1989 PBA season
Duration	March 5 – December 12, 1989
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
1989 PBA Draft
Top draft pick	Benjie Paras
Picked by	Formula Shell
Season MVP	Benjie Paras (Formula Shell Zoom Masters)
Open Conference champions	San Miguel Beermen
Open Conference runners-up	Formula Shell Zoom Masters
All-Filipino Conference champions	San Miguel Beermen
All-Filipino Conference runners-up	Purefoods Hotdogs
Reinforced Conference champions	San Miguel Beermen
Reinforced Conference runners-up	Añejo Rum 65ers
Seasons
← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 PBA season was the 15th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Board of governors

Executive committee

Rodrigo L. Salud (Commissioner)
Reynaldo Marquez (Chairman, representing Formula Shell Zoom Masters)
Jose C. Ibazeta (Vice-Chairman, representing San Miguel Beermen)
Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Treasurer, representing Alaska Milkmen)

Teams

Team	Company	Governor
Alaska Milkmen	General Milling Corporation	Wilfred Steven Uytengsu
Añejo Rhum 65ers	La Tondeña Incorporada	Carlos Palanca III
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	Purefoods Corporation	Renato Buhain
Presto Ice Cream Makers	Consolidated Foods Corporation	Lance Gokongwei
San Miguel Beermen	San Miguel Corporation	Jose Ibazeta
Formula Shell Zoom Masters	Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation	Reynaldo Marquez

Season highlights

The league picked up the concessionaire franchise fee in The ULTRA worth P1.5 million and agreed with member teams that sells food products (Alaska, Purefoods, San Miguel and Presto) to sell their products inside the venue at factory price. Likewise, Shell and Anejo will shoulder the cost of building pedestrian walkways outside of the arena.
The richest crop of rookies and the most talented PBA batch of draftees came to the PBA in its 15th season, most notable names were Benjie Paras, Nelson Asaytono, Dindo Pumaren, Paul Alvarez, Zaldy Realubit, Elmer Cabahug, Romeo Dela Rosa, Renato Agustin and Ricric Marata. ^[1]
The PBA logo was prominently displayed on the uniforms for the first time (usually on the left side of the jersey), becoming the first sports league in the Philippines to do so. The practice of placing the league logo on the jerseys eventually spreads to the PABL, UAAP and NCAA.
The PBA All-Star game was held on June 4, featuring the Veterans, coach by Baby Dalupan, against the Rookies/Sophomores of coach Dante Silverio. The Veterans won the game on Ramon Fernandez's last-second basket on an inbound pass from former Toyota teammate Sonny Jaworski. The All-Star MVP was awarded to Elmer Cabahug of the Rookies/Sophomores team. ^[2]
The San Miguel Beermen completed a three-conference sweep, becoming the second team to win the third Grand Slam in the League. Beermen coach Norman Black was the third coach to win the said feat, following the footsteps of Baby Dalupan in 1976 and Tommy Manotoc in 1983, who both achieved the Grand Slam with the Crispa Redmanizers.
Shell rookie center Benjie Paras, the first overall draft pick of the season, made history by winning both the Most Valuable Player and the Rookie of the Year awards, the only occurrence in the league.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
Alaska Milkmen	Debbie Po
Añejo Rum 65	Gretchen Barretto
Formula Shell	Leah Orosa
Presto Ice Cream	Dina Bonnevie
Purefoods Hotdogs	Lea Salonga
San Miguel Beermen	Marilou Gonzales and Rachel Lobangco

Champions

Open Conference: San Miguel Beermen
All-Filipino Conference: San Miguel Beermen
Reinforced Conference: San Miguel Beermen
Team with best win–loss percentage: San Miguel Beermen (50-21, .704)
Best Team of the Year: San Miguel Beermen (2nd)

Open Conference

Main article: 1989 PBA Open Conference

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	10	0	1.000	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Presto Ice Cream	5	5	.500	5
3	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	5	5	.500	5
4	Purefoods Hotdogs	4	6	.400	6
5	Alaska Milkmen	3	7	.300^[a]	7
6	Añejo Rum 65ers	3	7	.300^[a]	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Semifinal berth playoff: Alaska 133–120 Añejo

Semifinal round

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	14	4	.778	—	Advance to the Finals
2	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	10	8	.556	4	Advance to the Finals
3	Presto Ice Cream	9	9	.500	5	Proceed to third-place playoff
4	Alaska Milkmen	7	11	.389^[a]	7	Proceed to third-place playoff
5	Purefoods Hotdogs	7	11	.389^[a]	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 2–2 Purefoods, Alaska +9

Semifinal round standings:

Pos	Team v t e	W	L
1	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	5	3
2	San Miguel Beermen	4	4
3	Presto Ice Cream	4	4
4	Alaska Milkmen	4	4
5	Purefoods Hotdogs	3	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Third place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(3) Presto Ice Cream	3–0	(4) Alaska Milkmen	112–133	126–135	129–135	—	—

Finals

Main article: 1989 PBA Open Conference Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) San Miguel Beermen	4–1	(2) Formula Shell Zoom Masters	146–132	114–107	130–124	104–115	123–105	—	—

Best Import of the Conference: Bobby Parks (Shell)

All-Filipino Conference

Main article: 1989 PBA All-Filipino Conference

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Purefoods Hotdogs	9	2	.818	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727	1
3	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	6	5	.545	3
4	Añejo Rum 65ers	6	5	.545	3
5	Alaska Milkmen	5	6	.455	4
6	Presto Ice Cream	2	9	.182	7
—	Team Philippines^[a] (G)	0	6	.000	6.5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(G) Guests
Notes:

^ Team Philippines could only participate in the first round robin of games, and all results counted in the standings for their opponents; the team cannot participate in the semifinals.

Semifinal round

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Purefoods Hotdogs	14	5	.737	—	Advance to the Finals
2	San Miguel Beermen	12	7	.632	2	Advance to the Finals
3	Añejo Rum 65ers	10	9	.526^[a]	4	Proceed to third-place playoff
4	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	10	9	.526^[a]	4	Proceed to third-place playoff
5	Alaska Milkmen	8	11	.421	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Añejo 2–2 Shell, Añejo +5

Semifinal round standings:

Pos	Team v t e	W	L
1	Purefoods Hotdogs	5	3
2	San Miguel Beermen	4	4
3	Añejo Rum 65ers	4	4
4	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	4	4
5	Alaska Milkmen	3	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Third place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(3) Añejo Rum 65ers	3–2	(4) Formula Shell Zoom Masters	121–114	107–121	138–128	120–124	114–116

Finals

Main article: 1989 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) Purefoods Hotdogs	2–4	(2) San Miguel Beermen	120–112	111–119	109–122	113–119	142–136 (OT)	109–128	—

Reinforced Conference

Main article: 1989 PBA Reinforced Conference

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	6	4	.600	—	Advance to semifinals
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 v t e	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

Semifinal round standings:

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	6	2
2	Añejo Rum 65ers	5	3	Qualify to Finals berth playoff^[a]
3	Purefoods Hotdogs	4	4
4	Alaska Milkmen	3	5
5	Presto Tivolis	2	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ San Miguel advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Añejo 113–112 Purefoods

Third place playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(2) Purefoods Hotdogs	1–3	(4) Alaska Milkmen	109–116	114–108	112–123	102–126	122–111

Finals

Main article: 1989 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
(1) San Miguel Beermen	4–1	(3) Añejo Rum 65ers	134–125	140–134	134–138	150–134	122–111	—	—

Best Import of the Conference: Carlos Briggs (Shell)

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Benjie Paras (Shell)
Rookie of the Year: Benjie Paras (Shell)
Most Improved Player: Dante Gonzalgo (Añejo)
Best Import-Open Conference: Bobby Parks (Shell)
Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Carlos Briggs (Añejo)
Mythical Five:
- Hector Calma (San Miguel)
- Ramon Fernandez (San Miguel)
- Benjie Paras (Shell)
- Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
- Allan Caidic (Presto)
Mythical Second Team:
- Elmer Reyes (San Miguel)
- Ronnie Magsanoc (Shell)
- Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
- Paul Alvarez (Alaska)
- Alvin Teng (San Miguel)
All-Defensive Team:
- Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods)
- Glenn Capacio (Purefoods)
- Alvin Teng (San Miguel)
- Elpidio Villamin (Alaska)
- Chito Loyzaga (Añejo)

Board of Governors

Rudy Salud (Commissioner)
Rey Marquez (Chairman, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.)
Jose Ibazeta (Vice-Chairman, San Miguel Corp.)
Ruben Cleofe (Secretary)
Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Treasurer, General Milling Corp.)
Lance Gokongwei (Consolidated Food Corp.)
Carlos Palanca III (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc.)
Renato Buhain (Purefoods Corp.)

Cumulative standings

Team	GP	W	L	PCT
San Miguel Beermen	71	50	21	.704
Purefoods Hotdogs	66	34	32	.515
Alaska Milkmen	63	30	33	.477
Formula Shell Zoom Masters	57	27	30	.473
Añejo Rum 65ers	59	27	32	.458
Presto Tivolis	50	18	32	.360
Philippine Team	6	0	6	.000

References

^ "PBA season blast off". Manila Standard.
^ "Bit of nostalgia in All-star wars". Manila Standard.

1989 PBA season

Team seasons

Guest team/s

Philippines men's national basketball team (All-Filipino Conference)

Succession

1988

Open Conference

1988

All-Filipino Conference
1990

1988

Reinforced Conference
2003

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