1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals

The 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Great Taste Coffee Makers and Hills Bros. Coffee Kings played for the 37th championship contested by the league. [1]

1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals
TeamCoachWins
Great Taste Coffee Makers Baby Dalupan 3
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings Nat Canson 0
DatesSeptember 3–8, 1987
TelevisionVintage Sports (PTV)
Radio networkDZSR

Great Taste Coffee Makers won their fifth PBA title and third All-Filipino crown, scoring a 3-0 sweep over Hills Bros. Coffee Kings.

Qualification
Great TasteHills Bros.
Finished 5–3 (.625), tied for 1stEliminationsFinished 5–3 (.625), tied for 1st
Finished 6–2 (.750), 2ndSemifinalsFinished 7–1 (.875), 1st

Series scoring summary
Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Wins
Great Taste 1241141093
Hills Bros. 941101080
Venue ULTRAULTRAULTRA

Games summary

Game 1
September 3
Great Taste Coffee Makers 124, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 94
Scoring by quarter: 28-25, 26-15, 36-17, 34-37
Pts: Allan Caidic 23 Pts: Bogs Adornado 18

Great taste had their largest lead at 109-70, in a surprising lopsided win for the Coffee Makers.

Game 2
September 6
Great Taste Coffee Makers 114, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 110
Scoring by quarter: 32-22, 28-27, 31-31, 23-30
Pts: Ricardo Brown 23 Pts: Alejo Alolor 27

Great Taste leads by as much as 16 points in the final quarter but got a scare from a three-point shooting of Naning Valenciano. The Coffee Makers answered every short-lived uprising in the last two minutes with clutch hits by Ricardo Brown and Allan Caidic. [2]

Game 3
September 8
Great Taste Coffee Makers 109, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 108
Scoring by quarter: 22-24, 32-19, 26-32, 29-33
Great Taste wins series, 3-0

Going into the last 12 minutes of the game with Great Taste up by five points, 80-75, a 16-4 run by the Coffee Makers open up a 17-point deficit, 96-79, and looks headed for an easy win and a victory celebration until the Coffee Kings, behind the blazing hands of Bogs Adornado and Ludovico "Naning" Valenciano, suddenly trimmed down the lead to a single margin. The score was 107-99 in favor of Great Taste when Naning Valenciano drained in three consecutive triples in a 9-2 burst as the Coffee Kings came within a point, 108-109, the Coffee Makers didn't call a timeout and Abe King was fouled with four seconds remaining, King muffed his two free throws that gave Hills Bros a chance to reverse the outcome of the game, unfortunately, time ran out as Marte Saldaña failed to score as the buzzer sounded.

1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Champions

Great Taste Coffee Makers
Fifth title

Rosters
Great Taste Coffee roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
F 5 Torres, Aaron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
F 6 King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College
G/F 8 Caidic, Allan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
G/F 11 Tuadles, Arnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Visayas
F 13 Ramos, Rey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Trinity College
C 14 Banate, Noli 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Mindanao
G 15 Fabiosa, Bernie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE
F 16 Robles, Ranulfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Letran College
F 18 Cezar, Philip 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jose Rizal College
G 23 Brown, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Pepperdine University
F 24 Perez, Aldo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) La Salle
F 29 Carpio, Bernardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo de Manila
G 60 Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapua Tech
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Bong Go
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Hills Bros. Coffee roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
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)
F 15 Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua (Jrs)
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)
  • Cholo Martin
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Broadcast notes
GamePlay-by-playAnalyst
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3Joe CantadaAndy Jao

References
  1. "Coffee Makers' war on tonight". Manila Standard.
  2. "Great Taste clips fighting Hills Bros". Manila Standard.
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