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1987 McDonald's Open

Field	Value
title	1987 McDonald's Open
league	McDonald's Open
sport	Basketball
duration	23–25 October
top_scorer	USA Bob McAdoo (78 pts)
finals_champ	USA Milwaukee Bucks
finals_runner-up	URS Soviet Union
finals_MVP	USA Terry Cummings
seasonslistnames	McDonald's Championship
nextseason_year	1988 McDonald's Open
nextseason_link	1988 McDonald's Open

| finals_runner-up = URS Soviet Union The 1987 McDonald's Open took place at MECCA Arena in Milwaukee, United States. This was the first edition of the McDonald's Championship and was a round-robin competition between three teams: Milwaukee Bucks, Tracer Milano and the Soviet Union national basketball team. The decider was played between Milwaukee Bucks and the Soviet Union on 25 October 1987.

Participants

	Club		Qualified as
USA Milwaukee Bucks	Host club (9th place in the [1986–87 NBA season](1986-87-nba-season))
ITA Tracer Milano	Champions of the [1986–87 FIBA European Champions Cup](1986-87-fiba-european-champions-cup)
URS Soviet Union	Finalists of the EuroBasket 1987

Games

October 23, 1987 |}

October 24, 1987 |}

October 25, 1987 |}

Rosters

Milwaukee Bucks: Jack Sikma, Randy Breuer, Paul Pressey, Terry Cummings, Jerry Reynolds - Charles Davis, Pace Mannion, JJ Weber, Paul Mokeski, Keith Smith, John Stroeder, Bob McCann, Dudley Bradley, Winston Garland. Coach: Del Harris

Soviet national team: Tiit Sokk, Viktor Pankrashkin, Valery Tikhonenko, Aleksandr Volkov, Sarunas Marciulionis - Alexander Belostenny, Sergei Tarakanov, Valdemaras Chomičius, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Valdis Valters, Sergei Grishaev, Valery Goborov. Coach: Aleksandr Gomelsky

Tracer Milano: Bob McAdoo, Riccardo Pittis, Fausto Bargna, Rickey Brown, Mike D'Antoni, Dino Meneghin, Roberto Premier, Massimiliano Aldi, Pieto Montecchia, Mario Governa. Coach: Franco Casalini

Final standings

Pos.	Team	Pld.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	USA Milwaukee Bucks	2	2	0	250	211	+39
2.	URS Soviet Union	2	1	1	235	235	0
3.	ITA Tracer Milano	2	0	2	219	258	-39

1987 McDonald's Champions
USA
Milwaukee Bucks

Sources

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