1987 Formula Shell Spark Aiders season

1987 Formula Shell season
Head coach	Edgardo Ocampo Joe Lipa
Owner(s)	Pilipinas Shell, Inc.
Open Conference results Record 4–12 (.250) Place 6th Playoff finish Quarterfinals All-Filipino Conference results Record 5–11 (.313) Place 5th Playoff finish Semifinals Reinforced Conference results Record 9–13 (.409) Place 4th Playoff finish Semifinals Stats @ PBA-Online.net Formula Shell seasons 1986 1988

The 1987 Formula Shell Spark Aiders season was the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters in the Reinforced Conference.

Off-season transactions

February 14: Traded Philip Cezar and Bernie Fabiosa to Great Taste in exchange for center Manny Victorino and guard Jimmy Manansala. Formula Shell also dealt their rights for the number 1 draft pick to Great Taste.

February 20: Three-time MVP William "Bogs" Adornado was traded to Hills Bros for the Coffee Kings' rookie pick Alfonso Solis, along with second-year forward Rey Cuenco.^[1]

Occurrences

Head coach Edgardo Ocampo was replaced by national team coach Joe Lipa starting the Third Conference, after two dismal conferences by the team.

Import Dexter Shouse suddenly left after leading Shell to a 6-win, 2-loss record in the Third Conference, taking his place is another former Shell import Dwight Anderson.

Notable dates

April 26: Winless in six starts into the Open Conference, wherein imports Dwayne Randall and Michael Clarke played three games each and failed to lead the team to a victory, the Spark Aiders finally scored their first win at the expense of Ginebra San Miguel, 107-104. New import Calvin Thompson debut with 44 points.^[2]

October 4: With new coach Joe Lipa, Shell Azocord blew out defending champion Tanduay Rhum, 121-78, at the start of the Reinforced Conference. The Super Bugbusters wrapped up the contest as early in the third period and had their largest lead of 45 points four times.^[3]

October 11: Shell Azocord remains unbeaten with their third straight victory, a 109-101 win over Ginebra San Miguel.^[4]

October 17: The Super Bugbusters keeps its clean slate with five wins and sweeps the first round of eliminations, rolled back San Miguel Beer, 112-104, in an out-of-town game at the San Agustin gym in Iloilo City.^[5]

November 5: Dwight Anderson, returning as Shell's import after Dexter Shouse left, powered the Super Bugbusters to a 114-110 win over San Miguel Beermen and put Shell on top of the standings after the eliminations with a 7-3 won-loss slate.^[6]

November 12: On the eve of coach Joe Lipa's departure in Thailand to join the Philippine men's national team in defending the Cage Crown in the Southeast Asian Games, Shell nips Hills Bros, 108-106, to improved their semifinal slate to 8 wins and 5 losses, assistant coach Freddie Gonzales takes over for a while at the Shell bench.^[7]

Roster

Open Conference

Formula Shell roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From C 1 Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jose Rizal College C 5 Cabatu, Sonny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) PSBA G 6 Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu Central Colleges G 7 Cristobal, Arturo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEU G 8 Solis, Alfonso 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) University of Visayas F/C 9 Cuenco, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GAUF G 10 Ang, Romeo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College G 11 Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 12 Lazaro, Rey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FEU G 13 Austria, Leo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Lyceum F 14 Herrera, Leopoldo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Wesleyan University F 33 Pearson, Willie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Chaminade F 71 Marquez, Manuel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda College F 30 Randall, Dwayne (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) University of Nevada F 30 Clarke, Michael (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) F/C 35 Thompson, Calvin (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Kansas	Head coach Edgardo Ocampo Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

Reinforced Conference

Shell Azocord roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From C 1 Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jose Rizal College C 5 Cabatu, Sonny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) PSBA G 6 Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu Central Colleges G 7 Cristobal, Arturo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEU G 8 Solis, Alfonso 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) University of Visayas F/C 9 Cuenco, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GAUF G 10 Ang, Romeo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College G 11 Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 12 Lazaro, Rey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FEU G 13 Austria, Leo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Lyceum F 14 Herrera, Leopoldo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Wesleyan University F 33 Pearson, Willie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Chaminade F 71 Marquez, Manuel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda College G/F 21 Shouse, Dexter (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) South Alabama G/F 0 Anderson, Dwight (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Southern California	Head coach Joe Lipa Assistant coach(es) Freddie Gonzales Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

^{Team Manager: Marion Macalalad}

References

1. Shell gives up Bogs for No.2 rookie Solis
2. Shell ends skid, dumps Ginebra
3. Riproaring starts by San Miguel, Shell
4. Shell halts Bates, Wallops Ginebra
5. Shell wallops San Miguel, keeps clean slate
6. Jazz-up Shell halts SMB
7. Shell scuttles Hills Bros