Thirdkill's pair of dunks closed the gap at 114–117. Ricardo Brown's three free throws, first from a technical foul on Thirdkill, and the last two on a chopping foul by Onchie Dela Cruz, sealed the win for Great Taste. Game 4 The Rhum Makers trailed, 100–106, with barely six minutes remaining when David Thirdkill took charge, firing half of his team's next 12 points and Great Taste was limited to a solitary point as Tanduay surge ahead, 112–107. Allan Caidic buried the last of his four triples to trimmed down Tanduay's deficit to two, 110–112. Thirdkill split his free throws off Michael Young's fifth foul to place the Rhum Makers ahead by three, 113–110, with nine seconds remaining. Michael Young came through with his own two free throws off a foul from Thirdkill with five seconds left, after converting his first bonus shot, Young intentionally miss his second free throw but the ball bounced high up and went in. Tanduay calls a timeout and from the inbound play, the Rhum Makers dribbled out the remaining seconds. Game 5 Tanduay took a 27–17 lead in the first quarter but the Coffee Makers came to within a point, 30–31, at the end of first 12 minutes of play. Great Taste were up, 65–60 at halftime. In the third quarter, a big 18–2 run by the Rhum Makers to start the period gave them a 78–67 lead. The Rhum Makers answered every last-ditch effort by the Coffee Makers in the final quarter as Tanduay fans began celebrating with still two minutes left in the game on a well-preserved 14-point edge. The predominantly Tanduay crowd were singing the song "We Will Rock You" blasting through the loud speaker. The last five points of the Rhum Makers were highlighted by a triple from Ramon Fernandez and a dunk from David Thirdkill, there was still one second left when Great Taste players left the court as confetti rained the hardcourt celebrating the Elizalde ballclub's third championship in the last four conferences. Rosters Broadcast notes References 1987 1987 PBA season Tanduay Rhum Masters games Great Taste Coffee Makers games PBA Open Conference Finals