1986 PBA Season - Season Highlights

Season Highlights

• Alaska Milk marked its first participation in the league, while Magnolia, one of the founding members of the PBA, took a temporary leave of absence but returned with a new lineup featuring the former national players of the Northern Consolidated Corporation (NCC) team during the season-ending Third Conference.
• Teams paraded two reinforcements each in the import-laden conferences, which led to a record-breaking season in the last term of PBA chairman Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca.
• The birth of the most bitter PBA rivalry since the Toyota-Crispa days - that between the Tanduay Rhum Makers and crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel - with both teams winning their first championships during the season.