# 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1987_PBA_Reinforced_Conference > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1987_PBA_Reinforced_Conference.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_PBA_Reinforced_Conference > Source revision: 1316203465 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Basketball in Philippines 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Duration October 4 – December 13, 1987 TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (PTV) Finals Champions San Miguel Beermen Runners-up Hills Bros. Coffee Kings Awards Best Import Bobby Parks (San Miguel Beermen) PBA Reinforced Conference chronology < 1986 1988 > PBA conference chronology < 1987 PBA/IBA 1988 Open > The **[1987](/source/1987_PBA_season) [Philippine Basketball Association](/source/Philippine_Basketball_Association) (PBA) [Reinforced Conference](/source/PBA_Reinforced_Conference)** was the third and last conference of the [1987 PBA season](/source/1987_PBA_season). It started on October 4 and ended on December 13, 1987. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'4" height limit.[1] ## 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.[2] - Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated. - 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. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-seven playoff.[3] ## Elimination round Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 7 3 .700 — Semifinal round 2 San Miguel Beermen 6 4 .600 1 3 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 6 4 .600 1 4 Ginebra San Miguel 5 5 .500 2 5 Great Taste Instant Milk 4 6 .400 3 6 Tanduay Rhum Makers 2 8 .200 5 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Semifinal round Overall record Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 13 5 .722 — Advance to the Finals[a] 2 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 10 8 .556[b] 3 Guaranteed Finals berth playoff 3 Ginebra San Miguel 10 8 .556[b] 3 Qualify to Finals berth playoff 4 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 9 9 .500 4 Proceed to third place playoffs 5 Great Taste Instant Milk 6 12 .333 7 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. ^ a b Second seed playoff: Hills Bros. 89–87 Ginebra Semifinal round record Pos Team W L Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 7 1 2 Ginebra San Miguel 5 3 Qualify to Finals berth playoff[a] 3 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 4 4 4 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 2 6 5 Great Taste Instant Milk 2 6 Source: [citation needed] Notes: ^ San Miguel advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team; Ginebra, aside from winning earning the semifinal bonus, also ended up tied for #2. ## Second seed playoff Vintage December 1 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 89, Ginebra San Miguel 87 The ULTRA, Pasig ## Third place playoffs Vintage December 3 Ginebra San Miguel 134, Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 127 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage December 6 Ginebra San Miguel 127, Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 123 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage December 8 Ginebra San Miguel 166, Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 132 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage December 10 Ginebra San Miguel 153, Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 109 Ginebra wins series, 4–0 The ULTRA, Pasig ## Finals Main article: [1987 PBA Reinforced Conference finals](/source/1987_PBA_Reinforced_Conference_finals) Vintage December 3 San Miguel Beermen 97, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 110 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage December 6 San Miguel Beermen 123, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 100 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage December 8 San Miguel Beermen 114, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 92 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage December 10 San Miguel Beermen 113, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 105 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage December 13 San Miguel Beermen 96, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 86 San Miguel wins series, 4–1 The ULTRA, Pasig ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["PBA Reinforced series on today"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2W9hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4242%2C2500421). Manila Standard. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Jazz-up Shell halts SMB"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iWcVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=agsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6553%2C374554). Manila Standard. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ginebra throttles Hills Bros"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mmcVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=agsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6684%2C1895163). Manila Standard. v t e 1987 PBA season 1987 draft 1987 Open Conference (finals) 1987 All-Filipino Conference (finals) 1987 Reinforced Conference (finals) Team seasons Ginebra San Miguel Great Taste Coffee Makers Hills Bros. Coffee Kings San Miguel Beermen Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters Tanduay Rhum Makers Guest team/s Philippines men's national basketball team (Open Conference) Succession 1986 Seasons 1988 1986 Open Conference 1988 1986 All-Filipino Conference 1988 1986 Reinforced Conference 1988 v t e Philippine Basketball Association Reinforced Conference Conferences 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990–2002 2003 Finals 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990–2002 2003 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1987 PBA Reinforced Conference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_PBA_Reinforced_Conference) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_PBA_Reinforced_Conference?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.