1985 PBA Open Conference

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)
PBA Open Conference chronology
PBA conference chronology

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

Qualified for semifinals
Qualified for quarterfinals
#Team StandingsWLPCTGB
1 Great Taste Coffee Makers84.667--
2 Tanduay Rhum Makers84.667--
3 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers75.5831
4 Northern Cement (NCC)75.5831
5 Manila Beer Brewmasters57.4173
6 Shell Azodrin48.3334
7 Ginebra San Miguel39.2505

Quarterfinal round

Qualified for semifinals
STeam StandingsCumulativeQFPlayoff
WLPCTGBWL
3 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers96.600--21
4 Northern Cement (NCC)87.533112
5 Manila Beer Brewmasters87.533130
6 Shell Azodrin411.267503

Seeding playoff

Semifinal round

Qualified for finals
Qualified for battle for third
#Team StandingsWLPCTGB
1 Great Taste Coffee Makers51.833–-
2 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers42.6671
3 Northern Cement (NCC)33.5002
4 Tanduay Rhum Makers06.0005

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 \ TopGTCMICNCCTRM
Great Taste 113105 97100 114103
Magnolia 99100 *2OT 9795 9791
Northern 94102 8494 10994
Tanduay 100101 96108 108126

Battle for third

May 30
Northern (NCC) 121, Tanduay Rhum Makers 110
Northern wins series, 4-2

Finals

May 30
Great Taste Coffee Makers 122, Magnolia Ice Cream 104
Great Taste wins series, 4-2

References

  1. "PBA boxscores@May 1985".
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