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)
Reinforced Conference was the third and last 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 October 4 and ended on December 13, 1987. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'4" height limit.
Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
* Double-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
* Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated.
* Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the five remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over.
* 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
Semifinals
*Cumulative standings
*Semifinal round standings:
Finals berth playoff
Third place playoffs
Finals
References
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