1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals |
| Dates | September 3–8, 1987 |
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| Television | Vintage Sports (PTV) |
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| Radio network | DZSR |
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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]
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 Taste | Hills Bros. |
| Finished 5–3 (.625), tied for 1st | Eliminations | Finished 5–3 (.625), tied for 1st |
| Finished 6–2 (.750), 2nd | Semifinals | Finished 7–1 (.875), 1st |
Series scoring summary
| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Wins |
| Great Taste | 124 | 114 | 109 | 3 |
| Hills Bros. | 94 | 110 | 108 | 0 |
| Venue | ULTRA | ULTRA | ULTRA | |
Games summary
Game 1
Great taste had their largest lead at 109–70, in a surprising lopsided win for the Coffee Makers.
Game 2
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
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.
Rosters
| Great Taste Coffee roster |
| Players | Coaches |
| | - Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
Injured
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| Hills Bros. Coffee roster |
| Players | Coaches |
| | - Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
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Cholo Martin - Legend
- (C) Team captain
Injured
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Broadcast notes
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- Founded in 1986
- Disbanded in 2022
- Owned by Alaska Milk Corporation
- Formerly known as Alaska Milkmen, Alaska Air Force and Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
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