1989 PBA Reinforced Conference

1989 PBA Reinforced Conference
1989 PBA Reinforced Conference
Duration	October 1 – December 12, 1989
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Añejo Rum 65ers
Awards
Best Import	Carlos Briggs; (Añejo Rum 65ers)
PBA Reinforced Conference chronology
	< 1988 2003 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 1989 All-Filipino 1990 First >

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

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	12	6	.667	—	Advance to the Finals^[a]
2	Purefoods Hotdogs	10	8	.556^[b]	2	Guaranteed Finals berth playoff
3	Añejo Rum 65ers	10	8	.556^[b]	2	Qualify to Finals berth playoff
4	Alaska Milkmen	8	10	.444	4	Proceed to third-place playoff
5	Presto Tivolis	7	11	.389	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last Finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–2 Añejo, Purefoods +6