1987 PBA Reinforced Conference
      
The 1987 Philippine 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]
Elimination round
Semifinal round
|  | Qualified for finals | 
|  | Qualified for battle-for-third | 
Finals berth playoff
Battle for third
Finals
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