1985 PBA Open Conference
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The 1985
Philippine Basketball Association
(PBA) Open Conference, is 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.
The Great Taste Coffee Makers
won their third straight PBA title, defeating surprise finalist Magnolia Ice Cream Makers
, 4-2 in their best-of-seven championship series.
1985 PBA season
The 1985 PBA season was the 11th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable Events:*The season marked the first time without the famed Crispa Redmanizers participating in the league, a new team, Shell Azodrin took over the franchise of the disbanded Crispa.*The PBA found a new home...
Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
(PBA) Open Conference, is the first conference of the 1985 PBA season
1985 PBA season
The 1985 PBA season was the 11th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable Events:*The season marked the first time without the famed Crispa Redmanizers participating in the league, a new team, Shell Azodrin took over the franchise of the disbanded Crispa.*The PBA found a new home...
. 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.
The Great Taste Coffee Makers
Great Taste Coffee Makers
Great Taste Coffee was one of the Pioneer teams in the Philippine Basketball Association . The company was then known as the Consolidated Foods Corporation and their chief products included well known brands like Presto Ice Cream, N-Rich Coffee Cream, Jack & Jill Fun Snacks, Great Taste Coffee...
won their third straight PBA title, defeating surprise finalist Magnolia Ice Cream Makers
San Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
, 4-2 in their best-of-seven championship series.
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 elimination round 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.
Team standings
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for quarterfinals | |
| Eliminated |
| # | |Team | W | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division... | PO One-game playoff A one-game playoff, sometimes known as a pennant playoff or play-in game, is a tiebreaker in certain sports—usually but not always professional—to determine which of two teams, tied in the final standings, will qualify for a post-season tournament... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers Great Taste Coffee Makers Great Taste Coffee was one of the Pioneer teams in the Philippine Basketball Association . The company was then known as the Consolidated Foods Corporation and their chief products included well known brands like Presto Ice Cream, N-Rich Coffee Cream, Jack & Jill Fun Snacks, Great Taste Coffee... |
8 | 4 | -- | –- | |
| 2 | Tanduay Rhum Makers Tanduay Rhum Masters The Tanduay Rhum Masters is a former Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association , Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League basketball team.-History:... |
8 | 4 | -- | -- | |
| 3 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers San Miguel Beermen The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food... |
7 | 5 | -- | -- | |
| 4 | Northern Consolidated | 7 | 5 | -- | -- | |
| 5 | Manila Beer Brewmasters Manila Beer Brewmasters Manila Beer was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1984-1986. It was formed after Delta Motors, owner of league pioneer Toyota sold the franchise to Basic Holdings, Inc, the company that owns Asia Brewery which in turn manufactures Manila Beer and Beer... |
5 | 7 | -- | -- | |
| 6 | Shell Azodrin Bugbusters Shell Turbo Chargers The Shell Turbo Chargers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team under the ownership of Pilipinas Shell Corporation. Shell has been a member of the PBA since 1985 until 2005 when the team filed for a leave of absence after the season. Shell sold its franchise to PBL team Welcoat Paints... |
4 | 8 | -- | -- | |
| 7 | Ginebra San Miguel Barangay Ginebra Kings The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation... |
3 | 9 | -- | -- |
Team standings
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Eliminated |
| S | |Team | |Cumulative | |Quarterfinals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | |L | |GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division... | |W | |L | ||
| 3 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers San Miguel Beermen The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food... |
9 | 6 | -- | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Northern Consolidated | 8 | 7 | -- | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Manila Beer Brewmasters Manila Beer Brewmasters Manila Beer was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1984-1986. It was formed after Delta Motors, owner of league pioneer Toyota sold the franchise to Basic Holdings, Inc, the company that owns Asia Brewery which in turn manufactures Manila Beer and Beer... |
8 | 7 | -- | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Shell Azodrin Bugbusters Shell Turbo Chargers The Shell Turbo Chargers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team under the ownership of Pilipinas Shell Corporation. Shell has been a member of the PBA since 1985 until 2005 when the team filed for a leave of absence after the season. Shell sold its franchise to PBL team Welcoat Paints... |
4 | 11 | -- | 0 | 3 |
Results
Seeding playoff
Team standings
| Qualified for finals | |
| Qualified for battle for third |
| # | |Team | W | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers Great Taste Coffee Makers Great Taste Coffee was one of the Pioneer teams in the Philippine Basketball Association . The company was then known as the Consolidated Foods Corporation and their chief products included well known brands like Presto Ice Cream, N-Rich Coffee Cream, Jack & Jill Fun Snacks, Great Taste Coffee... |
5 | 1 | -- | –- |
| 2 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers San Miguel Beermen The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food... |
4 | 2 | -- | –- |
| 3 | Northern Consolidated | 3 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 0 | 6 | -- | -- |
Results
Battle for third
External links
- http://www.mypba.com