{{Short description|Basketball cup finals}} {{Infobox PBA conference finals | image= | year = 1985 | conference = All-Filipino Conference | champion = '''[[Great Taste Coffee Makers]]''' | champion_coach = [[Baby Dalupan]] | champion_games = 3 | runnerup = [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Shell Azodrin Bugbusters]] | runnerup_coach = [[Freddie Webb]] | runnerup_games = 1 | date= August 13–20, 1985 | MVP = | television = [[PBA on Vintage Sports|Vintage Sports]] ([[People's Television Network|MBS]]) | announcers = | radio_network = [[DZSR|DZRP/DZFM]] | radio_announcers = | referees_1 = | referees_2 = | referees_3 = | referees_4 = | referees_5 = | referees_6 = | prev_year = [[1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference finals|1984 Second]] | next_year = [[1986 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals|1986]] }} The '''1985 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals''' was the [[Best-of-five playoff|best-of-5]] basketball championship series of the [[1985 PBA All-Filipino Conference]], and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The [[Great Taste Coffee Makers]] and [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Shell Azodrin Bugbusters]] played for the 31st championship contested by the league.
The [[Great Taste Coffee Makers]] won their finals series against [[Shell Azodrin Bugbusters]], three games to one, for their fourth straight PBA title.
==Qualification== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- align=center ! colspan="2" style="width:45%;"|[[Great Taste Coffee Makers|Great Taste]]!! colspan="2" style="width:45%;"|[[Shell Turbo Chargers|Shell]] |- align=center |Finished 8–2 (.800), 1st ||colspan=2|'''Eliminations'''||Finished 5–5 (.500), tied for 2nd |- align=center |rowspan=2| Finished 12–4 (.750), 1st ||colspan=2|'''Semifinals'''|| Finished 8–8 (.500), tied for 2nd |- align=center |colspan=2|'''Tiebreaker''' ||Won against [[Barangay Ginebra Kings|Ginebra]], 89–76 |}
==Series scoring summary== {| border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:525px; margin:auto;" |- style="text-align:center; background:#e6e6e6;" ! style="text-align:center; width:30%;"|Team !width=8%|Game 1 !width=8%|Game 2 !width=8%|Game 3 !width=8%|Game 4 !width=8%|Wins |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Great Taste | '''103''' || '''113''' || 102 || '''110''' || '''3''' |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Shell Azodrin | 98 || 106 || '''103''' || 91 || '''1''' |- style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; background:#e6e6e6;" |align=left|Venue |[[PhilSports Arena|ULTRA]]||[[PhilSports Arena|ULTRA]]||[[PhilSports Arena|ULTRA]]||[[PhilSports Arena|ULTRA]]|| |}
==Games summary==
===Game 1=== {{basketballbox|bg=#eee|date=August 13|place=[[PhilSports Arena|The ULTRA]], [[Pasig]] |TV=[[PBA on Vintage Sports|Vintage]] |report=[http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w638/MonPba/219438_177904445592569_2651708_o_zps3e6790e0.jpg recap] |team1= '''[[Great Taste Coffee Makers]] | score1=103''' |team2= [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Shell Azodrin]] | score2=98 |Q1=26–16 |Q2=27–29 |Q3=20–22 |Q4=30–31 |points1=Pongkee Alolor 23 |points2=[[Bogs Adornado]] 28 }} Ricardo Brown was taken out at 7:36 in the second period after he sustained a bad fall while going for a layup. The Coffee Makers dominated the first half despite the loss of Brown and took the fight out of the rallying Bugbusters midway in the final period with a 9–2 spurt to open a 91–80 lead, time down to five minutes.
===Game 2=== {{basketballbox|bg=#eee|date=August 15|place=[[PhilSports Arena|The ULTRA]], [[Pasig]] |TV=[[PBA on Vintage Sports|Vintage]] |team1= '''[[Great Taste Coffee Makers]] |score1=113''' |team2= [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Shell Azodrin]] |score2=106 |Q1=29–28 |Q2=29–26 |Q3=25–26 |Q4=30–26 |points1=[[Manny Victorino]] 35 |points2=[[Bogs Adornado]] 46 }} Manny Victorino shot a team-high 35 points but it was the presence of Ricardo Brown that led to the Coffee Makers' surge in the final period, Brown sparked an 11–2 blast to turn an 87–90 deficit to a 98–92 lead with 5:23 left. The bugbusters lapsed into series of errors as Great Taste went to pad its lead to 12 points at 111–99 with 42 seconds remaining. Bogs Adornado shot a conference-high 46 points for Shell but the Coffee Makers' defense held other bugbusters in check.
===Game 3=== {{basketballbox|bg=#eee|date=August 18|place=[[PhilSports Arena|The ULTRA]], [[Pasig]] |TV=[[PBA on Vintage Sports|Vintage]] |report=[http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w638/MonPba/209261_177904682259212_2592241_o_zps15e897ab.jpg recap] |team1= [[Great Taste Coffee Makers]] |score1=102 |team2= '''[[Shell Turbo Chargers|Shell Azodrin]] |score2=103''' |Q1=20–32 |Q2=24–22 |Q3=26–17 |Q4=32–32 |points1=Willie Pearson 22 |points2=[[Bogs Adornado]] 32 }} Ricardo Brown missed what could have been a winning shot at the buzzer. In the last five seconds, Brown moved out of a double team by Bernie Fabiosa and Romy Ang and jumped at the left side of the key hole but the ball rimmed out as the buzzer sounded. The bugbusters almost let a won game slipped away, the Coffee Makers were behind by 10 points at halftime but came back with Brown hitting four three-point shots in the last nine minutes. Great Taste moved to within 102–103 on the last of Brown's triple and Willie Pearson intercepted a pass by Philip Cezar with 27 seconds to go.
===Game 4=== {{basketballbox|bg=#eee|date=August 20|place=[[PhilSports Arena|The ULTRA]], [[Pasig]] |TV=[[PBA on Vintage Sports|Vintage]] |team1= '''[[Great Taste Coffee Makers]] |score1=110''' |team2= [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Shell Azodrin]] |score2=91 |Q1=19–24 |Q2=35–14 |Q3=29–19 |Q4=27–34 |points1=[[Ricardo Brown (basketball)|Ricardo Brown]] 23 |points2=[[Bogs Adornado]] 32 |series=Great Taste wins series, 3–1 }} An explosive second quarter blitz by Great Taste opened up a 54–38 halftime advantage. Ricardo Brown, who shot 15 points in the second quarter alone, including three triples, spearheaded a decisive 23–5 splurge as the Coffee Makers took a 16-point lead at the break. The bugbusters never recovered from there as the lead of Great Taste balloon to as many as 30 points in the second half, the last at 110–80 and with the championship wrapped up, the Coffee Makers relaxed allowing the Bugbusters to score eleven straight points for the final count. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2014/03/great-taste-four-straight-championships.html|title=Great Taste snares title}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto" !1985 PBA All-Filipino Conference Champions |- |<br /> '''[[Great Taste Coffee Makers]]''' <br /> '''Fourth title''' |}
==Rosters== {{Basketball roster header|age=n | team=Great Taste Coffee | color1 = #000000| bg1 = #f47b34 | color2 = #000000| bg2 = #f47b34 }} <!-- begin player list --> {{player2 | num = 1 | first = Manny | last = Victorino | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = | college = JRU | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 2 | first = Alejo | last = Alolor | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = | college = Visayas | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 3 | first = Oliveros | last = Dalman | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = | college = Visayas | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 4 | first = Frankie | last = Lim | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = | college = San Beda | nat = PHI | inj = yes }} {{player2 | num = 6 | first = Abe | last = King | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = | college = San Beda | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 7 | first = Joel | last = Banal | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = | college = Mapua | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 11 | first = Jaime | last = Manansala | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = | college = UE | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 14 | first = Chito | last = Loyzaga | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = | college = San Beda | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 18 | first = Lawrence | last = Merced | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = | college = Adamson | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 20 | first = Teodicio | last = Alfarero| link = Teddy Alfarero | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = | college = De La Salle | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 23 | first = Ricardo | last = Brown | dab=basketball| pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = | college = Pepperdine | nat = USA }} {{player2 | num = 29 | first = Bernardo | last = Carpio |dab=basketball| pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = | college = Ateneo | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 33 | first = William | last = Pearson |dab=basketball| pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = | college = Chaminade | nat = USA }} <!-- end player list --> {{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = *{{player||PHI|[[Baby Dalupan]]}} | asst_coach = *{{player||PHI|[[Jimmy Mariano]]}} |otherlegend=
}}
{{Basketball roster header|age=n | team=Shell Azodrin | color1 = #fdd501 | bg1 = #0055af | color2 = #000000| bg2 = #ffff99 }} <!-- list of players --> {{player2 | num = 3 | first = Alberto | last = Gutierrez |dab=basketball| pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = | college = Ateneo de Davao | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 5 | first = Sonny | last = Cabatu | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = | college = PSBA| nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 7 | first = Arturo | last = Cristobal | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = | college = FEU | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 10 | first = Romeo | last = Ang | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = | college = Letran | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 11 | first = Menardo | last = Jubinal | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = | college = Mapua | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 12 | first = Rey | last = Lazaro | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = | college = FEU | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 13 | first = Leo | last = Austria | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = | college = Lyceum | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 17 | first = Manuel | last = Marquez | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = | college = San Beda | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 26 | first = Aldo | last = Perez | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = | college = De La Salle | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 33 | first = Bogs | last = Adornado | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = | college = UST | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 42 | first = Dennis | last = Abbatuan | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = | college = JRU | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 51 | first = Bernie | last = Fabiosa | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = | college = UE | nat = PHI }} {{player2 | num = 81 | first = Philip | last = Cezar | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = | college = JRU | nat = PHI }} <!-- end player list --> {{basketball roster footer | head_coach = *{{player||PHI|[[Freddie Webb]]}} | asst_coach = *{{player||PHI|Frederick Gonzales}} |otherlegend=
}}
==Broadcast notes== {|class=wikitable |- !Game !! [[Play-by-play]] !! [[Color commentator|Analyst]] |- |Game 1 || || |- |Game 2 || || |- |Game 3 || || |- |Game 4 || || |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{1985 PBA season by team}} {{PBA Philippine Cup Finals}} {{Shell Turbo Chargers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:All-Filipino Conference Finals 1985}} [[Category:Great Taste Coffee Makers games]] [[Category:Shell Turbo Chargers games]] [[Category:PBA Philippine Cup finals|1985]] [[Category:1985 PBA season]] [[Category:August 1985 sports events in Asia|PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals]]