1989 PBA Reinforced Conference

The 1989 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference was the third and last conference of the 1989 PBA season. It started on October 1 and ended on December 12, 1989. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires each team to have an import standing 6 feet 1 inch.

1989 PBA Reinforced Conference
Duration	October 1 – December 12, 1989
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Añejo Rum 65ers
Awards
Best Import	Carlos Briggs (Añejo Rum 65ers)
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Format

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

• Double-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
• Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated.^[1]
• Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the five remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over.
• The top two teams in the semifinals advance to the best of seven finals.^[2] The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-five playoff.

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	6	4	.600	—	Semifinal round
2	Purefoods Hotdogs	6	4	.600	—
3	Presto Tivolis	5	5	.500	1
4	Añejo Rum 65ers	5	5	.500	1
5	Alaska Milkmen	5	5	.500	1
6	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	3	7	.300	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinal round

Overall standings Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 12 6 .667 — Advance to the Finals[a] 2 Purefoods Hotdogs 10 8 .556[b] 2 Guaranteed Finals berth playoff 3 Añejo Rum 65ers 10 8 .556[b] 2 Qualify to Finals berth playoff 4 Alaska Milkmen 8 10 .444 4 Proceed to third place playoffs 5 Presto Tivolis 7 11 .389 5 Source: [citation needed] Notes: If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last Finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright. Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–2 Añejo, Purefoods +6

Semifinal round standings Pos Team W L Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 6 2 2 Añejo Rum 65ers 5 3 Qualify to Finals berth playoff[a] 3 Purefoods Hotdogs 4 4 4 Alaska Milkmen 3 5 5 Presto Tivolis 2 6 Source: [citation needed] Notes: San Miguel advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Añejo 113–112 Purefoods

Third place playoffs

Vintage

November 28

Purefoods Hotdogs 109, Alaska Milkmen 116
Scoring by quarter: 30-16, 27-31, 38-32, 21-30
Pts: Alvin Patrimonio 31		Pts: Sean Chambers 53

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Vintage

November 30

Purefoods Hotdogs 114, Alaska Milkmen 108

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Vintage

December 7

Purefoods Hotdogs 112, Alaska Milkmen 123
Scoring by quarter: 30-24, 30-30, 34-31, 29-27
Pts: Jojo Lastimosa 30		Pts: Sean Chambers 34

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Vintage

December 10

Purefoods Hotdogs 102, Alaska Milkmen 126

Alaska wins series, 3–1

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Finals

Main article: 1989 PBA Reinforced Conference finals

Vintage

November 28

San Miguel Beermen 134, Añejo Rum 65ers 125

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Vintage

November 30

San Miguel Beermen 140, Añejo Rum 65ers 134

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Vintage

December 7

San Miguel Beermen 134, Añejo Rum 65ers 138

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Vintage

December 10

San Miguel Beermen 150, Añejo Rum 65ers 134

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Vintage

December 12

San Miguel Beermen 122, Añejo Rum 65ers 111

San Miguel wins series, 4–1

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