The 1989 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference was the third and last conference of the 1989 PBA season. It started on October 1 and ended on December 12, 1989. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires each team to have an import standing 6 feet 1 inch.

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.[1]
  • 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.[2] The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-five playoff.

Elimination round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 6 4 .600 — Semifinal round
2 Purefoods Hotdogs 6 4 .600 —
3 Presto Tivolis 5 5 .500 1
4 Añejo Rum 65ers 5 5 .500 1
5 Alaska Milkmen 5 5 .500 1
6 Formula Shell Zoom Masters 3 7 .300 3
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinal round

Third place playoffs

November 28
Purefoods Hotdogs 109, Alaska Milkmen 116
Scoring by quarter: 30-16, 27-31, 38-32, 21-30
Pts: Alvin Patrimonio 31 Pts: Sean Chambers 53
December 7
Purefoods Hotdogs 112, Alaska Milkmen 123
Scoring by quarter: 30-24, 30-30, 34-31, 29-27
Pts: Jojo Lastimosa 30 Pts: Sean Chambers 34
December 10
Purefoods Hotdogs 102, Alaska Milkmen 126
Alaska wins series, 3–1

Finals

Main article: 1989 PBA Reinforced Conference finals
December 12
San Miguel Beermen 122, Añejo Rum 65ers 111
San Miguel wins series, 4–1

References

  1. ^ "Time for real fun in PBA". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "Añejo Rum in playoff". Manila Standard.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_PBA_Reinforced_Conference
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