1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals

1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals
TeamCoachWins
San Miguel Beermen Norman Black 4
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings Arturo Valenzona 1
Dates December 3–13, 1987
Television Vintage Sports (PTV)
Radio network DZSR
Referees
Game 1: G. Ledezma, B. dela Cruz, A. Bartolome
Game 2: G. Ledesma, A. dela Cruz, R. Gamad
Game 3: G. Ledesma, M. Felipe, R. Gamad
Game 5: G. Ledesma, A. dela Cruz, R. Gamad

The 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Hills Bros. Coffee Kings played for the 38th championship contested by the league. [1]

San Miguel Beermen wins their third PBA title and its first championship in five years, defeating Hills Bros. Coffee Kings in their finals series, 4 games to 1.

Qualification

San MiguelHills Bros.
Finished 6–4 (.600), tied for 2nd EliminationsFinished 6–4 (.600), tied for 2nd
Finished 13–5 (.722), 1st Semifinals Finished 10–8 (.556), tied for 2nd
Tiebreaker Won against Ginebra, 89-87

Series scoring summary

Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Wins
San Miguel 97 123 114 113 96 4
Hills Bros. 110 100 92 105 86 1
Venue ULTRAULTRAULTRAULTRAULTRA

Games summary

Game 1

December 3
7:20 pm
San Miguel Beermen 97, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 110
Scoring by quarter: 29-23, 19-25, 23-29, 26-33
Pts: Bobby Parks 27 Pts: Slaughter 39 Villamin 34
Hills Bros. leads series, 1-0
The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
Referees: G. Ledezma, B. dela Cruz, A. Bartolome

The Coffee Kings squeeze out the best from import Jose Slaughter and Yoyoy Villamin, who scored 34 points, the highest for a local in this conference, to roll back San Miguel Beer. Slaughter refused to succumb to the pressure when the Beermen threatened at 95-98 in the closing two minutes, four straight points from Slaughter and charities by Frankie Lim and Tim Coloso sealed the win, 105-95, with 28 seconds to go. [2]

Game 2

December 6
6:20 pm
San Miguel Beermen 123, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 100
Scoring by quarter: 26-25, 33-17, 27-26, 37-32
Pts: Bobby Parks 38 Pts: Jose Slaughter 36
Series tied, 1-1
The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
Referees: G. Ledesma, A. dela Cruz, R. Gamad

Down 26-27, the Beermen immediately blazed away from all angles to open up a 50-36 lead before taking the first 24 minutes of play at 59-42. Bobby Parks and Abet Guidaben combined to stretch the lead to 22 points in the third quarter at 77-55. [3]

Game 3

December 8
7:20 pm
San Miguel Beermen 114, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 92
Scoring by quarter: 31-28, 27-11, 29-19, 27-34
Pts: Bobby Parks 43 Pts: Jose Slaughter 27
San Miguel leads series, 2-1
The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
Referees: G. Ledesma, M. Felipe, R. Gamad

The Beermen limited the Coffee Kings to only 11 points in the second quarter en route to a 58-39 halftime lead. Hills Bros badly missed the services of Marte Saldana on a twisted left knee ligament, Ricky Relosa on a left hand bone fracture and Bogs Adornado. Coffee Kings coach Arturo Valenzona had to field in seldom used Teddy Alfarero, Dennis Abbatuan and Adonis Tierra. There was no stopping the Beermen as they led by as many as 31 points, 87-56. [4]

Game 4

December 10
7:20 pm
San Miguel Beermen 113, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 105
San Miguel leads series, 3-1

Ricky Relosa suited up for Game four but the Coffee Kings efforts were not enough in stopping the Beermen from taking a 3-1 series lead. Hills Bros was in the thick of the fight until the final minute of the ballgame.

Game 5

December 13
6:20 pm
San Miguel Beermen 96, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 86
Scoring by quarter: 32-21, 22-23, 19-24, 23-18
Pts: Bobby Parks 30 Pts: Jose Slaughter 32
San Miguel wins series, 4-1
The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
Referees: G. Ledesma, A. dela Cruz, R. Gamad

Hector Calma, Bobby Parks and Abet Guidaben combined to open up a 30-18 lead before the Beermen took the half at 50-44. The Coffee Kings, undaunted by injuries to their key men, refused to give up easily and levelled the count five times, the last at 75-all, but the Beermen unloaded a crippling 17-2 blast to break the backs of the Coffee Kings and led, 92-77, with 2:23 to go. Bobby Parks put on the final icing of their title triumph with a buzzer-beating jumper. [5]

1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Champions

San Miguel Beermen
Third title

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 4 Reyes, Elmer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Beda College
G 5 Pumaren, Franz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
G 6 Jarencio, Pido 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UST
G 7 Almario, Alfie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle
F 9 Lim, Samboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran College
F 10 Teng, Alvin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Arellano University
C 11 Yturri, Tonichi 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle
F 12 Dignadice, Yves 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) West Negros College
G 14 Calma, Hector 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson
F 15 Cui, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lyceum
F 17 Graves, Jeffrey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Angeles University
G/F 22 Parks, Bobby (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Memphis State University
C 32 Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Jose-Recoletos
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 2 Alolor, Alejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) University of Visayas
G 4 Lim, Frankie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda College
G 7 Saldaña, Marte 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern
F 9 Valenciano, Naning 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Saint La Salle
C 12 Alfarero, Teddy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle
F 13 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern
F 15 Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua (Jrs)
G/F 21 Slaughter, Jose (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Portland
F 22 Abbatuan, Dennis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jose Rizal College
G 26 Tierra, Adonis 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FEATI University
G 32 Coloso, Tim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College
F 33 Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Cholo Martin


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured

Broadcast notes

Game Play-by-play Analyst
Game 1 Pinggoy Pengson Andy Jao
Game 2
Game 3 Sev Sarmenta Joaqui Trillo
Game 4
Game 5

References

  1. ↑ San Miguel, Hills start playoffs today
  2. ↑ Hills captures opener
  3. ↑ SMB pulls even with 123-100 win
  4. ↑ SMB swamps Hills
  5. ↑ SMB ends title drought
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