1987 PBA season

1987 PBA season
Duration	March 22, 1987 – December 13, 1987
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Draft
Top draft pick	Allan Caidic
Picked by	Great Taste Coffee Makers
Conferences
Open Conference champions	Tanduay Rhum Makers
Runners-up	Great Taste Coffee Makers
All-Filipino Conference champions	Great Taste Coffee Makers
Runners-up	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
Reinforced Conference champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
Awards
Season MVP	Abet Guidaben
Seasons
< 1986 1988  >

The 1987 PBA season was the 13th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights

• Manila Beer disbanded its franchise at the start of the season, reducing the league's membership to only 6 teams, their players were absorbed by the rest of the PBA ballclubs.
• The PBA, in partnership with a newly formed league called International Basketball Association (IBA) of the United States for players 6-4 and below, staged a successful mini-tournament for one week, featuring the top PBA All-Filipino teams and the US (IBA) Selection.
• Tanduay Rhum Makers, which won the Open Conference crown, were eliminated and finish last in the succeeding two conferences, announces that the team is headed for disbandment the following year, leaving only two founding members of the PBA.
• The San Miguel Beermen, behind best import Bobby Parks, won the Reinforced Conference crown and their third PBA title since returning in the third conference of last year. SMB coach Norman Black won his first championship as a mentor and he became the third American to steer his team to a PBA title after Jerry Webber and Ron Jacobs.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
Formula Shell	Pinky Amador
Ginebra San Miguel	Bing Loyzaga
Great Taste Coffee Makers	Tina Abad
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	Joey Albert
Magnolia Ice Cream	Rachel Ann Wolfe
Philippine Team	Marichit Vergara
Tanduay Rhum Makers	Cassandra Romero

Champions

• Open Conference: Tanduay Rhum Makers
• All-Filipino Conference: Great Taste Coffee Makers
• Reinforced Conference: San Miguel Beermen
• Team with best win-loss percentage: Magnolia/San Miguel (43-23, .652)

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Abet Guidaben (San Miguel)
• Rookie of the Year: Allan Caidic (Great Taste)
• Most Improved Player: Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
• Best Import-Open Conference: David Thirdkill (Tanduay)
• Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Bobby Parks (San Miguel)
• Mythical Five:
  • Philip Cezar (Great Taste)
  • Hector Calma (San Miguel)
  • Abet Guidaben (San Miguel)
  • Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
  • Allan Caidic (Great Taste)
• Mythical Second Team:
  • Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
  • Arnie Tuadles (Great Taste)
  • Ramon Fernandez (Tanduay)
  • Bernardo Carpio (Great Taste)
  • Ricky Relosa (Hills Bros.)
• All-Defensive Team:
  • Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)
  • Philip Cezar (Great Taste)
  • Elpidio Villamin (Hills Bros.)
  • Ricky Relosa (Hills Bros.)
  • Biboy Ravanes (Shell)

Cumulative standings

Team	GP	W	L	PCT
Magnolia Ice Cream/San Miguel Beer	66	43	23	.652
Great Taste Coffee Makers	60	35	25	.583
Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	58	29	29	.500
Tanduay Rhum Makers	45	22	23	.488
Ginebra San Miguel	68	33	35	.486
Formula Shell/Shell Azocord	54	18	36	.333
Philippine Team	13	2	11	.181