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| Dates: | June 14–23, 1987 | |||||||||
| Television: | Vintage Sports (PTV) | |||||||||
| Radio network: | DZSR | |||||||||
| Game 2: G. Ledesma, E. Cruz, M. Felipe | ||||||||||
| Game 4: G. Ledesma, E. Cruz, R. Besabe | ||||||||||
| Game 5: G. Ledesma, D. Bayais, R. Besabe | ||||||||||
| PBA Open Conference Finals chronology | ||||||||||
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< 1986 |
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The 1987 PBA Open Conference Finals is the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1987 PBA Open Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Tanduay Rhum Makers and the Great Taste Coffee Makers played for the 36th championship contested by the league.
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| Great Taste | Tanduay | ||
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| Finished 10–2 (.833), 1st | Elimination round | Finished 9–3 (.750), tied for 3rd | |
| Bye | Tiebreaker | Lost against Magnolia, 98-108 | |
| Quarterfinals | Finished 10–5 (.500), 1st | ||
| Def. Finished 4–2 (.500), tied for 1st | Semifinals | Finished 4–2 (.500), tied for 1st | |
| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Wins |
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| Tanduay | 118 | 135 | 114 | 113 | 134 | 4 |
| Great Taste | 114 | 134 | 120 | 112 | 120 | 1 |
| Venue | ULTRA | ULTRA | ULTRA | ULTRA | ULTRA |
| June 14 6:35 pm |
Tanduay Rhum Makers 118, Great Taste Coffee Makers 114 | The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila | Vintage | ||||
| Scoring by quarter: 21-28, 24-29, 38-32, 35-25 | |||||||
| Pts: David Thirdkill 61 | Pts: Michael Young 40 | ||||||
| Tanduay leads series, 1-0 | |||||||
Down by 15 points late in the second quarter, the Rhum Makers work their way back into the game as Thirdkill exploded with 61 points, 37 of them in the final half as he outperformed his counterpart, Michael Young, who whas limited to only 8 points in the 4th quarter.
| June 16 6:35 pm |
Tanduay Rhum Makers 135, Great Taste Coffee Makers 134 | OT | The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Referees: G. Ledesma, E. Cruz, M. Felipe |
Vintage | |||
| Scoring by quarter: 25-35, 30-30, 33-30, 35-28, OT: 12-11 | |||||||
| Pts: David Thirdkill 42 | Pts: Allan Caidic 48 | ||||||
| Tanduay leads series, 2-0 | |||||||
The Rhum Makers battled back from several 16-point deficits, Allan Caidic's 48 points and an overtime period to break Great Taste's record of not being defeated twice in a row this season.
Thirdkill had the chance of wrapping the game up for Tanduay but he missed the second of two free throw shots of Michael Young's fifth foul with eight seconds left, enabling Caidic to force the game to overtime with a fastbreak layup as the buzzer sounds, 123-all.
| June 18 6:35 pm |
Tanduay Rhum Makers 114, Great Taste Coffee Makers 120 | The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila | Vintage | ||||
| Scoring by quarter: 18-36, 39-17, 29-30, 28-37 | |||||||
| Pts: David Thirdkill 52 | Pts: Michael Young 50 | ||||||
| Tanduay leads series, 2-1 | |||||||
| June 21 6:35 pm |
Tanduay Rhum Makers 113, Great Taste Coffee Makers 112 | The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Referees: G. Ledesma, E. Cruz, R. Besabe |
Vintage | ||||
| Scoring by quarter: 29-29, 32-33, 35-27, 17-23 | |||||||
| Pts: David Thirdkill 48 | Pts: Michael Young 32 | ||||||
| Tanduay leads series, 3-1 | |||||||
| June 23 6:35 pm |
Tanduay Rhum Makers 134, Great Taste Coffee Makers 120 | The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila Referees: G. Ledesma, D. Bayais, R. Besabe |
Vintage | ||||
| Scoring by quarter: 31-30, 29-35, 40-27, 34-28 | |||||||
| Pts: David Thirdkill 59 | Pts: Michael Young 42 | ||||||
| Tanduay wins series, 4-1 | |||||||
| 1987 PBA Open Conference Champions |
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Tanduay Rhum Makers Third title |
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