1985 PBA Open Conference
# 1985 PBA Open Conference

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.

## Elimination round

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 8 | 4 | .667 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 8 | 4 | .667 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Northern Cement (G) | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5 | |

## Quarterfinals

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 9 | 6 | .600 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | Northern Cement (G) | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 5 | Manila Beer Brewmasters | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1 | |
| 6 | Shell Azodrin Bugbusters | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5 | |

* 1 2 Semifinal berth playoff: Northern Cement 98–75 Manila Beer

### Semifinal berth playoff

* Vintage
* May 2
* The ULTRA, Pasig

## Semifinals

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Great Taste Coffee Makers | 5 | 1 | .833 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Magnolia Ice Cream Makers | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1 | Advance to the Finals |
| 3 | Northern Cement (G) | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 | Proceed to third place playoff |
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Makers | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5 | Proceed to third place playoff |

## Third place playoffs

* Vintage
* May 19
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 21

Northern (NCC) 110, Tanduay Rhum Makers 98 :

| Scoring by quarter: 26-19, 21–27, 30-28, 33-24 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Jeff Moore 36 | Pts: David Pope 36 |

* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 23

Northern (NCC) 100, Tanduay Rhum Makers 93 :

| Scoring by quarter: 32-20, 19–26, 24–25, 25-22 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Allan Caidic 21 | Pts: David Pope 27 |

* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 26

Northern (NCC) 104, Tanduay Rhum Makers 110 :

| Scoring by quarter: 27-27, 29-27, 22–31, 26-25 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Dennis Still 24 | Pts: Guidaben 22 Hubalde 22 |

* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 28

Northern (NCC) 113, Tanduay Rhum Makers 82 :

| Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 28-13, 28-23, 37-17 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Samboy Lim 22 | Pts: David Pope 22 |

* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 30

Northern (NCC) 121, Tanduay Rhum Makers 110 :

| Scoring by quarter: 39-32, 27-21, 29–32, 26-25 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Samboy Lim 34 | Pts: David Pope 40 |
| Northern wins series, 4–2 |||

* The ULTRA, Pasig

## Finals

* Vintage
* May 19
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 21
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 23
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 26
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 28
* The ULTRA, Pasig
* Vintage
* May 30

Great Taste Coffee Makers 122, Magnolia Ice Cream 104 :

* Great Taste wins series, 4–2 ||
* The ULTRA, Pasig
