1985 PBA Reinforced Conference

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1985 PBA Reinforced Conference
Duration September 8 - November 28, 1985
TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (MBS)
Finals
Champions Northern Cement (NCC)
Runners-up Manila Beer Brewmasters
Awards
Best Import Michael Hackett (Ginebra)
PBA Reinforced Conference chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 1985 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference was the third and last conference of the 1985 PBA season. It started on September 8 and ended on November 28, 1985. 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.
  • Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated. The top two teams will advance outright to the semifinals.
  • The next four teams will qualify to the single round robin quarterfinals. Results from the elimination round will be carried over. The top two teams will advance to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals will be a double round robin affair with the remaining teams. [1]
  • 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 series.

Elimination round

Qualified for semifinals
Qualified for quarterfinals
# Team Standings W L PCT GB PO
1 Manila Beer Brewmasters 9 3 .833 –-
2 Ginebra San Miguel 7 5 .750 2 Symbol confirmed.svg
3 Magnolia Quench Plus 7 5 .750 2 Symbol unrelated.svg
4 Northern Cement (NCC) 7 5 .750 2 Symbol unrelated.svg
5 Great Taste Coffee Makers 6 6 .500 3
6 Tanduay Rhum Makers 4 8 .333 5
7 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters 2 10 .167 7

Seeding playoffs

October 22
Ginebra San Miguel 99, Northern (NCC) 96
October 24
Ginebra San Miguel 106, Magnolia Quench Plus 98

Quarterfinal round

Qualified for semifinals
S Team Standings Cumulative Quarterfinals
W L GB W L
3 Northern Cement (NCC) 9 6 -- 2 1
4 Great Taste Coffee Makers 8 7 1 2 1
5 Magnolia Quench Plus 8 7 1 1 2
6 Tanduay Rhum Makers 5 10 4 1 2

Seeding playoff

November 3
Great Taste Coffee Makers 99, Magnolia Quench Plus 95

Semifinal round

Qualified for finals
Qualified for battle for third
# Team Standings W L PCT GB
1 Manila Beer Brewmasters 4 2 .667 –-
2 Northern Cement (NCC) 3 3 .500 1
3 Great Taste Coffee Makers 3 3 .500 1
4 Ginebra San Miguel 2 4 .333 2

Results

The score given first is for the team indicated at the left-most column. Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.
Win
Win via OT
Loss
Loss via OT
Left \ Top GSM GTC MB NCC
Ginebra 117–124 121–107 101–97
Great Taste 138–130 126–130 102–97
Manila Beer 127–117 117–105 95–130
Northern 115–108 125–102 93–99

Finals berth playoff

November 19
Northern (NCC) 123, Great Taste Coffee Makers 107

Battle for third

November 21
Ginebra San Miguel 197, Great Taste Coffee Makers 168
November 24
Ginebra San Miguel 139, Great Taste Coffee Makers 133
November 26
Ginebra San Miguel 155, Great Taste Coffee Makers 126
November 28
Ginebra San Miguel 145, Great Taste Coffee Makers 124
Ginebra wins series, 4-0

Finals

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November 21
Northern (NCC) 139, Manila Beer Brewmasters 102
November 24
Northern (NCC) 133, Manila Beer Brewmasters 117
November 26
Northern (NCC) 130, Manila Beer Brewmasters 113
November 28
Northern (NCC) 138, Manila Beer Brewmasters 106
Northern wins series, 4-0

References