1988 PBA Reinforced Conference finals

The 1988 PBA Reinforced Conference finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1988 PBA Reinforced Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Shell Rimula X Diesel Oilers played for the 41st championship contested by the league.[1]

1988 PBA Reinforced Conference finals
TeamCoachWins
San Miguel Beermen Norman Black 4
Shell Rimula X Oilers Dante Silverio 1
DatesDecember 4–13, 1988
TelevisionVintage Sports (PTV)
Radio networkDZSR
Referees
Game 1:G. Ledesma, D. Bayais, E. de Leon
Game 2:G. Ledesma, A. Bartolome, R. Hines
Game 5:G. Ledesma, A. Bartolome, E. de Leon
PBA Reinforced Conference finals chronology
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The San Miguel Beermen easily retains the Reinforced Conference title with a 4–1 series victory over Shell Rimula X Diesel Oilers and claim their 5th PBA crown.

Qualification

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San Miguel Shell
Finished 7–3 (.700), tied for 1st Eliminations Finished 5–5 (.500), tied for 2nd
Finished 13–5 (.722), 1st Semifinals Finished 11–7 (.611), 2nd

Series scoring summary

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Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Wins
San Miguel 134 119 126 144 151 4
Shell 111 111 137 119 142 1
Venue ULTRA ULTRA ULTRA ULTRA ULTRA

Games summary

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Game 1

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December 4
6:20 pm
San Miguel Beermen 134, Shell Rimula X 111
Scoring by quarter: 30–27, 25–33, 30–27, 49–24
Pts: Norman Black 39 Michael Phelps 39 Pts: Derrick Rowland 42
San Miguel leads series, 1–0
The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
Referees: G. Ledesma, D. Bayais, E. de Leon

Shell battled defending champion San Miguel for most of the first three quarters before falling apart in the fourth, enabling the Beermen to win by a rout, the key factor in the opening game was the explosive performance of Franz Pumaren, who came off the bench because of the foul trouble of Hector Calma going into the final quarter.[2]

Game 2

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December 6
7:20 pm
San Miguel Beermen 119, Shell Rimula X 111
Scoring by quarter: 31–26, 32–31, 25–27, 31–27
Pts: Michael Phelps 39 Pts: Derrick Rowland 36
San Miguel leads series, 2–0
The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
Referees: G. Ledesma, A. Bartolome, R. Hines

An 11–1 burst by the Beermen in the final two minutes gave them a 2–0 edge in the series, a rash of errors by Shell in the last 1:25 caused their downfall, after battling San Miguel to 11 deadlocks, lose steam in the homestretch and failed to keep their composure by taking a couple of bad shots.[3]

Game 3

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December 8
7:20 pm
San Miguel Beermen 126, Shell Rimula X 137
Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 33–37, 46–32, 27–38
Pts: Norman Black 39 Samboy Lim 28 Pts: Derrick Rowland 38 Bobby Parks 37
San Miguel leads series, 2–1

Shell raced to an early 17-point lead and with the score at 73–61 in favor of the Diesel Oilers, Jay Ramirez suffered a nasty fall when he pulled down Samboy Lim who landed on top of Ramirez as the rookie banged the back of his head against the hardcourt and had to be carried out on a stretcher. Just when Shell looked sure of a victory, Samboy Lim cut loose to rally the Beermen back and tied the count at 99-all at the end of the third quarter. San Miguel import Michael Phelps fouled out trying to stop Derrick Rowland with Shell on top, 115–111.[4]

Game 4

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December 11
6:20 pm
San Miguel Beermen 144, Shell Rimula X 119
Scoring by quarter: 36–26, 32–34, 32–25, 44–34
Pts: Norman Black 41 Pts: Bobby Parks 36
San Miguel leads series, 3–1

San Miguel established a big lead early, the third quarter saw Shell mount an uprising that brought them within a couple of baskets of the Beermen until Samboy Lim, who had been fantastic throughout the series, engineered a counter-rally that gave them a dominating 100–85 lead going into the last 12 minutes. Rookie Jay Ramirez was slapped off a deliberate foul on Samboy Lim with some 43 seconds remaining in the game when Samboy apparently got hit on the teeth by Jay's elbow, causing him to bleed in the mouth.[5]

Game 5

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December 13
6:30 pm
San Miguel Beermen 151, Shell Rimula X 142
Scoring by quarter: 30–33, 34–37, 41–29, 46–43
Pts: Norman Black 42 Pts: Bobby Parks 56 Derrick Rowland 42
San Miguel wins series, 4–1
The ULTRA, Pasig, Metro Manila
Referees: G. Ledesma, A. Bartolome, E. de Leon

Shell took the first two quarters until Samboy Lim once more led his team to a double-digit margin from a 64–70 halftime deficit to a 105–99 San Miguel advantage at the end of the third period. Shell coach Dante Silverio, visibly upset over the poor officiating, was irked when confetti rained down on Shell's frontcourt with 1:11 left to play, the Beermen on top, 145–134. There were only 36 seconds before the final buzzer and the score, 147–138 for San Miguel, when Silverio summoned his players to walk out and immediately leave the playing arena and go back to their locker room, PBA Vice Chairman Jose Ibazeta, who was seated on the San Miguel bench, went to Silverio and tried to convince him to return to the court and apologized for what happened; after some prodding, Silverio acceded to their request of coming back to finish the game, the clock was set back to 1:11 and the count at 145–134 for San Miguel, the Oilers went back with coach Dante Silverio leading the way.[6]

1988 PBA Reinforced Conference Champions

San Miguel Beermen
Fifth title

Awards

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  • Sports Columnist Organization of the Philippines (SCOOP) Finals Most Outstanding local player: Samboy Lim ( Average 22.2 pts, 4.4 rebs, 2.8 assists in the finals series)
  • Sports Columnist Organization of the Philippines (SCOOP) Finals Most Outstanding import: Norman Black

Rosters

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San Miguel Beermen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
F 4   Reyes, Elmer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Beda
G 5   Pumaren, Franz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
G 7   Almario, Alfie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle
F 9   Lim, Samboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran
F 10   Teng, Alvin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Arellano
C 11   Yturri, Tonichi 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle
F 12   Dignadice, Yves 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) STI WNU
G 14   Calma, Hector 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson
F 15   Cui, Ricardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lyceum
F 17   Graves, Jeffrey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Angeles
C 19   Fernandez, Ramon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Carlos
F/C 24   Black, Norman (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Saint Joseph's
G/F 25   Phelps, Michael (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Alcorn State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  •   Injured


Shell Rimula X roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
C 1   Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal
F 2   Ramirez, Jay 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Visayas
F 3   Cordero, Edgardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST
G 5   Magsanoc, Ronnie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UP Diliman
G 7   Dela Cruz, Ramon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Philippine Christian
F/C 9   Cuenco, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle Araneta
G 10   Ang, Romeo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran
G 11   Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
F 12   Sanchez, Victor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Mapúa
G 13   Austria, Leo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Lyceum
F 14   Herrera, Leopoldo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Wesleyan Philippines
F 16   Esguerra, Angelito 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran
G/F 19   Hubalde, Freddie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa
F 22   Parks, Bobby (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Memphis
F/C 44   Rowland, Derrick (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SUNY Potsdam
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  •   Injured

Broadcast notes

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Game Play-by-play Analyst
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4 Joe Cantada Quinito Henson
Game 5 Sev Sarmenta Andy Jao

References

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  1. ^ "Shell uncaps glory bid". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "SMB runs down Shell". Manila Standard.
  3. ^ "Phelps delivers key blows as Beermen take 2–0 lead". Manila Standard.
  4. ^ "Shell comes alive". Manila Standard.
  5. ^ "San Miguel now up, 3–1". Manila Standard.
  6. ^ "Another title for San Miguel". Manila Standard.