1987 Great Taste Coffee Makers season
| 1987 Great Taste Coffee Makers season |
| Head coach |
Baby Dalupan |
| Owner(s) |
Consolidated Foods Corporation |
|
| Open Conference Results |
| Record |
15–8
(.652) |
| Place |
2nd |
| Playoff finish |
Finals |
|
| All-Filipino Conference Results |
| Record |
14–5
(.737) |
| Place |
1st |
| Playoff finish |
Finals |
|
| Reinforced Conference Results |
| Record |
6–12
(.333) |
| Place |
5th |
| Playoff finish |
N/A |
Stats @ PBA-Online.net |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers seasons |
| 1986 |
1988 |
The 1987 Great Taste Coffee Makers/Instant Milkmasters season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Transactions
- Signed Fortunato Co Jr. and Noni Robles from the disbanded Manila Beer
- Signed its former player Arnie Tuadles, who was released by Alaska.
Trades
- Traded Manny Victorino, Willie Pearson and Jimmy Manansala to Shell in exchange for Philip Cezar, Bernie Fabiosa and the first round draft pick.
Drafts
Notable Events
- On September 20, the PBA stage a special one-week tournament in partnership with a new league in the United States called International Basketball Association (IBA) for players 6"4 and below, the top three teams in the All-Filipino conference participated in a four-team field, along with the IBA Selection, PBA teams fielded two imports, and Great Taste paraded Dexter Shouse, on loan to Shell and Dwight Moody. It was on this one week event that Great Taste unveil its new product, and renamed its team Great Taste Milkmasters. The team landed in the one game championship affair and lost to the IBA All Stars in the finals, 130-112.
Also see
1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup
Season Summary
- Open Conference: paraded last year's Open Conference best import Michael Young of the disbanded Manila Beer ballclub, finished on top of the two-round eliminations and an outright semis slot at 10-win, 2-loss, both defeats by one point at the hands of Tanduay Rhum, the coffeemakers lost their first game in the semifinals against the hot-streaking Ginebra, again by a point, 119-118, carry a 1-2 record after round one of the four-team semifinals, swept their last three games, defeating Ginebra, 154-127, Tanduay, 131-119 and Magnolia, 114-107 to arrange a title-showdown with last year's first conference tormentor, Tanduay Rhum, the coffeemakers lost in a championship series, 4-1 as Tanduay Rhummakers, led by Best Import David Thirdkill proved far too superior for the Great Taste team to handle.
- All-Filipino Conference: the Coffeemakers, blessed with a very potent and talented lineup, regain the title that has been a trademark of the team when it comes to an All-Filipino tournament, this time, Great Taste scores a 3-0 sweep over Hills Bros. Coffee Kings, for their fifth PBA crown, Coach Baby Dalupan won his 14th PBA title, while forward Abe King was voted best player of the finals series.
- Reinforced Conference: with injuries hounding key players of the team, and the lack of quality import, first with Jeff Taylor, and then Darryl "choo" Kennedy, the Milkmasters stumbled to a fifth place finish, with a won-loss record of 6-12.
Roster
|
| Players |
Coaches |
| Pos. |
# |
POB |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
|
College |
| 1.5 !G |
23 |
PHI ! |
Brown, Ricardo |
71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) |
– |
|
Pepperdine |
| 4.0 !F |
6 |
PHI ! |
King, Abe |
75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
– |
|
San Beda* |
| 4.0 !F |
29 |
PHI ! |
Carpio, Joy |
75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
– |
|
Ateneo |
| 2.5 !G/F |
8 |
PHI ! |
Caidic, Allan |
74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
– |
|
UE |
| 2.5 !G/F |
11 |
PHI ! |
Tuadles, Arnie |
74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
– |
|
University of Visayas* |
| 1.5 !G |
60 |
PHI ! |
Co, Atoy |
72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
– |
|
Mapua* |
| 4.0 !F |
18 |
PHI ! |
Cezar, Philip |
74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
– |
|
Jose Rizal College* |
| 1.5 !G |
15 |
PHI ! |
Fabiosa, Bernie |
69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
– |
|
|
| 6.0 !C |
|
PHI ! |
Banate, Noli |
77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
– |
|
|
| 4.0 !F |
|
PHI ! |
Perez, Aldo |
75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
– |
|
|
| 4.0 !F |
|
PHI ! |
Robles, Noni |
75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
– |
|
|
| 4.0 !F |
13 |
PHI ! |
Ramos, Rey |
74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
– |
|
|
| 4.0 !F |
|
PHI ! |
Torres, Aaron |
74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
– |
|
|
| 5.5 !F/C |
42 |
USA ! |
Young, Michael (I) |
78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
– |
|
|
| 2.5 !G/F |
44 |
USA ! |
Taylor, Jeff (I) |
75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
– |
|
|
| 2.5 !G/F |
30 |
USA ! |
Kennedy, Darryl (I) |
75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
– |
|
|
|
- Head coach
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (DP) Unsigned draft pick
- (FA) Free agent
- (IN) Inactive
- (S) Suspended
- Injured
|
|
Statistics (Elimination Round)
Open Conference
| Date |
First Round |
Result |
Date |
Second Round |
Result |
| March 22 |
Tanduay |
104-105 |
April 21 |
Tanduay |
120-121 |
| March 26 |
Hills Bros |
127-117 |
April 26 |
Ginebra |
152-140 OT |
| March 31 |
RP Team |
138-116 |
-- |
Hills Bros |
141-119 |
| April 2 |
Ginebra |
145-121 |
May 3 |
Magnolia |
125-117 |
| April 7 |
Magnolia |
119-106 |
-- |
RP Team |
W |
| April 12 |
Shell |
149-122 |
-- |
Shell |
145-132 |
All-Filipino Conference
| Date |
Opponent |
Result |
Date |
Opponent |
Result |
| July 14 |
Shell |
123-106 |
July 28 |
Magnolia |
107-102 OT |
| July 16 |
Tanduay |
107-98 |
July 30 |
Tanduay |
116-113 |
| July 21 |
Hills Bros |
W |
-- |
Hills Bros |
L |
| July 23 |
Ginebra |
119-120 OT |
August 6 |
Magnolia |
113-126 |
Reinforced Conference
| Date |
First Round |
Result |
Date |
Second Round |
Result |
| October 6 |
Ginebra |
122-125 OT |
October 22 |
Shell Azocord |
101-104 |
| October 8 |
San Miguel |
101-130 |
October 25 |
San Miguel |
114-105 |
| October 13 |
Shell Azocord |
97-103 |
October 27 |
Tanduay |
129-111 |
| October 15 |
Tanduay |
143-124 |
November 3 |
Hills Bros |
115-117 |
| October 18 |
Hills Bros |
115-129 |
November 5 |
Ginebra |
114-106 |
- Great Taste scores in bold numbers
External links
http://www.mypba.com/