1990 PBA Third Conference

1990 PBA Third Conference
Duration	September 30 - December 20, 1990
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	Purefoods Hotdogs
Runners-up	Alaska Air Force
Awards
Best Import	Bobby Parks (Formula Shell Zoom Masters)
PBA Third Conference chronology
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The 1990 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Third Conference was the third and last conference of the 1990 PBA season. It started on September 30 and ended on December 20, 1990. The tournament is a two-import format, which requires each team to have two American reinforcements.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

The teams were divided into 2 groups.

Group A:

Shell Rimula X
Pepsi Hotshots
Presto Tivolis
San Miguel Beermen

Group B:

Teams in a group will play against each other twice and against teams in the other group once; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.^[1]
The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.
Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win five of their eight semifinal games.^[2]
The top two teams (or the top team and the winner of the playoff incentive) will face each other in a best-of-five championship series. The next two teams will qualify for a best-of-three playoff for third place.

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Air Force	8	2	.800	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	7	3	.700	1
3	Presto Tivolis	6	4	.600	2
4	Purefoods Hotdogs	6	4	.600	2
5	Sarsi Sizzlers	5	5	.500	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	4	6	.400	4
7	Añejo Rum 65ers	4	6	.400	4
8	Pepsi Hotshots	0	10	.000	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Team standings

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Air Force	12	6	.667	—	Advance to the Finals^[a]
2	Purefoods Hotdogs	11	7	.611^[b]	1	Guaranteed Finals berth playoff
3	Shell Rimula X	11	7	.611^[b]	1	Qualify to Finals berth playoff
4	Presto Tivolis	11	7	.611^[b]	1	Proceed to third-place playoff
5	Sarsi Sizzlers	7	11	.389	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last Finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright.
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Purefoods 1.031, Shell 0.991, Presto 0.977

Semifinal round standings:

Pos	Team	W	L	Qualification
1	Purefoods Hotdogs	5	3
2	Presto Tivolis	5	3	Qualify to Finals berth incentive playoff^[a]
3	Shell Rimula X	4	4	Qualify to Finals berth playoff^[b]
4	Alaska Air Force	4	4
5	Sarsi Sizzlers	2	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Presto qualified for a playoff for Finals berth incentive for winning at least five semifinal games and finishing outside of the top 2, Shell qualified for a playoff for the Finals berth incentive after finishing tied for second; Finals berth incentive playoff: Shell 137–114 Presto
^ Alaska advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team, Purefoods guaranteed playoff as #2 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Purefoods 121–101 Shell