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1985 PBA season
League Philippine Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
TV partner/s Vintage Sports (MBS)
Regular season
Season MVP Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
Top scorer Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
Finals
Open Conference champions Great Taste Coffee Makers
Open Conference runners-up Magnolia Ice Cream Makers
All-Filipino Conference champions Great Taste Coffee Makers
All-Filipino Conference runners-up Shell Azodrin Bugbusters
Reinforced Conference champions Northern Consolidated (NCC)
Reinforced Conference runners-up Manila Beer Brewmasters

The 1985 PBA season was the 11th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights[]

  • The season marked the first time without the famed Crispa Redmanizers participating in the league. New team Shell Azodrin Bugbusters takes over the franchise of the defunct winningest ballclub.
  • The PBA found a new home in the University of Life Theater and Recreational Arena (ULTRA) in Pasig after 10 years of playing at the Araneta Coliseum.
  • The Great Taste Coffee Makers continued its dynasty as they won their fourth straight title during the season and almost a Grandslam of sorts.
  • A blockbuster trade took place between two-time MVP Ramon Fernandez of Manila Beer switching places with one-time MVP Abet Guidaben of Tanduay. Fernandez played his first game with the Rhum Makers starting in October.
  • The year saw the birth of a never-say-die squad known as Ginebra San Miguel with the 'Big J' Sonny Jaworski becoming the player/coach of the team starting the season. The Magnolia ballclub also offered the role of playing-coach to their returning import Norman Black at the start of the year.
  • Guest amateur team Northern Consolidated (NCC) won the PBA Third Conference crown over the Manila Beer Brewmasters and recorded the first-ever 4-0 finals sweep in league history.

Champions[]

  • Open Conference: Great Taste Coffee Makers
  • All-Filipino Conference: Great Taste Coffee Makers
  • Reinforced Conference: Northern Consolidated (NCC)
  • Team with best win-loss percentage: Great Taste Coffee Makers (44-27, .620)
  • Best Team of the Year: Great Taste Coffee Makers (2nd)

Individual awards[]

  • Most Valuable Player: Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
  • Rookie of the Year: Leo Austria (Shell)
  • Most Improved Player: Padim Israel (Tanduay)
  • Best Import (Open): Norman Black (Magnolia)
  • Best Import (Reinforced): Michael Hackett (Ginebra)
  • Mythical Five:
      *Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
      *Willie Pearson (Great Taste)
      *Abet Guidaben (Tanduay/Manila Beer)
      *Manny Victorino (Great Taste)
      *Bogs Adornado (Shell)
  • Mythical Second Team:
      *Robert Jaworski (Ginebra)
      *Willie Generalao (Tanduay)
      *Ramon Fernandez (Manila Beer/Tanduay)
      *Philip Cezar (Shell)
      *Abe King (Great Taste)
  • All-Defensive Team:
      *Chito Loyzaga (Great Taste/Ginebra)
      *Philip Cezar (Shell)
      *Elpidio Villamin (Manila Beer)
      *Robert Jaworski (Ginebra)
      *Abe King (Great Taste)
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