The 1987Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference was the third and last conference of the 1987 PBA season. It started on October 4 and ended on December 13, 1987. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'4" height limit. [1]
Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
Double-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. [2]
Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated.
Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the five remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over.
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 playoff. [3]
