoring by quarter: 26-21, 23–25, 30-24, 24–26
Pts: Norman Black 46		Pts: Michael Hackett 38

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Vintage

June 16

Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 91, Ginebra San Miguel 97
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 20-14, 34-22, 16–36
Pts: Norman Black 33		Pts: Michael Hackett 43

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Vintage

June 18

Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 105, Ginebra San Miguel 76
Scoring by quarter: 28-16, 23-19, 22-22, 32-19
Pts: Norman Black 46		Pts: Michael Hackett 23

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Vintage

June 21

Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 98, Ginebra San Miguel 91
Scoring by quarter: 31-25, 23–24, 19-18, 25-24
Pts: Norman Black 33		Pts: Michael Hackett 48

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Vintage

June 23

Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 106, Ginebra San Miguel 101
Scoring by quarter: 27-16, 19–24, 33-26, 27–35
Pts: Norman Black 39		Pts: Joey Loyzaga 24
Magnolia wins series, 4–1

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Finals

Main article: 1987 PBA Open Conference Finals

Vintage

June 14

Great Taste Coffee Makers 114, Tanduay Rhum Makers 118

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Vintage

June 16

Great Taste Coffee Makers 134, Tanduay Rhum Makers 135 (OT)

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Vintage

June 18

Great Taste Coffee Makers 120, Tanduay Rhum Makers 114

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Vintage

June 21

Great Taste Coffee Makers 112, Tanduay Rhum Makers 113

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Vintage

June 23

Great Taste Coffee Makers 120, Tanduay Rhum Makers 134

Tanduay wins series, 4–1

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