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.
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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.
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.
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.
October 11: Shell Azocord remains unbeaten with their third straight victory, a 109-101 win over Ginebra San Miguel.
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.
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.
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.
Reinforced Conference
Team Manager: Marion Macalalad