1982 PBA Open Conference

1982 PBA Open Conference
1982 PBA Open Conference
Duration	August 22 – December 14, 1982
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (BBC)
Finals
Champions	Toyota Super Corollas
Runners-up	Gilbey's Gin
Awards
Best Import	Donnie Ray Koonce (Toyota)
PBA Open Conference chronology
	< 1981 1983 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 1982 Invitational 1983 All-Filipino >

The 1982 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the third conference of the 1982 PBA season. It started on August 22 and ended on December 14, 1982. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires two imports per each team.

Format[]

The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament:

The 8 participating teams are divided into two groups. Teams in the same group played each other twice while in the other group three times, totalling 18 games.^[1]
Top two teams advances in the semifinals outright and the next four teams will dispute the last two semifinals berth in a one-round quarterfinals (back to zero standings).
Semifinals will be a double-round robin affairs. The top two teams in the semifinal round advance to the best-of-five finals series. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-five playoff.

Imports[]

Each team were allowed two imports. The first line in the table are the original reinforcements of the teams. Below the name are the replacement of the import above. Same with the third replacement that is also highlighted with a different color. GP is the number of games played.

Team	Name	GP	Name	GP
Crispa Redmanizers	Mike Schultz	3	Clarence Kea	1
	James Wright	5	Lew Brown	12
	Mike Gibson	8
Galerie Dominique	James Robinson	4	Kenny Barnes	18
Galerie Dominique	Micah Blunt	14
Gilbey's Gin	Rickey Brown	3	Lew Massey	27
Gilbey's Gin	Larry McNeill	24
N-Rich Coffee	Danny Salisbury	27	Rich Adams	28
San Miguel Beermen	Terry Sykes	2	Norman Black	30
	Marvin Johnson	5
	Aaron James	23
Toyota Super Corollas	Donnie Ray Koonce	30	Andrew Fields	29
U-Tex Wranglers	Ira Terrell	11	Leroy Jackson	21
	Leo Cunningham	2
	Francois Wise	8
Yco-Tanduay	Curtis Berry	21	Jerome Henderson	21

Elimination round[]

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	N-Rich Coffee Creamers	13	5	.722	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Gilbey's Gin	13	5	.722	—	Advance to semifinals
3	YCO-Tanduay	11	7	.611	2	Proceed to quarterfinals
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]}

Quarterfinals[]

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
3	Toyota Super Corollas	2	1	.667	—	Advance to semifinals
4	San Miguel Beermen	2	1	.667	—	Advance to semifinals
5	YCO-Tanduay	1	2	.333	1
6	U-Tex Wranglers	1	2	.333	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals[]

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	Advance to the Finals
3	N-Rich Coffee Creamers	3	3	.500^[a]	1	Proceed to third place playoff
4	San Miguel Beermen	2	4	.333	2	Proceed to third place playoff

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Second-seed playoff: Toyota 114–87 N-Rich

On the final playing day of the semifinals, both Gilbey's and N-Rich were a win away from advancing to the championship in the closest the PBA has ever had a finale without traditional powerhouses Toyota and Crispa, but the Super Corollas forces a playoff with N-Rich Coffee and won their knockout game to play first-time finalist Gilbey's Gin.