1988 PBA Open Conference

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1988 PBA Open Conference
Duration March 20 - June 9, 1988
TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up Purefoods Hotdogs
Awards
Best Import Jamie Waller (Ginebra San Miguel)
PBA Open Conference chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 1988 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the first conference of the 1988 PBA season. It started on March 20 and ended on June 9, 1988. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.[1]

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

Elimination round

Qualified for semifinals
# Team Standings W L PCT GB
1 San Miguel Beermen 7 3 .700 –-
2 Ginebra San Miguel 6 4 .600 1
3 Purefoods Hotdogs 6 4 .600 1
4 Alaska Milkmen 6 4 .600 1
5 Great Taste Instant Milk 4 6 .400 3
6 Shell Helix Oilers 1 9 .125 6

Semifinal round

Qualified for finals
Qualified for battle-for-third
# Team Standings Cumulative SF
W L PCT GB W L
1 San Miguel Beermen 12 6 .667 –- 5 3
2 Purefoods Hotdogs 12 6 .667 -- 6 2
3 Ginebra San Miguel 10 8 .556 2 4 4
4 Alaska Milkmen 9 9 .500 3 3 5
5 Great Taste Instant Milk 6 12 .333 6 2 6

Battle for third

May 26
Alaska Milkmen 121, Ginebra San Miguel 119 (OT)
May 29
Alaska Milkmen 112, Ginebra San Miguel 115
May 31
Alaska Milkmen 130, Ginebra San Miguel 118
June 2
Alaska Milkmen 100, Ginebra San Miguel 127
June 5
Alaska Milkmen 117, Ginebra San Miguel 104
Alaska wins series, 3-2

Finals

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May 26
San Miguel Beermen 129, Purefoods Hotdogs 116
May 29
San Miguel Beermen 101, Purefoods Hotdogs 107
May 31
San Miguel Beermen 88, Purefoods Hotdogs 96
June 2
San Miguel Beermen 93, Purefoods Hotdogs 88
June 5
San Miguel Beermen 97, Purefoods Hotdogs 103
June 7
San Miguel Beermen 105, Purefoods Hotdogs 85
June 9
San Miguel Beermen 94, Purefoods Hotdogs 92
San Miguel wins series, 4-3

References