1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season

The 1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season was the 3rd and final season of the Asia Brewery franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season
Head coach	Joe Lipa Tito Eduque
Owner(s)	Asia Brewery
Reinforced Conference results
Record	2–8 (20%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Eliminated
All Filipino Conference results
Record	3–6 (33.3%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals
Open Conference results
Record	14–8 (63.6%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Finals (lost to Ginebra)
Manila Beer Brewmasters seasons

Transactions

Players Added	Signed	Former team
Ricardo Cui Rookie	Off-season	N/A
Adonis Tierra Rookie
Ranulfo Robles Rookie free agent
Tito Varela		Tanduay Rhum Makers
Lim Eng Beng	July 1986	Crispa (1984)
Jesus Migalbin		Magnolia

Occurrences

The Brewmasters were handled by multi-titled amateur coach Joe Lipa at the start of the season, taking over from Olympian Edgardo Ocampo. After failing to lead Manila Beer past eliminations in the first conference, Lipa was replaced by another former Olympian Tito Eduque as Manila Beer head coach beginning the All-Filipino Conference. Coach Eduque bring along former PBA coaches Jun Celis and Nemie Villegas as his assistants.

Finals stint

After a disappointing finishes in the first two conferences of the season, Manila Beer came back strong in the Third Conference, just like in the previous year. The Brewmasters were on their third finals appearance in franchise history, behind imports Michael Young, a first round pick of the Boston Celtics in the 1984 NBA draft, and Santa Clara star Harold Keeling.

Manila Beer lost to crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel in five games in the best-of-seven title series.

Main article: 1986 PBA Open Conference Finals

Award

Michael Young won the PBA Best Import honors in the 1986 Open Conference, besting two-time best import awardee Billy Ray Bates of Ginebra.

Roster

Manila Beer roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 2 & 10 Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin F 3 Cordero, Edgardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G 4 Tierra, Adonis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FEATI C 5 Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) USJ–R G 6 Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapúa F 11 Vargas, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PSBA F 13 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) G 14 Beng, Lim Eng 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle F 16 Esguerra, Angelito 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran G 17 Varela, Tito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE 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 G 36 Robles, Ranulfo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran F 51 & 11 Cui, Ricardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lyceum	Head coach Joe Lipa (1st Conference) Tito Eduque Assistant coach(es) Jun Celis Nemie Villegas Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Imports

Tournament	Name	#	Height	From
1986 PBA Reinforced Conference	Carlton Cooper	8	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	University of Texas at Austin
	George Turner	22	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	University of California-Irvine
	Butch Hays	10	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	University of California-Berkeley
1986 PBA Open Conference	Harold Keeling	1	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	University of Santa Clara
	Michael Young	42	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	University of Houston