The 1988 Presto Ice Cream Makers season was the 14th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Formerly known as Great Taste Milkmasters in the first two conferences. Transactions Notable dates March 20: Great Taste Instant Milk showed up without an import but its local crew was enough to roll back Shell Helix, 132-113, in the opening game of the season. The PBA found the Milkmasters import Charles Davis too tall for the 6-6 ceiling for imports and was forced to return home. June 30: Pido Jarencio banged in a buzzer-beating side jumper to lift Great Taste to a 102-100 victory over Purefoods Hotdogs. The Milkmasters squandered a 19-point spread, 89-70, as the Hotdogs starring the debuting Alvin Patrimonio and Jojo Lastimosa clawed back to level at 100-all with 18 seconds left. July 7: Great Taste scored a 125-121 win over Añejo Rum 65 for a fourth straight triumph in the All-Filipino Conference and remain unbeaten and on top of the standings. Allan Caidic scored 15 of his 34 points in the final quarter while Philip Cezar and Atoy Co provided the defensive gems to frustrate the Rum Masters comeback. August 23: Allan Caidic fired a season high of 49 points and buried nine triples to power Great Taste to a 143-114 win over Alaska Milk in the second round of the All-Filipino Conference semifinals. October 20: Import George Almones scored 45 points to lead Presto to a 143-130 win over Añejo Rum, spoiling the debut of Rum Masters import Joe Ward, who scored 55 points. The Ice Cream Makers improved to four wins and two losses while Añejo dropped to one win and five losses. Almones played his last game in the PBA and was replaced by Tony White in Presto's next game. Occurrences During the first round of eliminations match between Great Taste and Ginebra on April 7, a near-fight took place with less than a minute left in a close game when Milk Masters' Reynaldo Ramos threw a sneaky punch on Ginebra import Jamie Waller's face, apparently in retaliation for what Waller did to his teammate Pido Jarencio, whose head was bumped by Waller on the floor during the battle for the loose ball. Coach Baby Dalupan was suspended by Commissioner Rudy Salud for one game for throwing into towel and deliberately lose their April 21 match against Alaska. Great Taste import Kenny Fields