The
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
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
1988 PBA season
The 1988 PBA season was the 14th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Board of governors
Executive committee
* Rodrigo L. Salud (Commissioner)
* Reynaldo Marquez (Chairman, representing Shell Rimula-X Diesel Oilers)
* Jose ...
. It started on March 20 and ended on June 9, 1988. 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; 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-five playoff.
Elimination round
Semifinals
*Cumulative standings
*Semifinal round standings:
Third place playoffs
Finals
References
{{1988 PBA season by team
PBA Open Conference
Open Conference