1982 PBA season

1982 PBA season
Duration	March 7, 1982 – December 14, 1982
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (City2)
Conferences
Reinforced Filipino Conference champions	Toyota Super Corollas
Runners-up	San Miguel Beermen
Invitational Conference champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Crispa Redmanizers
Open Conference champions	Toyota Super Corollas
Runners-up	Gilbey's Gin
Awards
Season MVP	Ramon Fernandez
Seasons
< 1981 1983  >

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

Season highlights[]

• 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.
• 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]

All-Star series[]

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.

Opening ceremonies[]

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
YCO-Tanduay	Maridol Cagdac/Alta Tan/Rosanna Zamora/Nitz Bernardez

Champions[]

• Reinforced Filipino Conference: Toyota Super Corollas
• Invitational Conference: San Miguel Beermen
• Open Conference: Toyota Super Corollas
• Team with best win-loss percentage: San Miguel Beermen (40-26, .606)
• Best Team of the Year: Toyota Super Corollas (4th & Final)

Reinforced Filipino Conference[]

Elimination round[]

Pos	Team v t	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

Playoffs[]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	3	Gilbey's	0			1	San Miguel	3
	6	U-Tex	2			6	U-Tex	1
		(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)									1	San Miguel	3
											4	Toyota	4
	4	Toyota	2			2	Crispa	2
	5	YCO-Tanduay	0			4	Toyota	3

Finals[]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
San Miguel Beermen	3–4	Toyota Super Corollas	120–110	119–117	87–90	96–98	96–88	99–110	95–101

• Best Import of the Conference: Norman Black (Magnolia)

Invitational Championship[]

Elimination round[]

Pos	Team v t	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

Third place playoffs[]

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

Finals[]

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

Open Conference[]

Elimination round[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	N-Rich Coffee Creamers	13	5	.722	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Gilbey's Gin	13	5	.722	—
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

Quarterfinal round[]

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

Semifinal round[]

Pos	Team v t	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

Finals[]

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

• Best Import of the Conference: Donnie Ray Koonce (Toyota)

Awards[]

• Most Valuable Player: Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)
• Rookie of the Year: Marte Saldaña (San Miguel)
• Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Norman Black (San Miguel)
• Best Import-Open Conference: Donnie Ray Koonce (Toyota)
• Mythical Five:
  • Francis Arnaiz (Toyota)
  • Atoy Co (Crispa)
  • Ramon Fernandez (Toyota)
  • Bogs Adornado (U/Tex)
  • Abe King (Toyota)

Cumulative standings[]

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[]