1982 PBA season
Template:Short description Template:Use Philippine English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox PBA season league The 1982 PBA season was the eighth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Board of governors
Executive committee
- Leopoldo L. Prieto (Commissioner)
- Domingo Y. Itchon (President, representing YCO-Tanduay)
Teams
| 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
- 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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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 | Rio Locsin |
| 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
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Elimination round
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Playoffs
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Finals
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- Best Import of the Conference: Norman Black (Magnolia)
Invitational championship
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Elimination round
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Third-place playoffs
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Finals
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Open Conference
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Elimination round
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Quarterfinal round
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Semifinal round
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Finals
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- 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
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