1985 PBA Open Conference

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1985 PBA Open Conference - Wikipedia

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1985 PBA Open Conference
Duration	March 3 – May 30, 1985
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (MBS)
Finals
Champions	Great Taste Coffee Makers
Runners-up	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers
Awards
Best Import	Norman Black (Magnolia Ice Cream Makers)
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The 1985 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the first conference of the 1985 PBA season. It started on March 3 and ended on May 30, 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 eliminations will be carried over. The top two teams will advance to the semifinals.
Semifinals will be a double round robin affair with the four remaining teams. 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.^[1]

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Great Taste Coffee Makers	8	4	.667	—	Advance to semifinal round
2	Tanduay Rhum Makers	8	4	.667	—	Advance to semifinal round
3	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	7	5	.583	1	Proceed to quarterfinal round
4	Northern Cement (G)	7	5	.583	1
5	Manila Beer Brewmasters	5	7	.417	3
6	Shell Azodrin Bugbusters	4	8	.333	4
7	Ginebra San Miguel	3	9	.250	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(G) Guests

Quarterfinal round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
3	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	9	6	.600	—	Semifinal round
4	Northern Cement (G)	8	7	.533^[a]	1	Semifinal round
5	Manila Beer Brewmasters	8	7	.533^[a]	1
6	Shell Azodrin Bugbusters	4	11	.267	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(G) Guests
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Semifinal berth playoff: Northern Cement 98–75 Manila Beer

Semifinal round berth playoff

Vintage

May 2

Northern (NCC) 98, Manila Beer Brewmasters 75

The ULTRA, Pasig

Semifinal round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Great Taste Coffee Makers	5	1	.833	—	Advance to the Finals
2	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers	4	2	.667	1	Advance to the Finals
3	Northern Cement (G)	3	3	.500	2	Proceed to third place playoff
4	Tanduay Rhum Makers	0	6	.000	5	Proceed to third place playoff

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(G) Guests

Third place playoffs

Vintage

May 19

Northern (NCC) 107, Tanduay Rhum Makers 112

The ULTRA, Pasig

Vintage

May 21

Northern (NCC) 110, Tanduay Rhum Makers 98
Scoring by quarter: 26-19, 21–27, 30-28, 33-24
Pts: Jeff Moore 36		Pts: David Pope 36

The ULTRA, Pasig

Vintage

May 23

Northern (NCC) 100, Tanduay Rhum Makers 93
Scoring by quarter: 32-20, 19–26, 24–25, 25-22
Pts: Allan Caidic 21		Pts: David Pope 27

The ULTRA, Pasig

Vintage

May 26

Northern (NCC) 104, Tanduay Rhum Makers 110
Scoring by quarter: 27-27, 29-27, 22–31, 26-25
Pts: Dennis Still 24		Pts: Guidaben 22 Hubalde 22

The ULTRA, Pasig

Vintage

May 28

Northern (NCC) 113, Tanduay Rhum Makers 82
Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 28-13, 28-23, 37-17
Pts: Samboy Lim 22		Pts: David Pope 22

The ULTRA, Pasig

Vintage

May 30

Northern (NCC) 121, Tanduay Rhum Makers 110
Scoring by quarter: 39-32, 27-21, 29–32, 26-25
Pts: Samboy Lim 34		Pts: David Pope 40
Northern wins series, 4–2