1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season

1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season
Head coach Joe Lipa
Tito Eduque
Owner(s) Asia Brewery
Reinforced Conference results
Record 2–8
(.200)
Place 6th
Playoff finish N/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record 3–6
(.333)
Place 6th
Playoff finish N/A
Open Conference results
Record 14–8
(.636)
Place 2nd
Playoff finish 2
Manila Beer Brewmasters seasons
1985

The 1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season was the 3rd and final season of the Asia Brewery franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Jess Migalbin Acquired from defunct Magnolia
Tito Varela Acquired from Tanduay
Ricardo Cui Rookie signed
Adonis Tierra Rookie signed
Ranulfo Robles Rookie free agent signed
Lim Eng Beng Signed in the middle of the season

Occurrences

The Brewmasters were handled by multi-titled amateur coach Joe Lipa at the start of the season, taking over from Olympian Edgardo Ocampo, after failing to lead Manila Beer past eliminations in the first conference, Lipa was replaced by another former Olympian Tito Eduque as Manila Beer head coach beginning the All-Filipino Conference.

Summary

From a runner-up finish in the third conference last year, the Brewmasters brought in Carlton Cooper and George Turner as their imports in the first conference of the season, Manila Beer lost to Great Taste, 86-90, in the opening night on April 6. The Brewmasters were winless in the first round of eliminations, Cooper was replaced by their comebacking import William "Butch" Hays. Manila Beer broke into win column on April 24 with a 136-109 rout off Great Taste and the Brewmasters followed this up with another convincing victory against league-leading Alaska Milk, 141-120 on April 29, their two-game win streak was snapped by Ginebra San Miguel and they lost to Shell and Tanduay in succession to bow out with a 2-win, 8-loss slate.

Manila Beer's misery continues in the All-Filipino Conference when they dropped their first three matches, only to win the next three for an even 3-3 won-loss card, the Brewmasters handed Tanduay its first defeat on July 27 in a 121-113 victory as Atoy Co scored 36 points. Manila Beer lost all their three quarterfinal games and were eliminated for the second time in the season.

Michael Young, a first round pick by the Boston Celtics in the 1984 NBA Draft, and Santa Clara star Harold Keeling were the Brewmasters' imports for the Third Conference. On September 25, Young debut with 62 points as Manila Beer defeated Tanduay, 127-123, with the Rhum Makers absorbing their second loss and Young's fellow Houston Cougar Benny Anders of Tanduay being given his walking papers. Manila Beer finished the first round of eliminations tied with Shell at 4 wins and 2 losses and a game behind leader Ginebra San Miguel, [1] the Brewmasters won five straight games into the second round to clinch outright semifinals berth, [2] and went all the way to the championship in their third finals appearance in franchise history, Manila Beer lost to crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel, led by Billy Ray Bates and Michael Hackett, in five games in their best-of-seven title series.

Awards

Michael Young won the PBA Best Import honors in the 1986 Open Conference, besting two-time best import awardee Billy Ray Bates.

Notable dates

November 25: Michael Young hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer from an inbound play with one second left, giving Manila Beer a thrilling 111-108 win over Tanduay as the Brewmasters inch closer to the finals, Rob Williams of Tanduay nearly forces extension after converting a triple to tie the count at 108-all with a second remaining.

November 27: Manila Beer arranged a finals clash with Ginebra San Miguel by nipping Great Taste, 122-121, Yoyoy Villamin led all scorers for the Brewmasters with 37 points.

Roster

Manila Beer roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 3 Cordero, Edgardo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – UST
G 4 Tierra, Adonis style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) – Jose Rizal College
C 5 Guidaben, Abet style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – San Jose-Recoletos
G 6 Co, Jr, Fortunato style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) – Mapua Tech
F 2 / 10 Migalbin, Jesus style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – University of San Agustin
F 11 Vargas, Gary style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – PSBA
F 51 / 11 Cui, Ricardo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Arellano University
F 13 Villamin, Elpidio style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – FEU
G 14 Beng, Lim Eng style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) – De La Salle
F 16 Esguerra, Angelito style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Letran College
G 17 Varela, Luis style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) – UE
G 24 Cruz, Ramon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) – FEU
G/F 32 Coloso, Timoteo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Letran College
G Robles, Ranulfo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Letran College
G/F 8 Cooper, Carlton (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) – University of Texas at Austin
G 22 Turner, George (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – University of California-Irvine
G/F 10 Hays, William (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – University of California-Berkeley
G/F 1 Keeling, Harold (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – University of Santa Clara
F 42 Young, Michael (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) – University of Houston
Head coach


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

References

  1. ↑ Manila Beer, Shell prevail
  2. ↑ Beermen wrest lead