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1982 PBA season

The 1982 PBA season was the eighth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1982 PBA season
DurationMarch 7 – December 14, 1982
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Vintage Sports (City2)
Season MVPRamon Fernandez
(Toyota Super Corollas)
Reinforced Filipino Conference championsToyota Super Corollas
  Reinforced Filipino Conference runners-upSan Miguel Beermen
Invitational Conference championsSan Miguel Beermen
  Invitational Conference runners-upCrispa Redmanizers
Open Conference championsToyota Super Corollas
  Open Conference runners-upGilbey's Gin
Seasons

Board of governors

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Executive committee

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Teams

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Team Company Governor
Crispa Redmanizers P. Floro and Sons Virgilio A. Dalupan
Galerie Dominique Artists Galerie Dominique Anna Dominique Coseteng
Gilbey's Gin Tonics La Tondeña Incorporada Carlos Palanca III
Great Taste Coffee Makers Consolidated Foods Corporation Porfirio G. Zablan
San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Corporation Tomas L. Manotoc
Toyota Super Corollas Delta Motor Corporation Ricardo C. Silverio, Jr.
YCO-Tanduay Elizalde & Company
Tanduay Distillers, Inc.		 Johnny Jose
U/Tex Wranglers Universal Textile Mills Walter Euyang

Season highlights

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  • The start of the year saw the league's membership reduced from 10 teams to just 8, following the disbandment of CDCP and Tefilin franchises.
  • Vintage Enterprises Inc. took over the league's television coverage beginning this season.
  • The PBA implement for the first time a playoff post-eliminations format with a series of best-of-three quarterfinals, best-of-five semifinals and best-of-seven finals to determine the champion in the Reinforced Filipino Conference.
  • Toyota Super Corollas won two championships in the year, capped by center Ramon Fernandez winning his first Most Valuable Player Award.
  • San Miguel Beer won the Invitational championship over Crispa Redmanizers for the franchise' 2nd PBA title.
  • Baby Dalupan resigned as Crispa head coach after the Redmanizers got eliminated in the third conference. This season became the second time the multi-titled ballclub did not win any championship. [1]
  • Leo Prieto and Domingo Itchon stepped down as the league commissioner and board president respectively at the end of the season.

All-Star series

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A PBA North vs South All-Star series were held in Cebu City and Manila. The North and South team split their two-game series. Emerging as the All-Star MVP was Toyota's Arnie Tuadles, who scored 50 points in the first match.

Main article: 1982 PBA All-Star Series

Opening ceremonies

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The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team Muse
Crispa Redmanizers Sharon Cuneta, Jackie Lou Blanco and Joyce Ann Burton
Gilbey's Gin Jane Destree and Beth de Mesa
Great Taste Discoverers Sharon Eddiston
Mariwasa-Honda TMXers Tina Maristela
San Miguel Beermen Maya Mahtani
Toyota Super Corollas Vivian Veloso
U/Tex Wranglers Rio Locsin
YCO-Tanduay Maridol Cagdac/Alta Tan/Rosanna Zamora/Nitz Bernardez

Champions

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Reinforced Filipino Conference

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Main article: 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference

Elimination round

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Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 13 5 .722 — Advance to semifinals
2 Crispa Redmanizers 12 6 .667 1
3 Gilbey's Gin 11 7 .611 2 Proceed to quarterfinals
4 Toyota Super Corollas 10 8 .556 3
5 YCO-Tanduay 9 9 .500 4
6 U-Tex Wranglers 8 10 .444 5
7 Mariwasa-Honda TMXers 7 11 .389 6
8 Great Taste Coffee Makers 2 16 .111 11
Source: [citation needed]

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals
(Best-of-3) 		Semifinals
(Best-of-5) 		Finals
(Best-of-7)
1 San Miguel 3
3 Gilbey's 0 6 U-Tex 1
6 U-Tex 2 1 San Miguel 3
4 Toyota 4
2 Crispa 2
4 Toyota 2 4 Toyota 3
5 YCO-Tanduay 0

Finals

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Main article: 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
(1) San Miguel Beermen 3–4 (4) Toyota Super Corollas 120–110 119–117 87–90 96–98 96–88 99–110 95–101

Invitational championship

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Main article: 1982 PBA Invitational championship

Elimination round

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Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 3 1 .750 — Advance to the finals
2 Crispa Redmanizers 3 1 .750 —
3 Nicholas Stoodley (South Korea national team) (G) 2 2 .500 1 Proceed to third-place playoff
4 Toyota Super Corollas 2 2 .500 1
5 U-Tex Wranglers 0 4 .000 3
Source: [citation needed]
(G) Guests

Third-place playoffs

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
(3) South Korea 2–0 (4) Toyota Super Corollas 115–107 142–107 —

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
(1) San Miguel Beermen 2–1 (2) Crispa Redmanizers 102–96 104–110 103–102

Open Conference

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Main article: 1982 PBA Open Conference

Elimination round

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Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 N-Rich Coffee Creamers 13 5 .722 — Advance to semifinal round
2 Gilbey's Gin 13 5 .722 —
3 YCO-Tanduay 11 7 .611 2 Proceed to quarterfinal round
4 San Miguel Beermen 10 8 .556 3
5 Toyota Super Corollas 8 10 .444 5
6 U-Tex Wranglers 8 10 .444 5
7 Crispa Redmanizers 6 12 .333 7
8 Galerie Dominique Artists 3 15 .167 10
Source: [citation needed]

Quarterfinal round

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Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
3 Toyota Super Corollas 2 1 .667 — Semifinal round
4 San Miguel Beermen 2 1 .667 —
5 YCO-Tanduay 1 2 .333 1
6 U-Tex Wranglers 1 2 .333 1
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinal round

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Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Gilbey's Gin 4 2 .667 — Advance to the Finals
2 Toyota Super Corollas 3 3 .500[a] 1
3 N-Rich Coffee Creamers 3 3 .500[a] 1 Proceed to third place playoff
4 San Miguel Beermen 2 4 .333 2
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Second-seed playoff: Toyota 114–87 N-Rich

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
(1) Gilbey's Gin 0–3 (2) Toyota Super Corollas 100–108 107–121 109–122

Awards

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Cumulative standings

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Team GP W L PCT
San Miguel Beermen 66 40 26 .606
Gilbey's Gin 47 28 19 .596
Toyota Super Corollas 69 38 31 .551
Crispa Redmanizers 54 28 26 .518
YCO-Tanduay 41 21 20 .512
Great Taste/N-Rich Coffee Creamers 46 19 27 .413
U/Tex Wranglers 55 22 33 .400
Mariwasa-Honda/Galerie Dominique Artists 36 10 26 .278

References

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  1. ^ "Looking back: The PBA's history". Manila Standard.


 

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