1985 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals

The 1985 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals was the 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 Azodrin Bugbusters played for the 31st championship contested by the league.

1985 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals

Team Coach Wins Great Taste Coffee Makers Baby Dalupan 3 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters Freddie Webb 1
Dates	August 13–20, 1985
Television	Vintage Sports (MBS)
Radio network	DZRP/DZFM

The Great Taste Coffee Makers won their finals series against Shell Azodrin Bugbusters, three games to one, for their fourth straight PBA title.

Qualification

Great Taste		Shell
Finished 8–2 (.800), 1st	Eliminations		Finished 5–5 (.500), tied for 2nd
Finished 12–4 (.750), 1st	Semifinals		Finished 8–8 (.500), tied for 2nd
	Tiebreaker		Won against Ginebra, 89-76

Series scoring summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Wins
Great Taste	103	113	102	110	3
Shell Azodrin	98	106	103	91	1
Venue	ULTRA	ULTRA	ULTRA	ULTRA

Games summary

Game 1

Vintage

August 13

recap

Great Taste Coffee Makers 103, Shell Azodrin 98
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 27–29, 20–22, 30–31
Pts: Pongkee Alolor 23		Pts: Bogs Adornado 28

The ULTRA, Pasig

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

Vintage

August 15

Great Taste Coffee Makers 113, Shell Azodrin 106
Scoring by quarter: 29-28, 29-26, 25-26, 30-26
Pts: Manny Victorino 35		Pts: Bogs Adornado 46

The ULTRA, Pasig

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

Vintage

August 18

recap

Great Taste Coffee Makers 102, Shell Azodrin 103
Scoring by quarter: 20-32, 24-22, 26-17, 32-32
Pts: Willie Pearson 22		Pts: Bogs Adornado 32

The ULTRA, Pasig

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

Vintage

August 20

Great Taste Coffee Makers 110, Shell Azodrin 91
Scoring by quarter: 19-24, 35-14, 29-19, 27-34
Pts: Ricardo Brown 23		Pts: Bogs Adornado 32
Great Taste wins series, 3-1

The ULTRA, Pasig

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. [1]

1985 PBA All-Filipino Conference Champions
Great Taste Coffee Makers Fourth title

Rosters

Great Taste Coffee roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. C 1 Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jose Rizal College G/F 2 Alolor, Alejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) University of Visayas G/F 3 Dalman, Oliveros 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Visayas F 6 King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College C 7 Banal, Joel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Mapua Tech G 11 Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 14 Loyzaga, Chito 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College G 18 Merced, Lawrence 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Adamson University C 20 Alfarero, Teodicio 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle G 23 Brown, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Pepperdine University F 29 Carpio, Bernardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo de Manila F 33 Pearson, William 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) University of Chaminade	Head coach Baby Dalupan Assistant coach(es) Jimmy Mariano Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Shell Azodrin roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 3 Gutierrez, Alberto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Davao C 5 Cabatu, Sonny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) PSBA G 7 Cristobal, Arturo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern G 10 Ang, Romeo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College C 11 Jubinal, Menardo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Mapua Tech F 12 Lazaro, Rey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern G 13 Austria, Leo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Lyceum F 17 Marquez, Manuel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda College F 26 Perez, Aldo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle G/F 33 Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST F 42 Abbatuan, Dennis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jose Rizal College G 51 Fabiosa, Bernie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE F 81 Cezar, Philip 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jose Rizal College	Head coach Freddie Webb Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4

References

1. "Great Taste snares title".