The
1987
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Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...
(PBA) Open Conference was the first conference of the
1987 PBA season
The 1987 PBA season was the 13th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Board of governors
Executive committee
* Mariano A. Yenko, Jr. (Commissioner)
* Rodriguo Salud (Deputy Commissioner)
* Reynaldo Marquez (Chairman, repre ...
. It started on March 22 and ended on June 23, 1987. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.
Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
* Double-round robin eliminations; 12 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
* #1 and #2 teams automatically advance to the semifinals.
* Teams seeded #3, #4, #5 and #6 will dispute in the last two semifinals berth in a one round-robin quarterfinals (results from the eliminations will be carried over).
* Semifinals will be two round robin affairs
*The top two teams in the semifinals advance to the best of seven finals. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best of seven playoff.
Elimination round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Results
Third place playoffs
Finals
References
{{1987 PBA season by team
PBA Open Conference
Open Conference