1988 Añejo Rum 65ers season

[2] April 24: Jamie Waller scored 57 points as Ginebra got back at their arch-rival Purefoods Hotdogs in the second round of eliminations via 127-122 win, playing-coach Sonny Jaworski was chosen best player of the game.

The Big J came from nowhere to grab an offensive rebound and a winning basket off Philip Cezar and Abe King after Joey Loyzaga's jumper and Dondon Ampalayo's follow up both rimmed out.

[4] September 4: Trailing by 11 points at the start of the fourth quarter of their playoff game against San Miguel for the right to face Purefoods in the finals, the Rum Masters banked on Romulo Mamaril's buzzer-beating basket off a feed from Joey Loyzaga in the last five seconds (described by the Big J as "God's play") to repulse the Beermen, 102-100, and arrange a dream finals match with the Purefoods Hotdogs.

[5] October 30: Añejo Rum formally enters the semifinal round in the Reinforced Conference and ended Purefoods' amazing run in their very first season, along with Abet Guidaben's hopes for a back-to-back MVP award, in a 157-150 overtime victory.

[6] December 11: As the season comes to a close, Game four of the battle for third place between Añejo and Presto had another free-for-all and bench-clearing incident, following import Tommy Davis' hard foul on Philip Cezar in the third quarter, cooler heads intervened after.

[8] Billy Ray Bates played his last PBA game on October 13, sitting on the bench for most of the minutes and scoring a miserable 16 points as Añejo bowed to Presto Ice Cream, 105-122.