1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals

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[]

Series scoring summary[]

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
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 5 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE F 6 King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College G/F 8 Caidic, Allan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE G/F 11 Tuadles, Arnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Visayas F 13 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Trinity College C 14 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Mindanao G 15 Fabiosa, Bernie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE F 16 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Letran College F 18 Cezar, Philip 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jose Rizal College G 23 Brown, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Pepperdine University F 24 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) La Salle F 29 Carpio, Bernardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo de Manila G 60 Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapua Tech	Head coach Baby Dalupan Assistant coach(es) Bong Go Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Hills Bros. Coffee roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 2 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) University of Visayas G 4 Lim, Frankie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda College G 7 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern F 9 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Saint La Salle C 12 Alfarero, Teddy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle F 13 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) F 15 Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua (Jrs) F 22 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jose Rizal College G 26 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FEATI University G 32 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College F 33 Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST	Head coach Nat Canson Assistant coach(es) Cholo Martin Legend (C) Team captain Injured

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