1985 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals

The 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Northern Cement basketball team and Manila Beer Brewmasters played for the 32nd championship contested by the league.

1985 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals

Team Coach Wins Northern (NCC) Ron Jacobs 4 Manila Beer Brewmasters Edgardo Ocampo 0
Dates	November 21–28, 1985
Television	Vintage Sports (MBS)
Radio network	DWXL

Northern (NCC) scored the first ever 4-0 sweep in a best-of-seven championship series against Manila Beer and became the second guest squad to win a PBA title. [1]

Qualification

Manila Beer		Northern
Finished 9–3 (.750), 1st	Eliminations		Finished 7–5 (.583), tied for 2nd
Bye	Tiebreaker		Lost to Ginebra, 96-99
	Quarterfinals		Finished 9–6 (.600), 1st
Finished 4–2 (.667), 1st	Semifinals		Finished 3–3 (.500), tied for 2nd
Bye	Tiebreaker		Defeated Great Taste, 123-107

Series scoring summary

Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Wins
Northern	139	133	130	138	4
Manila Beer	102	117	113	106	0
Venue	ULTRA	ULTRA	ULTRA	ULTRA

Games summary

Game 1

Vintage

November 21

Northern (NCC) 139, Manila Beer Brewmasters 102
Scoring by quarter: 27-21, 32-30, 38-20, 42-31
Pts: Jeff Moore 53		Pts: Francois Wise 28

The ULTRA, Pasig

NCC blew the game wide open in the third period on Jeff Moore's perimeter shooting, hitting from all angles as he mocked every defense thrown at him by the Brewmasters. Northern took a commanding 26-point lead going into the final quarter as Moore continued his shooting spree in the fourth period where NCC got their biggest lead of 40 points at 121-81.

Game 2

Vintage

November 24

Northern (NCC) 133, Manila Beer Brewmasters 117
Scoring by quarter: 27-30, 29-26, 35-31, 42-30
Pts: Jeff Moore 28 Hector Calma 26		Pts: Francois Wise 37 Gary Vargas 28

The ULTRA, Pasig

From a 56-all deadlock at halftime, the Brewmasters opened the third period with a 13-0 run to take a 69-56 lead. The Nationals bounced back and even grabbed the upper hand at the end of the third quarter at 91-87. In the final period, NCC pulled away and got their biggest lead at 120-97. Four NCC players scored more than 20 points in the game.

Game 3

Vintage

November 26

Northern (NCC) 130, Manila Beer Brewmasters 113
Scoring by quarter: 23-25, 28-20, 28-24, 51-44
Pts: Dennis Still 31 Allan Caidic 25		Pts: Francois Wise 43 Atoy Co 26

The ULTRA, Pasig

NCC led by 10 points after three quarters, 79-69. The Nationals began piling up points in the fourth period and pulled away, 106-86, with four minutes to go.

Game 4

Vintage

November 28

Northern (NCC) 138, Manila Beer Brewmasters 106
Scoring by quarter: 34-25, 26-26, 39-20, 39-35
Pts: Jeff Moore 41		Pts: Francois Wise 40 Ed Cordero 29
Northern wins series, 4-0

The ULTRA, Pasig

Similar to the series opener, Northern put on a show in a big third quarter explosion with Jeff Moore, Samboy Lim, Hector Calma and Dennis Still all scoring at will and the team shooting at a high field goal. NCC was up by 28 points, 99-71, entering the final quarter. The Brewmasters were totally outclass as coach Ron Jacobs pulled out his starters with about six minutes remaining and the second stringers, particularly Alfie Almario, was still nailing three-pointers to stretch their lead to 38 points at 125-87.

1985 PBA Reinforced Conference Champions
Northern Consolidated (NCC) First title

Rosters

Northern Cement roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 4 Almario, Alfie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle G 5 Pumaren, Franz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle F 7 Reyes, Elmer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Beda College F 8 Caidic, Allan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE F 9 Lim, Samboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran College 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) West Negros College C 13 Still, Dennis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Marymount (Loyola) G 14 Calma, Hector 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Adamson University F 15 Moore, Jeffrey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Maryland (Loyola) G 16 Jarencio, Pido 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UST C 18 Codinera, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE F 20 Gutierrez, Benjie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST	Head coach Ron Jacobs Assistant coach(es) Cris Calilan Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Manila Beer roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G/F 3 Cordero, Edgardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST F/C 5 Wise, Francois (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Long Beach State G 6 Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapua Tech F 9 Lalota, Rodolfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua (Jrs) G/F 11 Vargas, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PSBA F 13 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern F 14 Herrera, Leopoldo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Wesleyan University F 16 Esguerra, Angelito 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College G 17 Mendoza, Eduardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Visayas G 22 Gaston, Matthew 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo de Manila G 24 Cruz, Ramon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE G/F 32 Coloso, Timoteo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College C 55 Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Jose-Recoletos	Head coach Edgardo Ocampo Assistant coach(es) Loreto Carbonell Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1	Pinggoy Pengson	Norman Black
Game 2	Pinggoy Pengson	Steve Kattan
Game 3	Joe Cantada	Joaquin Henson
Game 4	Joe Cantada	Norman Black

References

1. "A sweep by NCC".