1982 PBA season

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

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

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

Champions

Reinforced Filipino Conference

Elimination round

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:

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 results

Invitational Championship

Elimination round

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:
(G) Guest.

Finals results

Open Conference

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
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:

Quarterfinal round

Pos Team 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
Source:

Semifinal round

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[lower-alpha 1] 1
3 N-Rich Coffee Creamers 3 3 .500[lower-alpha 1] 1 Proceed to third place playoff
4 San Miguel Beermen 2 4 .333 2
Source:
Notes:
  1. Second-seed playoff: Toyota 114–87 N-Rich

Finals results

Individual awards

Cumulative standings

TeamGPWLPCT
San Miguel Beermen664026.606
Gilbey's Gin472819.596
Toyota Super Corollas693831.551
Crispa Redmanizers542826.518
YCO-Tanduay412120.512
Great Taste/N-Rich Coffee Creamers461927.413
U/Tex Wranglers552233.400
Mariwasa-Honda/Galerie Dominique Artists361026.278

References


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